Label printer with test pattern for price and bar codes
AssigneeTokyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshihiro Takai, Katsumi Uematsu, Michio Suzuki
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Abstract
A label printer includes a printing head having a plurality of heating elements arranged in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction of a label, and a data generator for supplying a plurality of article data, including a bar code and a price, to the printing head in the ordinary printing mode. In the test mode, the data generator supplies to the printing head test pattern data indicative of a plurality of test patterns which are printed in substantially the same positions as the printing positions of those plurality of article data, each of the test patterns having an area of substantially the same size as the largest one of the areas occupied by the article data to be printed in the same printing position.
Claims26
A label printer comprising:
- printing means for printing data on a label which is fed thereto;
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- data generating means coupled to said printing means and being selectively operable in an ordinary printing mode and a test mode, said data generating means including means for supplying, in an ordinary printing mode, a plurality of article data, including a bar code and a price, to said printing means for printing of same on a label;
- and means for supplying, in a test mode, test pattern data indicative of a plurality of predetermined test patterns to said printing means for printing of said test pattern data on a label, each of said test patterns having a given height and width and being printed by said printing means in substantially the same position as the printing position of a corresponding one of said article data, and each of said test patterns having a height and width substantially the same as the height and width of the largest one of the print areas occupied by the article data to be printed in a corresponding printing position on said label, so as to check alignment of said label relative to said printing means to enable proper positioning of the article data including said bar code and price to be printed on labels fed thereto.
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