Label printer

A label printer configured to house a label paper roll and to print on a label paper pulled off the label paper roll, wherein the label paper pulled off the label paper roll separates from the label paper roll at a separation point, the label printer comprising:

• a case;
• a cover that opens and closes and is attached to the case;
• a roll paper compartment configured to hold the label paper roll without using a support shaft;
• a label transportation path configured to guide the label paper pulled off the label paper roll to a label paper exit and to open when the cover is open, wherein the label transportation path comprises:
• a first transportation guide member attached to the case and configured to guide a first surface of the label paper;
• a second transportation guide member attached to the cover and configured to guide a second surface of the label paper;
• a label paper entrance formed by the first transportation guide member and the second transportation guide member when the cover is closed;
• a roll guiding member disposed on the second transportation guide member and configured to contact an outside surface of the label paper roll upstream of the separation point, wherein the roll guiding member is configured to restrict a position of the label paper roll upstream of the separation point, and the roll guiding member is at a stationary fixed position with respect to the second transportation guide member, such that the position of the roll guiding member with respect to the second transportation guide member does not change when a diameter of the label paper roll changes;
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• a print head attached to the case and configured to print the first surface of the label paper.