Printer and method for printing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016107459-A1
Application number	US-201414896462-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 29, 2014
Priority date	Sep 4, 2013
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A printer using heat to print on a print medium improves a print processing speed over an entire print surface of a print medium. In print processing of a label (PL), the feeding speed at a print region (SW) for printing a barcode or the like is slower than a standard feeding speed, and the feeding speed at a margin region (SY) that has a length that is at least a predetermined length in the feeding direction (F) among the margin regions is faster than the standard feeding speed. Further, the feeding speed at a printing area (NW) for printing character, symbol, or the like, and the feeding speed at a margin region (NY) that has a length smaller than the predetermined length in the feeding direction (F) are set to the standard feeding speed. Accordingly, the print processing speed over the entire print surface of the label (PL) may be improved in the printer using heat to print on a label (PL).

First claim

1 . A printer, comprising:
a feeder configured to feed a print medium towards an ejection port along a feeding pathway; a print part configured to use heat to print on the print medium during the feeding of the print medium; and a controller configured to set a feeding speed of a first print region on which coded first print information is printed to a second feeding speed that is slower than a predetermined first feeding speed, and to set a feeding speed of a second print region on which second print information other than the coded first print information is printed to the first feeding speed, the print medium including the first print region and the second print region, the controller in operation setting the feeding speed of the second print region on which the second print information is printed, the second print information being arranged with the first print information in a width direction of the print medium, the second print information including a portion partially extending from the first print region on which the first print information is printed, the first print information being arranged with the second print information in a lengthwise direction of the feeder body, among a plurality of second print information, to the feeding speed of the first print region on which the first print information is printed.

2 . The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to set a feeding speed of a first margin region having a length in a feeding direction of the print medium longer than a predetermined length to a third feeding speed that is faster than the first feeding speed, among a plurality of margin regions of the print medium.

3 . The printer according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to set the feeding speed of a second margin region that is shorter than the predetermined length to the first feeding speed, among the plurality of the margin regions of the print medium.

4 . A method for printing, in a case where using heat to print on the print medium during feeding the print medium, the method comprising:
feeding the print medium in a first print region thereof on which coded first print information is printed at a second feeding speed that is slower than a predetermined first feeding speed; feeding the print medium in a second print region thereof on which second print information other than the coded first print information is printed at the first feeding speed; and feeding the print medium in the second print region on which the second print information is printed, the second print information being arranged with the first print information in a width direction of the print medium, the second print information including a portion partially extending from the first print region on which the first print information is printed, the first print information being arranged with the second print information in a lengthwise direction of a feeder body, among a plurality of second print information, at the feeding speed of the first print region on which the first print information is printed, in a case where using heat to print on the print medium during feeding the print medium.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , further comprising feeding the print medium in a first margin region having a length in the feeding direction of the print medium that is longer than a predetermined length is at a third feeding speed that is slower than the first feeding speed, among the plurality of margin regions of the print medium.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , further comprising feeding the print medium in a second margin region that is shorter than the predetermined length and the second print region that prints the second print information other than the coded first print information is at the first feeding speed, among the plurality of margin regions of the print medium.

Assignees

• Sato Holdings Kk

Inventors

• Sato Yasushi
• Iioka Masayuki
• Kubo Yoshimasa
• Nagata Seiichiro

Classifications

• B41J13/0009 Primary

  control of the transport of the copy material · CPC title

• B41J3/01

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

• B41J2/32 Primary

  using thermal heads · CPC title

• B41J11/425

  for a variable printing material feed amount · CPC title

• B41J11/36

  Blanking or long feeds; Feeding to a particular line, e.g. by rotation of platen or feed roller · CPC title