Thermal printer and control method thereof
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKen Masuda
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein are to a printer which includes a first head configured to print a first data set on a first side of a paper being conveyed along a paper path, and a second head configured to print a second data set on a second side of the paper being conveyed along the paper path. The printer further includes a sensor provided at an upstream side of the first and second heads in the paper feeding direction along the paper path and configured to detect an end portion of the paper being conveyed along the paper path. The printer further includes a control unit, when the end portion of the paper is detected by the sensor, configured to allow the first and second heads to continue a printing operation until the first and second data sets are printed on the remaining portion of the paper.
Claims20
A printer, comprising:
- a first head configured to print a first data set on a first side of a paper being conveyed along a paper path;
- a second head configured to print a second data set on a second side of the paper being conveyed along the paper path;
- a sensor provided at an upstream side of the first and second heads in the paper feeding direction along the paper path and configured to detect an end portion of the paper being conveyed along the paper path;
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- a control unit, when the end portion of the paper is detected by the sensor, configured to allow the first and second heads to continue a printing operation until the first and second data sets are printed on the remaining portion of the paper.
A method of controlling a printer, comprising:
- printing, through first and second heads, first and second data sets on first and second sides of a paper being conveyed along a paper path, respectively;
- detecting, through a sensor, which is provided at an upstream side of the first and second heads in a paper feeding direction β, an end portion of the paper being conveyed along the paper path;
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- controlling, through a control unit, when the end of the paper is detected by the sensor, the first and second heads to continue a printing operation until the first and second data sets are printed on the remaining portion of the paper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.