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US 2012/0056966 A1Published application
Thermal paper roll, image forming device, image forming method, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorMasahide Maruyama
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Abstract
A thermal paper roll includes a paper core, a thermal paper wound on the paper core, a flange attached to at least one end surface of the paper core, and a contacted surface formed on a plane intersecting a roll axis of the paper core at a side opposite to the paper core side of the flange in order to detect or identify a state of the thermal paper roll.
Claims13
A thermal paper roll comprising:
- a paper core;
- a thermal paper wound on the paper core;
- a flange attached to at least one end surface of the paper core;
- and
- a contacted surface formed on a plane intersecting a roll axis of the paper core at a side opposite to the paper core side of the flange in order to detect or identify a state of the thermal paper roll.
2 more elements
An image forming device comprising:
- a roll loading portion loaded with a thermal paper roll;
- a state detection portion detecting a state of a contacted surface provided in the thermal paper roll;
- and
- a control portion performing a predetermined control according to the state of the thermal paper roll detected via the contacted surface,
- wherein the thermal paper roll includes,
- a paper core;
- a thermal paper wound on the paper core;
- a flange attached to at least one end surface of the paper core;
- and
- the contacted surface formed on a plane intersecting a roll axis of the paper core at a side opposite to the paper core side of the flange in order to detect a state of the thermal paper roll.
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An image forming method comprising:
- detecting a state of a contacted surface provided in a thermal paper roll having a paper core, thermal paper wound on the paper core, a flange attached to at least one end surface of the paper core, and, the contacted surface formed on a plane intersecting a roll axis of the paper core at a side opposite to the paper core side of the flange in order to detect a state of the thermal paper roll;
- and
- performing a predetermined control according to the state of the thermal paper roll detected via the contacted surface.
A program executing an image forming method comprising:
- detecting a state of a contacted surface provided in a thermal paper roll having a paper core, thermal paper wound on the paper core, a flange attached to at least one end surface of the paper core, and, the contacted surface formed on a plane intersecting a roll axis of the paper core at a side opposite to the paper core side of the flange in order to detect a state of the thermal paper roll;
- and
- performing a predetermined control according to the state of the thermal paper roll detected via the contacted surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.