Printer, printer control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Sato
InventorShinya Obara
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Abstract
A printer that performs, based on print data, print on a plurality of labels included in a label continuous body, the printer includes a backfeed control unit configured to backfeed the label continuous body and move a leading label to a print start position, and a print control unit configured to acquire a print start command after the backfeed control unit starts the backfeed, and perform the print on the label moved to the print start position.
Claims10
A printer that, based on print data, prints a plurality of labels included in a label continuous body, the printer comprising:
- a print unit comprising a thermal head and a platen roller;
- a backfeed control unit configured to control the print unit to backfeed the label continuous body and move a leading label to a print start position;
- a print control unit configured to acquire a print start command after the backfeed control unit starts the backfeed, and control the print unit to print on the leading label moved to the print start position;
- and
- a data generation unit configured to generate, based on the print data, data to be supplied to the print control unit, the data including control data and drawing data;
- wherein:
- the backfeed control unit controls the print unit to backfeed in parallel with the print control unit acquiring the drawing data from the data generation unit;
- and
- the backfeed control unit controls the print unit to start the backfeed after the print control unit ends acquisition of the control data and before the print control unit ends acquisition of the drawing data.
A printer control method executed by a computer in a printer, the printer that, based on print data, prints a plurality of labels included in a label continuous body, the printer comprising a backfeed control unit, a print control unit, a data generation unit, and a print unit that comprises a thermal head and a platen roller, the control method comprising:
- controlling, by the backfeed control unit, the print unit to backfeed the label continuous body and move a leading label to a print start position;
- acquiring, by the print control unit, a print start command after the backfeed is started and controlling, by the print control unit, the print unit to print on the leading label moved to the print start position;
- and
- generating, by the data generation unit, based on the print data, data to be supplied to the print control unit including control data and drawing data;
- wherein:
- the backfeed control unit controls the print unit to backfeed in parallel with the print control unit acquiring the drawing data from the data generation unit;
- and
- the backfeed control unit controls the print unit to start the backfeed after the print control unit ends acquisition of the control data and before the print control unit ends acquisition of the drawing data.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executable by a computer in a printer, the printer comprising a backfeed control unit, a print control unit, a data generation unit, and a print unit that comprises a thermal head and a platen roller, the printer that, based on print data, prints a plurality of labels included in a label continuous body, the program causing the computer to execute:
- controlling, by the backfeed control unit, the print unit to backfeed the label continuous body and moving a leading label to a print start position;
- acquiring, by the print control unit, a print start command after the backfeed is started and controlling, by the print control unit, the print unit to print on the leading label moved to the print start position;
- and
- generating, by the data generation unit, based on the print data, data to be supplied to the print control unit including control data and drawing data;
- wherein:
- the backfeed control unit controls the print unit to backfeed in parallel with the print control unit acquiring the drawing data from the data generation unit;
- and
- the backfeed control unit controls the print unit to start the backfeed after the print control unit ends acquisition of the control data and before the print control unit ends acquisition of the drawing data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.