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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162553 | Cassettte locking and ejecting arrangement A label printer comprising a cassette-receiving bay, said cassette-receiving bay having a base, a top opening opposite the base, a locking mechanism, and an ejector mechanism extending from said base, said ejector mechanism having an ejector part having an upper sur... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152392 | Label producing apparatus A tag label device includes a cartridge, a cartridge holder portion, and an antenna. The cartridge has a first roll around which a cover tape is wound and is detachably mounted in the cartridge holder portion. The cover tape has a plurality of RFID circuit elements ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147155 | Roll paper printer with positioning members A roll paper printer having a roll paper compartment in which roll paper is mounted so that it is freely rotatable inside the roll paper compartment with the compartment designed to prevent the roll paper from meandering from a given path of travel along which the p... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8109683 | Method and device for printing on the surface of a strip-type medium A method and device for improving the handling, in a label printer, of labels without a carrier strip operates by reversing the direction of transport of the label medium for a short distance before transporting the medium in the printing direction, allowing the lab... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104980 | Tape printer and cassette A projection is provided in a roller holder. Accordingly, in a state wherein the roller holder is pressed against a supporting board to make a platen roller come in close contact with a thermal head, a cassette presses the roller holder through the projection in a p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100595 | Label printing apparatus A label printing apparatus comprising a cassette receiving bay arranged to receive a cassette; and an engagement member. The engagement member is movable between a first position, in which the engagement member is engaged with the cassette, and a second position in ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8066442 | Label supply, label handling method and label printing apparatus A supply of labels may be configured to facilitate folding. A label handling method involves initiating a label fold prior to a label completely exiting a label exit opening. A label apparatus includes a label obstructing member to promote label folding. ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8029202 | Printer with recording paper leading edge storage unit A printer, which prints by repeatedly reciprocating a rolled recording paper and ejects a printed recording paper, has therein a recording paper storage unit in which the recording paper is temporarily stored. The recording paper storage unit has a configuration for... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029203 | Printer for recording images on a recording paper and feeding the paper backwards A printing device provided with a conveyer roller pair for holding sheet paper drawn out from a recording paper roll to feed the sheet paper forward or backward. The device includes a feeding roller pair disposed between the recording paper roll and the conveyer rol... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025451 | Tape printer An antenna 33 is located downstream of a tape transferring direction of a tape discharging port 27 through which a printed label tape 28 of a tape cassette 21 mounted to a cassette housing part 8 is discharged. A reflective sensor 35 that detects a sensor marks 65 p... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8011844 | Printer having detecting arm for detecting near-end state of paper roll A printer is disclosed. The printer includes a main body which contains a paper roll container where a paper roll is loaded, a lid for closing an opening section of the main body through which opening section the paper roll is loaded in the paper roll container, a l... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011843 | Tape cassette and tape printer On the back side surface of a release paper of a double-sided adhesive tape 53, sensor marks 65 each in a rectangular shape elongated in the tape width direction when viewed from its front are printed beforehand at a predetermined pitch L along the tap... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7988373 | Tape printer, tape printing system, ink ribbon cassette for a tape printer, method of loading a tape cassette and an ink ribbon cassette into a tape printer, and tape cassette for a tape printer A tape printer for use with a tape cassette and an ink ribbon cassette, the printer comprising a housing and a printhead having a line of printing elements thereon, wherein said printer comprises at least one cassette receiving portion in said housing for receiving ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7963710 | Label printer The printer includes a printing unit 12 that performs printing on each of a label L1 and a second raw sheet M2 on the way of feeding out a first raw sheet M1, which is temporarily stuck with labels L1 on a release liner S, and a se... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7914214 | System and method for determining the status of a label in a roll of label stock A method and system for determining whether a first one of a plurality of labels on a roll of label stock is a full label. The method includes sensing a leading edge of the roll of label stock, sensing a location of a first one of a plurality of indicator marks that... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905670 | Method and apparatus for exposing printable media in a printer The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for exposing printable media. The apparatus includes a printer having a cover. The apparatus also includes a set of lifting arms coupled to the cover. The apparatus includes a slowing devi... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7824116 | Self-centering media support assembly and method of using the same A printer assembly for dispensing a printer media and printing on the printer media as it is dispensed. The printer assembly includes a housing with a container portion and a lid portion, and a latching mechanism configured to coordinate latching, unlatching and bia... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7824117 | Media web printer with a pre-heating platen and cutter module Provided is a wallpaper printer having a cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper, and a feed system defining a media path through the cabinet, the feed system having pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper from... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7802934 | Image generating apparatus having axially movable roller gear An image generating apparatus includes a rotatable roller for carrying a paper, provided movably in an axial direction, a roller gear fixedly mounted on the roller, a drive gear meshing with the roller gear and driven by a driving source, and a position adjustment m... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7753606 | Roll paper printer with positioning members A roll paper printer having a roll paper compartment in which roll paper is mounted so that the roll paper is freely rotatable inside the roll paper compartment with the roll paper compartment designed to prevent the roll paper from meandering from a given path of t... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748918 | Printer paper waste reduction method and computer program product Disclosed herein is a method that relates to paper waste reduction with a point of sale printer. The method comprising, establishing a length of paper available (PA) estimate during loading of paper into a point of sale printer and tracking a length of paper used (P... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7703998 | Mounting assembly for printer There is disclosed a mounting assembly for mounting and securely latching a printer and a label supply roll. The mounting assembly is almost entirely constructed of fabricated sheet metal by cutting and bending. The mounting assembly is well suited to mount the prin... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7677823 | Rolled-print-medium holder device A rolled-print-medium holder device includes an axial member, a holding member, an outer fitting portion, an inner fitting portion, and a weld portion. The holding member is fixed to at least one of both axial ends of the axial member and holds both sides of a rolle... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7674054 | System and method for indicating receipt paper supply in a receipt printer Disclosed is a system for indicating paper supply in receipt printers, the system including a paper roll including a core and length of paper that forms a paper portion, the core including a core diameter and the paper portion including a decreasing paper diameter, ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7635230 | Front cover structure for a label printer A front cover structure is used in a label printer, including a back board forming a paper roll support device; a front board coupled to the back board and defining a first hole and including a first cross bar, a second cross bar and a third cross bar, of which the ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7553097 | Device for detecting end of paper in a printer The device (18) for detecting end of paper comprises a support (43) mounted on a wall (26) of a printer (10) of receipts, obtained from a tape (12) of paper wound on a roll (14), contained in a housing (15) of the pri... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7553098 | Roll paper printer A roll paper printer comprising a roll paper storage unit having a bottom surface on which a roll paper is held and rolls, an operable cover unit for opening and closing a roll paper loading opening to the roll paper storage unit, a roll paper size detection mechani... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7549814 | Compact low paper sensor mechanism A low paper sensor mechanism including first and second support rollers rotatable about a first and second rotational axis to support a paper supply roll, the first and second support rollers and rotational axes configured to translate in a path between a first posi... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7507045 | Multiple attitude low paper sensor mechanism A low paper sensor mechanism for a printer includes two paper supports. Each paper support includes a fixed roller rotatable about a fixed roller axis and a movable roller rotatable about a movable roller axis and pivotable about the fixed roller axis from a start p... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7500798 | Printer A printer with an elongated media output port is disclosed. The printer may be used for a digital tachograph of a motor vehicle. The printer includes at least one bearing surface which limits the media output in the transverse direction and along which the printing ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7458740 | Printer and supply unit for use in the printer The present invention relates to a printer which includes a print unit, a supply unit for the supply of substrate, said supply unit containing a first holder for rotatably receiving a first web of a first substrate wound into a roll, and a second holder for rotatabl... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7441972 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a holder support member at one side end in a roll sheet holder storage part in a direction substantially perpendicular to a feeding direction. In the holder support member, a mounting piece which is substantially rectangular in section and fo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435024 | One time use paper edge cleaner An article for collecting dust and debris from edges of paper rolls comprising an annular body of material having a plurality of undulations on the surface of the body to provide one plurality of ridges resiliently disposed in one direction and another plurality of ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431446 | Web printing system having media cartridge carousel A printing system for producing printed media web, such as wallpaper, with a consumer selected print, such as a wallpaper pattern. The printing system comprising: at least one media cartridge containing the media web; a printhead extending at least the width of the ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429104 | Supplying media to a self threading color web printer A method of supplying a media web to a wallpaper printer. the method includes opening a reusable case, placing into the case a core onto which has been located a supply roll of a blank media web and supporting the core for rotation within the case. then, leading a f... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425063 | Digital web printer with dryer A web printer for printing digital information on print media the web printer comprising a cabinet a plurality of ink reservoirs mounted in a releasable manner within the cabinet and storing respective types of ink to be printed a print media cartridge mounted in a ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422384 | System and a method for printing small print jobs An image forming device includes a protective case, a media source disposed in the protective case, the media source supplying an image receptive media, an encoder configured to detect an advancement of the image receptive media, and a pen coupled to the protective ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419053 | Container for receiving printed web A container for receiving printed wallpaper from a wallpaper printing system, the wallpaper printing system including a winding area adapted to receive the container, the container comprising: a casing able to be closed to envelope the printed wallpaper; a core abou... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7410313 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a case formed with a front face and a top face, a first accommodating portion formed in the case, an imaging unit that forms an image on a recording medium; the imaging unit being accommodated in the first accommodating portion de... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404684 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a roll sheet holder storage part of which a bottom is formed with a positioning recess which is rectangular in plan view and long sideways and has a predetermined depth. A discrimination recess rectangular in plan view is provided between the... | 07/29/2008 |
