Printer
AssigneeCitizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Sakurai
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Abstract
A printer for printing a continuous sheet with position detection marks has a mark detection function and a feed amount detection function that are normally enabled. Further, the printer is provided with a mechanism that operates in a sheet feed mode (mark detection mode) that utilizes the mark detection function and a sheet feed mode (feed amount detection mode) that utilizes the set feed amount detection function. If the mark detection function suffers an error, the sheet feed mode is switched from the mark detection mode to the feed amount detection mode, and a printing operation is continued.
Claims7
A printer comprising:
- a mark detection sensor which detects gaps or marks between labels on a continuous sheet, such as a label sheet or tag sheet;
- and
- a control section for controlling a printing operation, wherein
- said printer has a mark detection mode in which printing is performed with the continuous sheet located in a printing position on the basis of a mark or gap detected by said mark detection sensor and a feed amount detection mode in which printing is performed with the continuous sheet located in the printing position on the basis of a sheet feed amount depending on a predetermined unit sheet length, and wherein
- said control section is configured to enable said mark detection mode and said feed amount detection mode simultaneously so as to locate the continuous sheet in the printing position for printing, based on the result of detection of the mark position in the mark detection mode or detection of the unit sheet length in the feed amount detection mode, whichever may be earlier.
A printer comprising:
- a mark detection sensor which detects gaps or marks between labels on a continuous sheet, such as a label sheet or tag sheet;
- and
- a control section for controlling a printing operation, wherein
- said printer has a mark detection mode in which printing is performed with the continuous sheet located in a printing position on the basis of a mark or gap detected by said mark detection sensor and a feed amount detection mode in which printing is performed with the continuous sheet located in the printing position on the basis of a sheet feed amount depending on a predetermined unit sheet length, and wherein,
- the control section is configured to switch the detection mode to the feed amount detection mode so as to continue the printing operation, in case where a mark detection error is found in the detection result of the mark detection sensor during the operation in the mark detection mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.