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US 2018/0001676 A1Published application
Printer and method of printing
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorKoichi KAMEI
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Abstract
A printer includes a conveying device that conveys a printing medium and a cutting device that makes a trim cut in at least one of a plurality of corners of a region where a printed material has been printed. The conveying device conveys the printing medium to the cutting device before the cut is made.
Claims20
A printer, comprising:
- a cutting device that makes a trim cut in at least one of a plurality of corners of a region of a printing medium that has been printed on and that becomes a printed material when separated;
- and
- a conveying device that conveys the printing medium to the cutting device before the cut is made.
A printer, comprising:
- a conveying device that conveys, in a conveyance direction, a printing medium that includes a base material having an adhesive surface and a surface opposite to the adhesive surface where the printing is performed, and a release sheet that is peelable and covers the adhesive surface;
- a first cutting device that makes a half cut on the printing medium, spanning an entirety of the printing medium in a width direction that is orthogonal to the conveyance direction, the half cut cutting only the base material of the printing medium;
- and
- a second cutting device that makes, in at least the release sheet of the printing medium, a partial cut in a portion in the width direction of the printing medium at a same position in the conveyance direction relative to a position at which the half cut is made.
1 more element
A method of controlling a printer, wherein the printer includes a cutting device that makes a trim cut in at least one of a plurality of corners of a region of a printing medium that has been printed on and that becomes a printed material when separated, the method comprising:
- a conveying step of conveying the printing medium to the cutting device before the cut is made;
- and
- a trim-cutting step of making the trim cut, via the cutting device, in the region of the printed material on the printing medium that was conveyed in the conveying step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.