Printer and Control Method of a Printer
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMinoru Nagaoka
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Abstract
Waste of time and consumables is reduced and efficiency is improved by printing to near the end of the medium in a device that prints on media. A printer 1 has a conveyance unit that conveys label paper 100 with one or more labels 103, a printhead 40 disposed to the conveyance path 110, and a paper detector 61 and label detector 63. When the trailing end of the label paper 100 is detected, the printer 1 identifies the position of the trailing end of the label paper 100, and determines if printing on the label 103 can be completed based on the identified position of the trailing end of the label paper 100. If printing cannot be completed, printing by the printhead 40 stops or the label paper 100 is conveyed without printing on the label 103.
Claims14
A printer comprising:
- a conveyance mechanism that conveys a print medium having print targets;
- a printhead disposed to the conveyance path of the print medium;
- a detection unit that detects at plural detection positions on the conveyance path;
- and
- a control unit that identifies the position of the trailing end of the print medium when the trailing end of the print medium is detected by the detection unit,
- determines if printing on the print target can be completed based on the identified position of the trailing end of the print medium, and
- if printing cannot be completed, stopping printing by the printhead or conveying the print medium without printing on the print target.
A control method of a printer having a conveyance mechanism that conveys a print medium having print targets, and a printhead disposed to the conveyance path of the print medium, the control method comprising:
- determining if printing on the print target can be completed when the trailing end of the print medium is detected by detection at plural detection positions on the conveyance path, and if printing cannot be completed, stopping printing by the printhead or conveying the print medium without printing on the print target.
A control method of a printer, comprising:
- detecting a print target and the trailing end of the print medium on the conveyance path of the print medium when conveying and printing on a print medium having a print target;
- determining whether or not printing on the detected print target can be completed based on the position of the detected trailing end of the print medium;
- and
- when printing cannot be completed, stopping or avoiding printing on the print target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.