Label printer and label printing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9227437-B2
Application number	US-201314402187-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2013
Priority date	May 30, 2012
Publication date	Jan 5, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

A label printer can appropriately print an image and attribute information on a label.
A label printer 1 has a printhead 26 , and a control unit 60 that prints an image and attribute information for the image on a label 52 by the inkjet head 26 . The label 52 is separated by a half-cut 55 into a first label part 56 and a second label part 57 , and removably affixed to a continuous liner 51 . The control unit 60 of the label printer 1 includes an image printing control unit 61 that prints an image on the first label part 56 , and an attribute information printing control unit 62 that prints image attribute information on the second label part 57.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A label printer comprising:
a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording medium having a liner and a label that is removably affixed to the liner and has a cut forming a first label part and a second label part;
a printhead configured to print on the label of the recording medium; and
a control unit configured to control printing an image on the first label part and printing attribute information for the image on the second label part using the printhead;
wherein the cut partially separates the first label part from second label part, and the cut surrounds the first label part is surrounded by the second label part.

2. The label printer described in claim 1 , wherein
the control unit controls printing part of the image on the second label part and printing the first label part without a border.

3. A label printing system comprising:
a print unit including a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording medium having a liner and a label that is removably affixed to the liner and has a cut forming a first label part and a second label part, and a printhead configured to print on the label of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit; and
a control unit configured to control printing an image on the first label part and printing attribute information for the image on the second label part using the printhead;
wherein the cut partially separates the first label part from the second label part, and the cut surrounds the first label part and is surrounded by the second label part.

4. The label printing system described in claim 3 , wherein
the control unit prints part of the image on the second label part and prints the first label part without a border.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Ando Mitsuhisa
• Yamada Masahiko

Classifications

• B41J3/4075 Primary

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• B41J11/663 Primary

  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

• B41J11/008

  Controlling printhead for accurately positioning print image on printing material, e.g. with the intention to control the width of margins · CPC title