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US 12,576,655 B2Granted
Printer
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKiyotaka Nihashi
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, a printer includes a damper that applies tension to continuous paper by moving a predetermined distance toward the continuous paper in a conveying path of the continuous paper to be conveyed. The printer further includes a limiter that switches a state of the damper between a non-limited state in which a moving distance of the damper is not limited and a limited state in which the moving distance of the damper is limited to reduce tension to be applied to the continuous paper.
Claims20
A printer, comprising:
- a print head that prints on continuous paper unwound from a roll around which the continuous paper is wound;
- a feed roller that conveys the continuous paper via the print head;
- a damper that applies tension to the continuous paper by moving toward the continuous paper in a conveying path of the continuous paper conveyed by the feed roller;
- a tension spring that biases the damper to apply the tension to the continuous paper;
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- a limiter that switches a state of the damper between a non-limited state in which a moving distance of the damper is not limited and a limited state in which the moving distance of the damper is limited by locking the damper against a biasing force of the tension spring, to reduce the tension applied to the continuous paper.
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A printer, comprising:
- a print head that prints on continuous paper unwound from a roll around which the continuous paper is wound;
- a feed roller that conveys the continuous paper via the print head;
- a damper that applies tension to the continuous paper by moving toward the continuous paper in a conveying path of the continuous paper conveyed by the feed roller;
- a limiter that switches a state of the damper between a non-limited state in which a moving distance of the damper is not limited and a limited state in which the moving distance of the damper is limited to reduce the tension applied to the continuous paper;
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- a processor that is configured to perform, where label paper in which a label is attached to base paper is used as the continuous paper, control for driving the limiter to switch the state of the damper to the limited state.
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A printer, comprising:
- a print head that prints on continuous paper unwound from a roll around which the continuous paper is wound;
- a feed roller that conveys the continuous paper via the print head;
- a damper that applies tension to the continuous paper by moving toward the continuous paper in a conveying path of the continuous paper conveyed by the feed roller;
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- a limiter that switches a state of the damper between a non-limited state in which a moving distance of the damper is not limited and a limited state in which the moving distance of the damper is limited to reduce the tension applied to the continuous paper, the limiter including a to-be-locked body provided on the damper and a locking body that locks the damper by engaging with the to-be-locked body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.