EP 1040928 A1 20001004 - Label printer and method of producing a label
Title (en)
Label printer and method of producing a label
Title (de)
Etikettendrucker und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Etikettes
Title (fr)
Imprimante d'étiquettes et méthode pour la production d'une étiquette
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 9179199 A 19990331
Abstract (en)
A label printer having an inputting unit for inputting an image to be printed; a printing unit that prints the image so that the image is orientated along the width direction of the label tape; and a cutting length setting unit that sets a cutting length by which the label tape is to be cut off. The label printer allows the production of a labels of various label widths by optionally setting the cutting length, and of not greater than a predetermined label length, for example, shorter than the tape width, along character train orientations. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 3/36 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 5/30 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/66 (2006.01); B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B65C 11/00 (2006.01); B65C 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/008 (2013.01); B41J 11/663 (2013.01); B41J 11/666 (2013.01); B41J 11/703 (2013.01); B65C 11/0289 (2013.01); B65C 2210/0018 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
- US 5314256 A 19940524 - NIWA AKIHIKO [JP]
- US 5230572 A 19930727 - HIRONO KAZUHISA [JP], et al
- US 5131772 A 19920721 - YAMAGUCHI KOSHIRO [JP]
Citation (search report)
- [X] EP 0557137 A2 19930825 - BROTHER IND LTD [JP]
- [X] US 4717059 A 19880105 - TAKAHASHI MITSUHARU [JP]
- [X] EP 0278075 A1 19880817 - MONARCH MARKING SYSTEMS INC [US]
- [DA] US 5314256 A 19940524 - NIWA AKIHIKO [JP]
- [DA] US 5230572 A 19930727 - HIRONO KAZUHISA [JP], et al
- [DA] US 5131772 A 19920721 - YAMAGUCHI KOSHIRO [JP]
- [X] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 016, no. 440 (M - 1310) 14 September 1992 (1992-09-14)
- [X] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 018, no. 398 (M - 1645) 26 July 1994 (1994-07-26)
- [X] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1997, no. 09 30 September 1997 (1997-09-30)
- [X] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 018, no. 178 (P - 1717) 25 March 1994 (1994-03-25)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1040928 A1 20001004; JP 2000280551 A 20001010; JP 3948157 B2 20070725
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 00106871 A 20000330; JP 9179199 A 19990331