Printing apparatus, control method and non-temporary recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10167103-B2
Application number	US-201615258162-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2016
Priority date	Apr 21, 2015
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

In accordance with one embodiment, a printing apparatus comprises a conveyance path, a detection section and a control section. The conveyance path conveys a mount to which labels are attached. The detection section detects the existence of the label peeled off by a peeling bar which peels off the label attached to the mount. The control section controls start time of back feed of the mount in a case in which it is detected that the label is taken away.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a detection section configured to at least detect that a label is completely peeled from a mount;
a control section configured to:
start a back feed of the mount after elapse of a start time period, and
control a value of the start time period; and
wherein the start time period is a time period since it is detected that the label was completely peeled from the mount.

2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first storage section configured to store the size of the label and the start time period of back feed in an associated manner; wherein
the control section controls to start the back feed of the mount after the start time period of back feed corresponding to the size of the label elapses since it is detected that the label is taken away.

3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage section configured to store a length from the front end of a first label attached to the mount to the front end of a second label attached following the first label and the start time period of back feed in an associated manner; wherein
the control section controls to start the back feed of the mount after the start time period of back feed corresponding to the length from the front end of the first label to the front end of the second label elapses since it is detected that the label is taken away.

4. The printing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the start time period of back feed is associated with the length from the front end of the first label to the front end of the second label in the second storage section in such a manner that the shorter the length is, the longer the start time period of back feed is.

5. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage section configured to store a length between a first label attached to the mount and a second label attached following the first label and the start time period of back feed in an associated manner; wherein
the control section controls to start the back feed of the mount after the start time period of back feed corresponding to the length between the first label and the second label elapses since it is detected that the label is taken away.

6. The printing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the start time period of back feed is associated with the length between the first label and the second label in the third storage section in such a manner that the shorter the length is, the longer the start time period of back feed is.

7. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a start button configured to be operated for starting the back feed; wherein
the control section controls to start the back feed of the mount in a case in which it is detected that the label is taken away and the start button is pressed.

8. The printing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the control section controls to start the back feed of the mount in a case in which the start button is pressed before the start time period of back feed elapses since it is detected that the label is taken away.

9. A control method comprising:
detecting that a label is completely peeled from a mount;
starting a back feed of the mount after elapse of a start time period;
controlling a value of the start time period; and
wherein the start time period is a time period since it is detected that the label was completely peeled from the mount.

10. A non-transitory recording medium that stores a computer program which enables a computer to execute the following processing:
detecting that a label is completely peeled from a mount;
starting a back feed of the mount after elapse of a start time period;
controlling a value of the start time period; and
wherein the start time period is a time period since it is detected that the label was completely peeled from the mount.

Assignees

• Toshiba Tec Kk

Inventors

• Harashina Hiromasa

Classifications

• B41J3/4075 Primary

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• B65C2210/0094

  Label sensing devices · CPC title

• B41J3/01

  for special character, e.g. for Chinese characters or barcodes · CPC title

• B65C2009/0084

  Means for reversing the transport of label or web for repositioning the next to be dispensed label, e.g. printing · CPC title

• B65C9/42 Primary

  Label feed control · CPC title