Printing control method and printer for printing on a label
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTomoyuki Oi, Junichi Arai
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Abstract
A printer and reprinting control method do not reprint when an error accompanied by no damage to the actual printing area or print image on paper occurs so that consumables are not wasted. The printer reprints the label on which the print image was being formed when a specific error occurs if the error occurred while the inkjet head was forming the print image in the actual printing area of the label. When the non-printing area of the label is passing the printing position of the inkjet head, the print image in the actual printing area that was printed immediately before an error occurs is reprinted only if a specific error is detected, such as a paper jam error or mechanical error with the possibility of damage to the paper or label.
Claims14
A reprinting control method for a printer that prints to a label affixed on a label paper comprising steps of:
- detecting if an error belonging to either at least a first error group or second error group occurs while processing print data;
- determining if the detected error is a first error belonging to the first error group or a second error belonging to the second error group if occurrence of said error is detected;
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- determining whether or not to reprint the print data based on the content of the print data being processed and the result of said error determination when an error is detected to have occurred.
A printer that prints to a label affixed on a label paper comprising:
- a transportation unit that conveys the label paper;
- a print head that prints to the label;
- a first error detection unit that detects a first error belonging to a first error group;
- a second error detection unit that detects a second error belonging to a second error group;
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- a control unit that processes print data,
- determines if the first error detection unit or second error detection unit detected an error, and
- determines whether or not to reprint the print data based on the content of the print data being processed and the result of said error determination when an error is detected to have occurred.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.