Portable printer and method
AssigneePaxar Americas, Inc.
InventorsChin-Chuan Liu, Hung-Kun Liao
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Abstract
There is disclosed a portable printer operable in either a strip mode or a peel mode. In the peel mode, a pressure roll cooperates with a carrier web and the platen roll to strip labels from the web. A battery-powered electric motor advances a printable web through the printer. In order to reduce drag on the motor in the strip mode, the pressure roll is held in out of pressure contact with the platen roll.
Claims13
A printer operable in either a strip mode wherein a printable strip is dispensed or in a peel mode wherein labels on a carrier web are peeled and dispensed from a carrier web, the printer comprising:
- a print head,
- a driven platen roll cooperable with the print head,
- a delaminator disposed downstream of the print head,
- a pressure roll disposed downstream of the delaminator,
- a holder, wherein the holder mounts the pressure roll in a strip mode position out of pressure cooperation with the carrier web and the platen roll in the strip mode and a peel mode position in pressure cooperation with the carrier web and the platen roll in the peel mode, and
- an actuator selectively positionable out of actuating relationship with the holder in the strip mode and in actuating relationship with the holder in the peel mode, and the actuator being operative to locate the pressure roll in the peel mode position.
A printer operable in either a strip mode wherein a printable strip is dispensed or in a peel mode wherein labels on a carrier web are peeled and dispensed from a carrier web, the printer comprising:
- a print head,
- a driven platen roll cooperable with the print head,
- a delaminator disposed downstream of the print head,
- a pressure roll disposed downstream of the delaminator, and
- means for selectively positioning the pressure roll out of pressure cooperation with the platen roll in the strip mode or positioning the pressure roll in pressure cooperation with the carrier web and the platen roll in the peel mode.
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