(57) A desk-top thermal printer comprises a main unit having a passage for passing a continuous
label strip consisting of thermosensitive labels detachably attached to a backing
sheet and a flat bottom surface for supporting the main unit on a freely selectable
flat surface, a retaining means for retaining a roll of the label strip, a thermal
label detecting means, a thermal label strip transfer means having a stepping motor
and a sheet drive roller, a thermal printing means having a thermal printing head
and a platen for thermally printing characters, marks or the like on the thermosensitive
labels transferred by the transfer means to pass between the thermal printing head
and the platen, a label peeling means, a data input means, a data display means and
a control means for controlling the operation of the aforesaid means, the sheet drive
roller and the platen being driven by the stepping motor. The printer can be operated
in a first mode in which the labels are printed and peeled off the backing sheet or
in a second mode in which the labels are printed and fed out from the printer together
with the backing sheet.
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