Label printing apparatus
AssigneeFujicopian Co., Ltd.
InventorKeisuke Fujii
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Abstract
A label printing apparatus includes a printing unit for printing an image on a front surface of a label tape having a back surface bearing an adhesive layer via an ink ribbon having a back surface bearing a removal layer. The apparatus further includes a superposed-travelling guiding mechanism for guiding traveling of the label tape and the used label tape together, with the removal layer of the ink ribbon being contacted with and superposed on the adhesive layer of the label tape.
Claims8
A label printing apparatus for use with a label tape having a front surface and a back surface, the back surface comprising an adhesive layer and an ink ribbon having a front surface for contacting the front surface of the label tape and a back surface comprising a removal layer, the apparatus comprising:
- a printing means for printing an image on the front surface of the label tape through contact between the front surface of the label tape and the front surface of the ink ribbon to form a used label tape and a used ink ribbon;
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- a superposed-traveling guiding means for guiding traveling of the label tape and the used ink ribbon together, and wherein the removal layer of the used ink ribbon is contacted with and superposed on the adhesive layer of the used label tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.