Printer
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiro SEKI
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Abstract
A printer includes a line-shaped print head configured to transfer ink held on an ink ribbon onto a print medium, a platen configured to convey the print medium and the ink ribbon such that the print medium and the ink ribbon are sandwiched between the platen and the print head, a first sensor configured to detect a width of the print medium, a second sensor configured to detect a width of the ink ribbon, a display, and a processor configured to determine whether the width of the ink ribbon detected by the second sensor exceeds a maximum width, which is set in accordance with the width of the print medium detected by the first sensor, and control the display to display a message indicating that the ink ribbon is not appropriate when it is determined that the width of the ink ribbon exceeds the maximum width.
Claims20
A printer comprising:
- a line-shaped print head configured to transfer ink held on an ink ribbon onto a print medium;
- a platen configured to convey the print medium and the ink ribbon such that the print medium and the ink ribbon are sandwiched between the platen and the print head;
- a first sensor configured to detect a width of the print medium;
- a second sensor configured to detect a width of the ink ribbon;
- a display;
- and
- a processor configured to
- determine whether the width of the ink ribbon detected by the second sensor exceeds a maximum width, which is set in accordance with the width of the print medium detected by the first sensor, and
- control the display to display a message indicating that the ink ribbon is not appropriate when it is determined that the width of the ink ribbon exceeds the maximum width.
A method carried out by a printer, the method comprising:
- conveying, by a platen, a print medium and an ink ribbon;
- detecting, by a first sensor, a width of the print medium;
- detecting, by a second sensor, a width of the ink ribbon;
- determining whether the width of the ink ribbon detected by the second sensor exceeds a maximum width, which is set in accordance with the width of the print medium detected by the first sensor;
- and
- displaying on a display a message indicating that the ink ribbon is not appropriate when it is determined that the width of the ink ribbon exceeds the maximum width.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a method comprising:
- conveying, by a platen, a print medium and an ink ribbon;
- detecting, by a first sensor, a width of the print medium;
- detecting, by a second sensor, a width of the ink ribbon;
- determining whether the width of the ink ribbon detected by the second sensor exceeds a maximum width, which is set in accordance with the width of the print medium detected by the first sensor;
- and
- displaying on a display a message indicating that the ink ribbon is not appropriate when it is determined that the width of the ink ribbon exceeds the maximum width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.