# US 2018/0022130 A1 · Printer and method for selecting printing start position > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0022130 A1 - Document ID: US20180022130A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/460,511 - Filed: 2017-03-16 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-20 - Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Okiharu Matsuda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180022130A1 ## CPC - B41J 29/393: Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine {; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns} - B41J 2/32: using thermal heads - B41J 3/4075: {Tape printers; Label printers} - B41J 11/0095: {Detecting means for copy material, e.g. for detecting or sensing presence of copy material or its leading or trailing end} - B41J 11/42: Controlling {printing material conveyance for accurate alignment of the printing material with the printhead; Print registering} - B41J 11/425: {for a variable printing material feed amount} - B41J 13/0009: {control of the transport of the copy material} - B41J 15/00: Devices or arrangements {of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers,} specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS ## Abstract In accordance with an embedment, a printer comprises a sensor configured to detect a position of a paper conveyed in a conveyance path; a first setting module configured to set a plurality of start candidate positions which are candidates of a printing start position in a paper conveyance direction based on a sensing result of the sensor; a test printing module configured to carry out a test printing for specifying the start candidate position on the paper for each start candidate position set by the first setting module; a reception module configured to receive selection of one start candidate position from the start candidate positions specified by the test printing; and a second setting module configured to set the start candidate position received by the reception module as the printing start position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A printer, comprising: a sensor configured to detect a position of a paper conveyed in a conveyance path; a first setting module configured to set a plurality of start candidate positions in a paper conveyance direction based on a sensing result of the sensor; a test printing module configured to carry out a test printing for specifying each start candidate position on the paper set by the first setting module; a reception module configured to receive selection of one start candidate position from the plurality of start candidate positions specified by the test printing; and a second setting module configured to set the start candidate position received by the reception module as the printing start position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The printer according to claim 1, wherein the test printing module individually executes the test printing for each start candidate position set by the first setting module, and the reception module receives an indication on whether to set the start candidate position specified by the test printing to the printing start position for each test printing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The printer according to claim 1, wherein the test printing module carries out the test printing of the plurality of the start candidate positions set by the first setting module on the same paper, and the reception module receives selection of one start candidate position from the plurality of the start candidate positions specified by the test printing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The printer according to claim 1, wherein the test printing module prints a scale indicating a size of a margin part at the margin part relating to the start candidate position as the test printing when the margin part is arranged at the periphery of the paper. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The printer according to claim 1, further comprising: a transmission module configured to transmit the start position set by the second setting module to other printers; a reception module configured to receive the start position set by other printers from other printers, and a third setting module configured to adjust the start position received by the reception module according to characteristics of the sensor to set the start position as the printing start position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The printer according to claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises a transmission type sensor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The printer according to claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises a light emitting element and a light receiving element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The printer according to claim 1, wherein the paper comprises a label paper in a roll shape. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The printer according to claim 1, wherein the sensor irradiates the paper with light and detects a quantity of light penetrating the paper as a voltage level. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The printer according to claim 9, wherein the test printing module specifies each start candidate position with a corner mark or a dots. ### Claim 11 A method for selecting a printing start position, comprising: setting a plurality of start candidate positions in a paper conveyance direction based on a sensing result of a sensor for carrying out position detection of a paper conveyed in a conveyance path; carrying out a test printing for specifying the start candidate position on the paper for each start candidate position set; receiving selection of one start candidate position from the plurality of start candidate positions specified by the test printing; and setting the start candidate position received as the printing start position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: individually carrying out the test printing for each start candidate position set, and receiving an indication on whether to set the start candidate position specified by the test printing to the printing start position for each test printing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: carrying out the test printing of the plurality of the start candidate positions set on the same paper, and receiving selection of one start candidate position from the plurality of the start candidate positions specified by the test printing. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: printing a scale indicating a size of a margin part at the margin part relating to the start candidate position as the test printing when the margin part is arranged at the periphery of the paper. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: transmitting the start position set to other printers; receiving the start position set by other printers from other printers, and adjusting the start position received according to characteristics of the start position as the printing start position. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: using a transmission type sensor for setting. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: using a light emitting element and a light receiving element for setting. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: using a label paper in a roll shape as the paper. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: irradiating the paper with light and detecting a quantity of light penetrating the paper as a voltage level. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: specifying each start candidate position with a corner mark or a dots.