# US 2018/0022113 A1 · Label printer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0022113 A1 - Document ID: US20180022113A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/549,440 - Filed: 2016-02-09 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-09 - Assignees: Ishida Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Ishida Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Souhei TASHIRO; Kengo AOYAMA; Tamaki MATSUURA; Naoki KOMAI; Suguru DOIGUCHI; Osamu HIRAIWA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180022113A1 ## CPC - B41J 3/4075: {Tape printers; Label printers} - B41J 2/32: using thermal heads - B41J 3/36: for portability {, i.e. hand-held printers or laptop printers (B41J3/4075 takes precedence)} - B41J 3/445: {Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras} - B41J 3/46: Printing mechanisms combined with apparatus providing a visual indication - B41J 11/70: cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed - B41J 11/703: {Cutting of tape} - B41J 13/26: Registering devices - B41J 15/044: {Cassettes or cartridges containing continuous copy material, tape, for setting into printing devices} - B41J 29/38: Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism - B41J 29/42: Scales and indicators, e.g. for determining side margins - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS ## Abstract A label printer is configured to sequentially issue a reserved number of printed labels on which information on a reserved commodity is printed, and the label printer includes: a designation means configured to designate a commodity; an input means configured to input the number of printed labels to be issued on which information on the commodity designated by the designation means is printed; and a registration means configured to receive, while the printed labels are issued, designation of the commodity by the designation means and input of the number of printed labels to be issued by the input means, and register a reservation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A label printer configured to sequentially issue a reserved number of printed labels on which information on a reserved commodity is printed, the label printer comprising: a designation unit configured to designate a commodity; an input unit configured to input the number of printed labels to be issued on which information on the commodity designated by the designation unit is printed; and a registration unit configured to receive, while the printed labels are issued, designation of the commodity by the designation unit and input of the number of printed labels to be issued by the input unit, and register a reservation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The label printer according to claim 1, further comprising: a display unit configured to display a list of reservation contents registered by the registration unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The label printer according to claim 1, further comprising: a changing unit configured to change issuance order for printed labels for commodities reserved by the registration unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The label printer according to claim 1, further comprising: a print unit configured to print a linerless label while feeding the linerless label wound in a roll shape; a cutter arranged on a downstream side of the print unit to cut the printed linerless label to a predetermined length; and a temporary adhesion unit configured to hold from front and rear sides the printed label, being the printed linerless label cut by the cutter, and to adhere a rear end portion of the printed label to a front end portion of a subsequent printed label fed subsequent to the printed label. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The label printer according to claim 1, comprising: a print unit configured to print a linerless label while feeding the linerless label wound in a roll shape; a cutter arranged on a downstream side of the print unit to cut the printed linerless label to a predetermined length; and a temporary adhesion unit configured to hold from front and rear sides the printed label, being the printed linerless label cut by the cutter, and to adhere an upstream end portion in a feeding direction of the printed label to a downstream end portion in a feeding direction of a subsequent printed label fed subsequent to the printed label. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The label printer according to claim 4, wherein when issuance of a number of printed labels reserved by the registration unit is finished, the print unit prints a notification label indicating a boundary between the printed label reserved by the registration unit and the printed label to be subsequently printed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The label printer according to claim 4, further comprising: a switching mechanism capable of switching a position of the temporary adhesion unit with respect to the print unit in a direction approximately perpendicular to the feeding direction of the printed label and to a direction perpendicular to a print surface of the printed label, wherein the switching mechanism switches the position of the temporary adhesion unit when issuance of a number of printed labels reserved by the registration unit is finished. ### Claim 8 (canceled) ### Claim 9 (canceled) ### Claim 10 (canceled) ### Claim 11 A label printer comprising: a print unit configured to print a linerless label while feeding the linerless label wound in a roll shape; a cutter arranged on a downstream side of the print unit to cut the printed linerless label to a predetermined length; a temporary adhesion unit configured to hold from front and rear sides a printed label, being the printed linerless label cut by the cutter, and to adhere a rear end portion of the printed label to a front end portion of a subsequent printed label fed subsequent to the printed label; and a control unit configured to receive a setting for an upper limit of the number or length of printed labels that are issued to be linked to each other in a front-rear direction, and stop issuance of the printed label when the number or length of printed labels reaches the upper limit. ### Claim 12 A label printer comprising: a print unit configured to print a linerless label while feeding the linerless label wound in a roll shape; a cutter arranged on a downstream side of the print unit to cut the printed linerless label to a predetermined length; a temporary adhesion unit configured to hold from front and rear sides a printed label, being the printed linerless label cut by the cutter, and to adhere an upstream end portion in a feeding direction of the printed label to a downstream end portion in a feeding direction of a subsequent printed label fed subsequent to the printed label; and a control unit configured to receive a setting for an upper limit of the number or length of printed labels that are issued to be linked to each other in a front-rear direction, and stop issuance of the printed label when the number or length of printed labels reaches the upper limit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The label printer according to claim 10, further comprising: a detection sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the issued printed label at a label issuing port, wherein the control unit stops issuance of the next printed label if the printed label is detected by the detection sensor after the number or length of the printed labels reaches a predetermined number or predetermined length at the label issuing port. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The label printer according to claim 13, wherein the control unit proceeds to issue the next printed label if removal of the printed label at the label issuing port is detected by the detection sensor before the number or length of the printed labels at the label issuing port reaches the predetermined number or predetermined length. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The label printer according to claim 13, wherein the control unit obtains the number or length of the printed labels at the label issuing port every time the printed label is issued. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The label printer according to claim 15, wherein when the control unit determines removal of the printed label from the label issuing port based on a detection signal provided by the detection sensor, the control unit clears the number or length of the printed labels at the label issuing port obtained in advance. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The label printer according to claim 16, wherein when print contents of the printed label to be subsequently issued are different from print contents of the printed label most recently issued, the control unit stops issuance of the printed label to be subsequently issued until removal of the printed label at the label issuing port is no longer detected by the detection sensor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 5) The label printer according to claim 5, wherein when issuance of a number of printed labels reserved by the registration unit is finished, the print unit prints a notification label indicating a boundary between the printed label reserved by the registration unit and the printed label to be subsequently printed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 5) The label printer according to claim 5, further comprising: a switching mechanism capable of switching a position of the temporary adhesion unit with respect to the print unit in a direction approximately perpendicular to the feeding direction of the printed label and to a direction perpendicular to a print surface of the printed label, wherein the switching mechanism switches the position of the temporary adhesion unit when issuance of a number of printed labels reserved by the registration unit is finished. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The label printer according to claim 11, further comprising: a detection sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the issued printed label at a label issuing port, wherein the control unit stops issuance of the next printed label if the printed label is detected by the detection sensor after the number or length of the printed labels reaches a predetermined number or predetermined length at the label issuing port. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The label printer according to claim 20, wherein the control unit proceeds to issue the next printed label if removal of the printed label at the label issuing port is detected by the detection sensor before the number or length of the printed labels at the label issuing port reaches the predetermined number or predetermined length. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The label printer according to claim 21, wherein the control unit obtains the number or length of the printed labels at the label issuing port every time the printed label is issued. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The label printer according to claim 22, wherein when the control unit determines removal of the printed label from the label issuing port based on a detection signal provided by the detection sensor, the control unit clears the number or length of the printed labels at the label issuing port obtained in advance. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The label printer according to claim 23, wherein when print contents of the printed label to be subsequently issued are different from print contents of the printed label most recently issued, the control unit stops issuance of the printed label to be subsequently issued until removal of the printed label at the label issuing port is no longer detected by the detection sensor. ### Claim 25 (depends on 12) The label printer according to claim 12, further comprising: a detection sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the issued printed label at a label issuing port, wherein the control unit stops issuance of the next printed label if the printed label is detected by the detection sensor after the number or length of the printed labels reaches a predetermined number or predetermined length at the label issuing port. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The label printer according to claim 25, wherein the control unit proceeds to issue the next printed label if removal of the printed label at the label issuing port is detected by the detection sensor before the number or length of the printed labels at the label issuing port reaches the predetermined number or predetermined length. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The label printer according to claim 26, wherein the control unit obtains the number or length of the printed labels at the label issuing port every time the printed label is issued. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The label printer according to claim 27, wherein when the control unit determines removal of the printed label from the label issuing port based on a detection signal provided by the detection sensor, the control unit clears the number or length of the printed labels at the label issuing port obtained in advance. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The label printer according to claim 28, wherein when print contents of the printed label to be subsequently issued are different from print contents of the printed label most recently issued, the control unit stops issuance of the printed label to be subsequently issued until removal of the printed label at the label issuing port is no longer detected by the detection sensor.