Label manufacturing method and label manufacturing system

Abstract

In order to provide a label manufacturing method and a label manufacturing system in which a needless heating pattern is not required to be stored, a user can perform setting, changing, and fine adjustment of a heating pattern freely, and an adhesive portion having a desired shape and a desired size can be formed accurately, when a label made of a heat sensitive adhesive sheet is manufactured, image data is generated as the heat sensitive adhesive sheet being one image area, and an image editing process is performed so as to divide the image area into at least two types of parts (for example, black part and white part) and to set one of the parts as a heated part R1 and the other part as a non-heated part R2. An edited image obtained as a result of the image editing process is input as the heating pattern. A thermal head and transporting means are driven based on the input heating pattern and a plurality of heating elements of the thermal head are selectively operated in synchronization with timing of transporting of the heat sensitive adhesive sheet, to thereby heat at least a part of the heat sensitive adhesive sheet to develop adhesive properties.

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