Printing apparatus, printing method and computer-readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10633138-B2
Application number	US-201815902987-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2018
Priority date	Mar 27, 2017
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a print head, a first cutter and a processor. The print head performs printing on a printing medium. The first cutter cuts the printing medium on which the print head has performed the printing. The first cutter trims away a corner at an end in a width direction of the printing medium. The processor controls the print head and the first cutter based on cutting information on an area to be trimmed by the first cutter so that a printing area of the printing medium is not cut by the first cutter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus, comprising:
a print head which performs printing on a printing medium;
a first cutter which cuts the printing medium on which the print head has performed the printing; and
a processor;
wherein the first cutter trims away at least one of corners of the printing medium;
wherein the processor obtains printing area information on a printing area of the print head and cutting information on an area to be trimmed by the first cutter;
wherein the processor controls the print head and the first cutter based on the cutting information so that a printing area of the printing medium is not cut by the first cutter; and
wherein the processor adjusts at least one of the printing area of the print head and a trimming position of the first cutter based on the printing area information and the cutting information so that the printing area of the printing medium is not cut by the first cutter.

2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first cutter comprises a cutting blade for cutting the printing medium so as to trim the printing medium, and wherein the cutting blade is detachable from the first cutter.

3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cutting blade comprises a first blade portion for cutting a part of a width of the printing medium in a straight shape and second blade portions which are integrally formed at both ends in an extending direction of the first blade portion for trimming the corners of the printing medium at an end in a width direction of the printing medium.

4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the printing medium comprises a base with an adhesive side and a peelable release paper covering the adhesive side, and the printing is performed on a printing side of the base opposite from the adhesive side, and
wherein the first cutter cuts the printing medium except for the release paper.

5. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first cutter is disposed in a cutting unit which is configured to be detachable from a main body comprising the print head and a conveyer.

6. The printing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the main body further comprises a second cutter which cuts the printing medium on which the print head has performed the printing.

7. A printing method for a printing apparatus,
wherein the printing apparatus comprises:
a print head which performs printing on a printing medium; and
a first cutter which cuts the printing medium on which the print head has performed the printing, so as to trim away at least one of corners of the printing medium, and

wherein the method comprises:
obtaining printing area information on a printing area of the print head and cutting information on an area to be trimmed by the first cutter;
controlling the print head and the first cutter based on the cutting information so that a printing area of the printing medium is not cut by the first cutter; and
adjusting at least one of the printing area of the print head and a trimming position of the first cutter based on the printing area information and the cutting information so that the printing area of the printing medium is not cut by the first cutter.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium which stores a program for controlling a computer in a printing apparatus that comprises a print head which performs printing on a printing medium and a first cutter which cuts the printing medium on which the print head has performed the printing, said program controlling the computer to perform operations comprising:
obtaining printing area information on a printing area of the print head and cutting information on an area to be trimmed by the first cutter;
controlling the print head and the first cutter based on the cutting information so that a printing area of the printing medium is not cut by the first cutter; and
adjusting at least one of the printing area of the print head and a trimming position of the first cutter based on the printing area information and the cutting information so that the printing area of the printing medium is not cut by the first cutter.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hasegawa Hirokazu
• Kanamura Toshiaki
• Yokoyama Yoshimasa
• Murai Yasushi

Classifications

• B41J11/703 Primary

  Cutting of tape · CPC title

• B26D5/20

  with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed · CPC title

• B65C11/0215

  Labels being adhered to a web · CPC title

• B41J11/663

  Controlling cutting, cutting resulting in special shapes of the cutting line, e.g. controlling cutting positions, e.g. for cutting in the immediate vicinity of a printed image · CPC title

• B41J3/4075

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title