Goods-wrapping apparatus including a printer
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorTakao Miyazaki
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Abstract
According to the present invention, a goods-wrapping apparatus for wrapping a particular article of a plurality of articles, includes: a goods storing section operable to store the plurality of articles; a goods carrying in/out section operable to carry in the articles into the goods storing section and carry out the article from the goods storing section; a printer operable to print a printing content associated with the particular article onto a printing medium based on the particular article; and a wrapping section operable to wrap the particular article carried out from the goods carrying in/out section with the printing medium onto which the printing content associated with the particular article has been printed.
Claims21
A method, for printing content onto a bag, comprising:
- transporting a surface of said bag to a printing head;
- and
- printing said content onto said bag using said printing head;
- wherein:
- said bag has an opening end, and a closed portion opposite said opening, and
- said transporting is performed so that at least part of said closed portion of said bag passes said printing head before beginning said printing of said content onto said bag.
A printing device for printing a printing content onto a bag having an opening and a closed portion opposed to said opening, comprising:
- a transport mechanism operable to transport said bag;
- and a printing head operable to print said printing content onto said bag that is being transported by said transport mechanism in such a manner that said closed portion goes at the head of said bag;
- a transport direction determination section operable to determine whether said bag is transported in such a manner that said closed portion is a leading side of said bag;
- and
- a warning section operable to warn that said bag is unable to be transported in such a manner that said closed portion is a leading side of said bag if such is the case.
A printing device for printing a printing content onto a bag having an opening and a closed portion opposed to said opening, comprising:
- a transport mechanism operable to transport said bag;
- and a printing head operable to print said printing content onto said bag that is being transported by said transport mechanism in such a manner that said closed portion goes at the head of said bag;
- a bag size determination section operable to determine a size of said bag;
- and
- a print size adjustment section operable to adjust a size of said printing content to be such a size that said printing content is printed onto said bag, based on the size of said bag determined by said bag size determination section.
A printing device for printing a printing content onto a bag having an opening and a closed portion opposed to said opening, comprising:
- a transport mechanism operable to transport said bag;
- and a printing head operable to print said printing content onto said bag that is being transported by said transport mechanism in such a manner that said closed portion goes at the head of said bag;
- a plurality of printing heads having different printing characteristics;
- a material discriminator operable to discriminate a material for said bag;
- and
- a head selector operable to one of said printing heads in accordance with the material for said bag.
A printing device for printing a printing content onto a bag having an opening and a closed portion opposed to said opening, comprising:
- a printing head operable to print said content onto said bag;
- and
- a mark detector operable to make said printing head print said printing content onto said bag only when said mark detector detects a mark indicating that said printing content provided on said bag is printable.
A printing device for printing a printing content on to a printing medium, comprising:
- a thickness detector operable to detect a thickness of said printing medium;
- a printing head operable to print said printing content onto said printing medium;
- and
- a head moving section operable to move said printing head, in accordance with the thickness of said printing medium detected by said thickness detector, without any contact of said printing head with said printing medium.
A printing device, for printing content on a printing medium, comprising:
- a thickness detector operable to detect a thickness of said printing medium;
- a printing head operable to print said printing content on said printing medium;
- and
- a head moving section operable to move said printing head in accordance with the thickness of said printing medium detected by said thickness detector;
- wherein said head moving section moves said printing head to an escape position when the thickness of said printing medium is thicker than a predetermined thickness.
A printing device for printing content on a printing medium, comprising:
- a thickness detector operable to detect a thickness of said printing medium;
- a printing head operable to print said content on said printing medium;
- a head moving section operable to move said printing head in accordance with the thickness of said printing medium detected by said thickness detector;
- a transport roller section operable to transport said printing medium while putting said printing medium between a first roller and a second roller opposed to said first roller;
- and
- a roller-interval adjuster operable to adjust an interval between said first roller and said second roller in accordance with the thickness of said printing medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.