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US 6,182,565 B2Granted
Label printer
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMasayuki Takayama, Masao Akaiwa, Shigekazu Yanagisawa, Hideki Sakano
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Abstract
This invention relates to provide a label printer which prints by using data recorded in a recordable/reproducible disc and forms a label for the disc. The printer is capable of creating labels to affixed to various portions of the disc and a disc cartridge of the disc by easy operations, and at a time. Further, irrespective of the size of contents of the disc, the printer can create a label from which contents of the disc are grasped at a glance.
Claims46
A label printer arrangement comprising:
- an attribute information request generator that, to a control block of a disc playback system which reads main information stored in a disc in response to a main information readout request generated by external operating means, and reads attribute information concerning said main information in response to an attribute information readout request generated by said external operating means, said attribute information being formed of text data, read out from said disc and stored in a predetermined area of a main unit of said system, makes said attribute information readout request in place of said external operating means or in combination with said external operating means, the external operating means including a remote controller for externally operating said disc playback system, the disc playback system including remote control communication means for outputting attribute information in response to an attribute information readout request from said remote controller, to said remote controller, the remote control communication means comprising means for communicating with said remote controller by wire, and the attribute information request generator transmitting said attribute information readout request via said remote control communication means;
- a printer for printing on a label to be affixed to a disc cartridge accommodating said disc, the printer being connected to said disc playback system via said remote control communication means in a wired manner;
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- a printer controller for causing said attribute information read out in response to said attribute information readout request made by said attribute information request means to be converted to dot pattern data for print and causing said print means to print said dot pattern data, the print controller converting said attribute information received via said remote control communication means to said dot pattern data;
- wherein the disc playback system has a remote controller connecting block with a connector terminal for inputting or outputting of data, the printer has a printer cable removably connected to the connector terminal of the remote controller connecting block, and the printer controller is capable of being in communication with the control block of the disc playback system via the printer cable and the connector terminal of the remote controller connecting block.
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A label printer adapted to be connected to a disc playback system, the disc playback system being operable to read main information from a disc in response to a main information readout request and read attribute information associated with the main information from the disc in response to an attribute information readout request, the label printer comprising:
- an attribute information request generator for generating attribute information readout requests for the disc playback system to read out attribute information from a disc;
- a printer for printing on a label to be affixed to a disc or a disc cartridge therefor;
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- a print controller for processing attribute information read out from the disc by the disc playback system in response to the attribute information readout requests, and for controlling the printer to print the processed attribute information on a label to be affixed to the disc from which the attribute information is read out or the disc cartridge therefor.
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A disc player having an integrated label printer, comprising:
- a disc operating section for generating main information readout requests and attribute information readout requests;
- a disc playback section for reading main information from a disc in response to a main information readout request and to read attribute information associated with the main information from the disc in response to an attribute information readout request;
- a printer for printing on a label to be affixed to a disc or a disc cartridge;
- a printer operating section for generating an attribute information readout request for reading out attribute information from a disc for which a label is to be printed;
- a control section for processing attribute information read out from the disc in response to the attribute information readout request generated by the printer operating section, and for controlling the printer to print the processed attribute information on a label to be affixed to the disc from which the attribute information is read out or a disc cartridge therefor;
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- a housing, wherein the disc operating section, the disc playback section, the printer operating section, the printer, and the control section are disposed within or on the housing.
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A method for printing a label to be affixed to disc or a disc cartridge for the disc, comprising:
- generating a request to a disc playback system for reading out attribute information from the disc;
- reading out the attribute information from the disc in response to the request using the disc playback system;
- processing the attribute information read out from the disc to generate a pattern for printing on a label;
- printing the pattern generated from the attribute information on the label;
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- affixing the label to the disc from which the attribute information is read out.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.