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Document | Title | Date |
20080199239 | Sheet cutting device and printer - A stationary blade ( | 08-21-2008 |
20080260448 | Printer device - A printer device is disclosed that has a cutter function and a thermal head, and is low profile but is suitable for thick paper. The printer device includes a first module and a second module. The first module includes a turning blade driving motor, a platen roller driving motor, a platen roller driven to rotate by the platen roller driving motor, and a fixed blade provided on a first frame. The second module includes a printing head and a turning blade provided on a second frame. When the first module and the second module are connected together, the printing head faces the platen roller, the turning blade faces the fixed blade, and rotation of the turning blade driving motor is transmitted to the turning blade. | 10-23-2008 |
20080279607 | Sheet holding structure and printer for an electronic voting apparatus - Provided is a printer for an electronic voting apparatus with which it becomes possible to smoothly convey a recording sheet, whose leading end is a free end, and achieve miniaturization and simplification. Fanfold paper ( | 11-13-2008 |
20080298872 | Tape Processing Apparatus - Provided herein is a tape processing apparatus having: a tape cutting device which slides a cutter holder having a cutter blade attached therein in a reciprocating sliding directions and cuts a tape by a forward sliding movement thereof; and a tape ejecting device which faces to a tape ejecting path from the tape cutting device to a tape ejecting slot and eject a tape piece of the tape forcibly from the tape ejecting slot by contacting in rotation with the cut tape piece; wherein the tape ejecting device having: an ejecting roller which contacts in rotation with the tape piece; and a power conversion mechanism which is placed between the ejecting roller and the cutter holder, converts a backward sliding movement of the cutter holder to a rotational movement for the ejecting roller, and transmits the rotational movement to the ejecting roller. | 12-04-2008 |
20080304895 | PRINTER, PRINTER CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A printer that uses roll paper as the printing medium and has a manual feed button and an automatic paper cutter detects if the manual feed button was operated. If the manual feed button was operated, the paper is advanced a prescribed length, and the paper is cut by the automatic paper cutter after advancing the paper stops. | 12-11-2008 |
20090074499 | PRINTER - A printer includes a cutter disposed inside a printer body to cut a roll-like recording medium having an image recorded thereon along a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the recording medium, and a slitter cutting the recording medium in its longitudinal direction. The cutter is formed so as to be reciprocable along the width direction of the recording medium, and is formed such that the recording medium is cut along the width direction by the movement of the cutter in the width direction. The slitter is formed so as to be movable along the width direction of the recording medium such that the slitter selectively takes at least two positions including an initial position separated outward from an end edge of the recording medium in the width direction, and a cutting position where the recording medium is cut along the longitudinal direction, and is formed such that the recording medium is cut along the longitudinal direction by conveying the recording medium in a state where the position of the slitter is moved to the cutting position. A movable guide made movable in an interlocking manner with the movement of the cutter and guiding unnecessary portions of the recording medium cut by the cutter toward a garbage box arranged in a discarding section preset inside the printer body, and a moving guide moved along with the slitter and guiding unnecessary portions of the recording medium cut by the slitter toward the garbage box. | 03-19-2009 |
20090080960 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STRIP-SHAPED MATERIAL PRINTING PRESS - A control apparatus for a web rotary printing press includes: a detector, located downstream of a former and provided halfway through a transport path for a web or a signature from the former to a chopper, for detecting the position of an end portion of the web on a side folded by the former; and a former and turn bar control device for adjusting the position, in the paper flow direction, of the former or the position, in the lateral direction, of the chopper in response to an output from the detector. | 03-26-2009 |
20090110462 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STABILIZING PRINTABLE MEDIA IN A PRINTER - The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a method and apparatus for stabilizing printable media in a printer. The apparatus includes a platen for conveying printable media through a conveyance path. The apparatus also includes a set of guides for curving the printable media to form a stabilized printable media, wherein curving the printable media comprises decreasing a distance between a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge of the printable media. | 04-30-2009 |
20090116893 | Printing Device and Printing Method - A first cutter | 05-07-2009 |
20090129847 | MAGNETIC ATTACHMENT OF PRINTER CUTTER BLADE - Disclosed is a thermal receipt printer including a printer frame having a base and two blade flanges extending from the base. The thermal receipt printer further includes a stationary blade located at the two blade flanges and at least one magnet located in at least one magnet hole in each blade flange of the two blade flanges, a magnetic field of the at least one magnet retaining the stationary blade to the two blade flanges. | 05-21-2009 |
20090175671 | PRINTER AND ASSOCIATED EJECTION ASSEMBLY - An ejection assembly for a printer is provided, the ejection assembly being disposed downstream of a print head in order to receive web from the print head. The ejection assembly can include an ejection roller and a door having a closed configuration and an open configuration. The door can be biased toward the closed configuration and toward the ejection roller. Upon rotation of the ejection roller, the ejection roller can force the door from the closed configuration to the open configuration and can eject web past the door from the printer. In some embodiments, the ejection roller is rotated one full cycle, the ejection roller permits accumulation of web received from the print head and subsequently forces the door from the closed configuration to the open configuration and ejects the accumulated web past the door from the printer. Also provided are a corresponding printer and method. | 07-09-2009 |
20090196672 | PRINTER - A printer includes a fragment receiving section provided below a cutter and receiving a non-printing area cut off as a fragment falling thereinto, and a printed matter receiving section provided below the cutter and receiving a printing area cut off as a piece of printed matter and falling thereinto. The fragment receiving section includes a rocking plate rocked by a rocking mechanism between a first rocking position, where an upper end of the rocking plate resides on the downstream side in a paper conveying direction with respect to a cutting position so as to allow the fragment to fall into the fragment receiving section, and a second rocking position, where the upper end of the rocking plate resides on the upstream side in the paper conveying direction with respect to the cutting position so as to guide the piece of printed matter into the printed matter receiving section. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196673 | CUTTER DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A cutter device includes a medium supporting surface that supports a recording medium being transported, and a cutter carriage that has a cutter blade for cutting the recording medium and that is movable in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the recording medium. An opening that forms a passage region for the cutter carriage is provided in the medium supporting surface so as to extend in the moving direction of the cutter carriage. The opening is provided with a cover capable of switching between a first state in which the cover covers the opening and forms part of the medium supporting surface and a second state in which the cover is retracted to form the passage region for the cutter carriage. | 08-06-2009 |
20090220292 | Tape printing apparatus - In the tape printing apparatus | 09-03-2009 |
20090232576 | Printer - A portion of a paper guide member ( | 09-17-2009 |
20090232577 | CUTTER DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A cutter device includes: a first cutter provided on a front surface side of a medium being fed to be cut; a second cutter that is provided on a back surface side opposite the front surface side and cuts the medium in cooperation with the first cutter; a carriage that retains the first and second cutters and moves in a width direction of the medium; a guide portion that guides the carriage in the width direction; and a post-cut guide portion that is provided on the carriage and comes into contact with the back surface to guide the medium on the downstream side of the first and second cutters in a medium feed direction after cutting to the front surface side. | 09-17-2009 |
20090238631 | Printer Equipped with Cutter Mechanism - A rolled sheet is accommodated in an accommodating section. A cover is movable between an open position for opening the accommodating section and a closed position for covering the accommodating section. A part of the rolled sheet fed from the accommodating section is transported through the transporting path. A print head is disposed in a first side relative to the transporting path and operable to perform printing on the part of the rolled sheet in the transporting path. A cutter is disposed in the first side and movable between an operable position at which the cutter is operable to cut the part of the rolled sheet and a covered position at which the cutter is not operable to cut the part of the rolled sheet. The cutter is moved to the operable position when the cover is moved from the open position to the closed position, and is moved to the covered position when the cover is moved from the closed position to the open position. A cutter cover covers the cutter in the covered position. | 09-24-2009 |
20090245913 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Printing paper is cut by moving the lower one of a pair of upper and lower cutting blades with the upper one fixed. A protective member for preventing the printed surface of the printing paper being conveyed from coming into contact with the cutting edge of the upper cutting blade is disposed upstream of the upper cutting blade in the direction of paper conveyance. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245914 | PRINTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CUTTING POSITION OF BOARDING PASS - A proposed printer device drives a conveyance unit to forward the end position of a medium by an amount of feed corresponding to a first boarding pass length from a cutting position, moves a cutter up and down to attempt a cutting operation. When the cutting operation is successfully performed, the boarding pass length of one boarding pass of a series of boarding passes to be processed is set as the first boarding pass length. When the cutting operation is unsuccessfully performed, the conveyance unit is driven to forward the end position of the medium by an amount of feed corresponding to the difference between the first boarding pass length and a second boarding pass length longer than the first boarding pass length, and the cutting operation is attempted again by moving a cutter up and down in the cutting position. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245915 | Sheet material cutting unit and printing device - To provide a sheet material cutting unit which can retain the posture of a sheet material when the sheet material is cut such that a movable blade can bite the sheet material with stability. A sheet material fixedly holding portion provided in parallel with a fixed blade and a sheet material movably holding portion linked with a movable blade are provided downstream from a sheet material cutting position in a sheet material transfer direction to retain a sheet material from both sides of the sheet material when the sheet material is cut. | 10-01-2009 |
20090257810 | Rotary printing press and method for producing a newspaper product in tabloid format - A rotary printing press is usable for producing a newspaper product in tabloid format. The printing press has at least one printing unit which is configured so that it prints a web with printed pages in a horizontal tabloid format. A part web, which is formed by slitting a web, is provided with a fold by a plough folder and that is arranged in the path of travel of the web. The web is folded with a first edge region, which is printed with a narrow printed image section, as a folded portion, along a first folding line by the plough folder. A fold former is arranged after the plough folder. The part web is printed with only one horizontal page in tabloid format and is also printed with a narrow printed section on an adjacent edge region. The part web and the fold former are arranged in the partial web travel direction so that the part web, which is folded along one side by the plough folder, runs into the folding former offset. The center of the partial web is not aligned with the former tip but instead is offset with respect to that former tip. | 10-15-2009 |
20090279935 | Printer with cutter - an object of the present invention is to provide a printer with a cutter, which has a compact structure to allow for the reduction in size and is capable of performing printing while eliminating an unprinted area as much as possible and of easily performing recovery without wasting a recording sheet even if a paper jam occurs during the printing. Provided is a printer with a cutter including a platen roller | 11-12-2009 |
20090285617 | Tape Printing Apparatus and Tape Cassette - A method of printing an image on an image receiving tape comprising advancing the tape in a first direction such that a predetermined portion of the tape is downstream of the printing location, printing an image while advancing the tape in a second direction cutting the tape when at least the predetermined portion of tape is downstream of the cutting location, and cutting the tape again when the end of the image is a predetermined distance upstream of the cutting location. | 11-19-2009 |
20090297246 | PRINTER - The present invention provides a printer that prints on a rolled recording paper, cuts the printed recording paper to a predetermined length, and ejects the cut recording paper. The printer includes storage means | 12-03-2009 |
20090297247 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT SETTING METHOD - A printing apparatus which prints one image by sequentially transferring a set of a plurality of color inks to roll paper from an ink ribbon cyclically coated with the plurality of color inks, the apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit which acquires image data; a print processing unit which prints an image on the roll paper based on the image data acquired by the acquisition unit; a cutting unit which cuts the roll paper after the print processing unit prints the image; and a setting unit which sets a cutting position, the setting unit displaying an image to be printed on a display unit together with the cutting position, and changing the cutting position in accordance with an operation to an operation member, wherein the cutting unit cuts the roll paper in accordance with the cutting position set by the setting unit. | 12-03-2009 |
20090317163 | Printer with a cutter - In order to reliably and promptly release bite of a fixed blade and a movable blade with a simple manipulation without being influenced by a state of paper jam of a recording sheet, provided is a printer capable of performing printing on a recording sheet and then cutting the same, including: a fixed blade ( | 12-24-2009 |
20100003060 | PAPER CUTTING DEVICE AND A PRINTER WITH A PAPER CUTTING DEVICE - A paper cutting device for cutting sheet material from the lengthwise edges of the material toward the middle comprising a stationary blade and first and second movable blades with the sheet material placed between the stationary blade and the first and second movable blades. The paper cutting device enables the spacing between the stationary blade and the first and second movable blades to be opened by moving the stationary blade frame and the movable blade frame relative to each other. The first movable blade and second movable blade are supported on a first stud and second stud, respectively, near the distal ends of the edge of the blade part of the stationary blade so that the paths of the blade tips overlap when cutting the sheet material. The movable blade drive mechanism drives the first movable blade and second movable blade with the first movable blade leading and the second movable blade following. | 01-07-2010 |
20100021224 | CUTTING STATION FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a reference surface that is partitioned into an array of chambers, a source of negative pressure, and a cutting zone. The array of chambers is in fluid communication with the source of negative pressure. The cutting zone includes a cutting tool disposed to permit cutting of media. A set of chambers is spaced apart from the array of chambers by the cutting zone. The set of chambers is in fluid communication with a source of negative pressure. | 01-28-2010 |
20100028066 | PRINTING APPARATUS - Printing apparatus (S′) comprising printing means ( | 02-04-2010 |
20100028067 | Printing Device, Printing System, and Near-End Notification Method - The user can learn when the end of the roll paper is near even when using roll paper that does not already have near-end markings. The printer | 02-04-2010 |
20100054839 | Thermal printer - In order to provide a thermal printer capable of sorting recording sheets with different print patterns without providing a complex mechanism to enable a user to easily receive a discharged sheet, On the downstream side of a print unit ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100080643 | PRINTING PRESS AND OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A printing press is provided in which reliable, automatic cutting control can be performed and can be made stable at an early stage so that spoiled paper can be reduced. A web offset press includes a cutting cylinder, a mark detector, a compensator roller, and a cut-off control unit having an exact-cutting control mode for adjusting cutting positions of a web by changing the position of the compensator roller on the basis of cutting timing and the detection timing of a cut mark detected in a gate signal having a predetermined relationship therewith. The cut-off control unit further has a rough-cutting control mode in which the mark detector detects a mark set for the entire surface of the web, and the position of the compensator roller is changed on the basis of a deviation between the detection timing of the mark and the cutting timing so that the cut-mark-detection timing falls within the gate signal. | 04-01-2010 |
20100086339 | System And Method For Facilitating Cutting Of Media Having A Phase Change Ink Image - A system cuts media printed with phase change ink in a manner that reduces the ink debris produced by cutting solidified ink. The system includes a heater configured to heat phase change ink on the media moving through the heater to a temperature at which the ink is malleable, the temperature being above room temperature and below a temperature at which phase change ink melts, and a cutter configured to receive the media after the media has been heated by the heater and to cut the media. The blade of the cutter may also be heated to facilitate media cutting with a reduced likelihood of solid ink debris being generated. | 04-08-2010 |
20100086340 | Cutting mechanism for printing apparatus, and printing apparatus including the same - A cutting mechanism for a printing apparatus that cuts a printing medium and includes a fixed blade having first through holes and a movable blade having second through holes and slidingly movable with respect to the fixed blade, wherein each of first openings of the first through holes on a first sliding face is at least partly included in a first overlapping portion, each of second openings of the second through holes on a second sliding face is at least partly included in a second overlapping portion, and the first openings and the second openings are located at positions such that the first openings and the second openings do not overlap completely with each other in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the movable blade with respect to the fixed blade. | 04-08-2010 |
20100086341 | Printer - To provide a thermal printer in which cutting performance with respect to a recording sheet is enhanced, a thermal printer ( | 04-08-2010 |
20100098474 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus is supplied capable of printing without the occurrence of the slack of copying paper. The printing apparatus comprises a paper cut mechanism for cutting successive paper printed in a print mechanism; a first conveying section which holds and sends out successive paper to the print mechanism; a second conveying section which holds and sends out the successive paper that is printed out in the print mechanism and is sent out from the first conveying section to the paper cut mechanism; and a controlling section which returns a tip of the successive paper after being cut by the paper cut mechanism to between the print mechanism and the first conveying section. | 04-22-2010 |
20100119282 | System and Method for Printing and Cutting - A system for printing and cutting including a housing. A printing system is connected to the housing. The printing system including a print head having a bottom surface. A cutting system is connected to said housing. A movable floor is connected to said housing where the movable floor adjusts to the thickness of a stock to be printed. The movable floor providing a predetermined distance from the bottom surface of the print head and the upper surface of the stock. | 05-13-2010 |
20100119283 | LABEL PRINTER - A label printer includes a cutter mechanism, a main body frame, and an upper cover. The cutter mechanism includes an upper blade which is a fixed blade and a lower blade which is a moving blade that advances and retreats relative to the upper blade, and that cuts a printing medium by causing the lower blade to advance and retreat relative to the upper blade. The lower blade is attached to the main body frame. The upper blade is attached to the upper cover, which opens and closes an upper portion of the main body frame. The upper blade is separated from the lower blade when the upper cover is opened. | 05-13-2010 |
20100119284 | TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS - A tape printing apparatus including a tape accommodation area for accommodating a supply of image receiving tape; a cutting arrangement; an outlet arranged adjacent said cutting arrangement, the outlet having a first part downstream of the cutting arrangement with a size such that a user is able to access an area adjacent the cutting arrangement. | 05-13-2010 |
20100119285 | Two-Button Cutter Actuation Mechanism - A cutter actuation mechanism for cutting printing media in handheld printer is disclosed. The cutter actuation mechanism includes a cutting mechanism having an open position and a cut position. The cutter actuation mechanism further includes a pair of buttons operatively connected to the blade to move the blade from the open position to the cut position. Depressing at least one of the pair of buttons moves the blade from the open position to the cut position. | 05-13-2010 |
20100119286 | Printing System Having Selectively Controlled Slitter - A printing system is provided having a printhead for printing on media supplied from a roll, a slitter having a plurality of slitting blades mounted on rotatable shafts and a rotatable, selectively positional turret supporting the rotatable shafts and a controller. The position of each slitting blade in relation to the printed media is preselected so as to provide preselected slit widths of the printed media. The controller receives width options selected by an operator, drives rotation of the turret so as to select the shafts having the slitting blades positioned for the received width options, and control the printhead and slitter to effect printing and slitting of the media at the received width options. | 05-13-2010 |
20100129130 | TAG MAKING AND STACKING SYSTEMS AND METHOD, TAG STACKERS AND STACK TRAYS - There is disclosed a tag making and stacking system, tag stackers and stack trays. To increase tag making capacity, a wide tag web is slit into completely severed narrow tag webs which are cut apart to form tags which are immediately separated and formed into spaced apart stacks. The new system includes a printer and a stacking system to receive and stack tags. The stacking system includes a tag stacker and a removable tag-receiving tray to facilitate transferring a stack of tags from the tag stacker to the place where the tags are to be used. A method of handling tags involves the provision of at least first and second removable trays wherein a first tray with a stack of tags can be replaced by an empty second tray so that the stacking of additional tags can recommence without waiting for the first tray to be emptied. | 05-27-2010 |
20100143017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BUSINESS DOCUMENTS - An in-line automated system for generating business forms. A spool of paper is unwound and fed into a tinter. A water-based tint is applied to the continuous stream of paper and then fed into a digital printer. The digital printer prints continuous streams of business forms onto the continuous stream of paper. The printer may print seven individual streams of product across the width of the paper. Shipping documentation may be printed concurrently with the printing of the product. After printing, the paper is fed into a binder delivery unit to cut and group the individual business forms into batches for shipment. The continuous sheet of paper may travel through the process at speeds of at least 100 feet per minute. The print job orders may be received via an online interface. | 06-10-2010 |
20100143018 | Printer with cutter - Provided is a printer with a cutter, which can easily restore, even when there arises a problem that a movable blade is stopped during sliding due to paper jam or the like, the movable blade to a state before the problem arises, reliably perform positioning between a movable blade frame and a detachable unit, and improve printing accuracy and cutting accuracy. A detachable unit ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100166481 | PAPER WIDTH DETECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a paper width detection apparatus including a plurality of lever members lined in parallel in a paper width direction of a recording paper roll, each lever member being rotatably arranged on a same center axis, a detecting unit for detecting a rotation state of the lever member, and a determination unit for determining a paper width of the recording paper roll based on a detection result. One lever member of the plurality of lever members rotates in a first rotating direction about the center axis by contacting an outer peripheral part of a holding unit for holding both ends of the recording paper roll, and another lever member positioned on an inner side in the paper width direction facing the recording paper roll than the lever member contacting the holding unit rotates in conjunction with the lever member contacting the outer peripheral part of the holding unit. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166482 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus having a carrying unit carrying a continuous recording medium; a recording medium connecting unit for replacing and connecting the continuous recording medium; a cutting unit having cutting means cutting the continuous recording medium and detection means detecting a cutting position of the cutting means; and an introducing unit and having a pair of introducing rotating bodies nipping the continuous recording medium to hold and introduce the continuous recording medium into the cutting unit, and comprising a control unit determining whether a connecting position of the continuous recording medium connected in the recording medium connecting unit corresponds to the cutting position of the cutting unit, and when the connecting position and the cutting position are determined as corresponding, controlling a cutting length of the continuous recording medium having the connecting position, to avoid cutting being conducted at the connecting position. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166483 | Recording Device And Control Method For A Recording Device - A recording device has a recording unit that records on a recording medium, a transportation unit that conveys and discharges from an discharge opening the recording medium recorded by the recording unit, a cutting unit that cuts the recording medium recorded by the recording unit at a predetermined position on the transportation path of the transportation unit, and a control unit that causes a ticket to be output by causing the recording unit to record on the recording medium while causing the transportation unit to convey the recording medium only a specified ticket length and causing the cutting unit to cut. When a next ticket is not output after a ticket is output, the control unit causes the output ticket to be recorded and conveyed the specified ticket length, advanced a preset additional transportation distance, and then cut by the cutting unit. | 07-01-2010 |
20100196077 | TAPE PRINTER - When a cut lever is rotated, a tape printer cuts a tape by using a cutting mechanism unit. The cutting mechanism unit has a cut lever rotatably supported by a lever shaft, a cutter holder provided with a cutter blade and a cutter blade receiving member. Upon rotation of the cut lever, the cut lever moves the cutter holder in a cutting direction, the cutter blade presses and cuts the tape in cooperation with the cutter blade receiving member. At a point the cutter blade comes into contact with the cutter blade receiving member, a line segment connecting a lever shaft center and a contact protrusion tangent point T becomes perpendicular to the cutting direction. | 08-05-2010 |
20100202819 | PAPER CUTTING DEVICE AND PRINTER - A paper cutting device comprising a fixed blade, a movable blade, a movable blade drive mechanism for moving the movable blade, wherein the movable blade and the fixed blade are disposed in substantially perpendicular positions. | 08-12-2010 |
20100221055 | CUTTER AND PRINTER WITH CUTTER - A printer with a cutter is provided that can discharge cut-offs in a stable condition. A printer includes a transportation path, a transportation mechanism that conveys a recording medium along the transportation path, a fixed knife having a cutting edge, a movable knife having a cutting edge and moving between a standby position and a cutting-completed position, and an exit disposed along the transportation path. The exit includes a narrow opening defined by a first elongated side offset from the transportation path beyond the movable-knife cutting edge in the cutting-completed position, and a second elongated side opposite the first elongated side and offset from the transportation path opposite to the first elongated side. The second elongated side can be located immediately adjacent to the transportation path, for example, by less than or equal to 2 mm. | 09-02-2010 |
20100221056 | CUTTER AND PRINTER WITH CUTTER - A printer with a cutter does not have cutting problems caused by adhesive squeezed from label paper. In a scissor type automatic cutter | 09-02-2010 |
20100221057 | CUTTER AND PRINTER WITH CUTTER - A cutter and a printer having a cutter prevent the paper pieces cut off by the cutter from collecting at the paper exit from which the cut-off pieces are discharged. A stage surface | 09-02-2010 |
20100239347 | AUTO-CUTTER FOR ROLL PAPER PRINTER - Disclosed is an auto-cutter which is installed in a roll paper printer which prints a receipt, a barcode, a label or the like on paper and outputs it. The auto-cutter functions to automatically cut a section of roll paper off. A casing is provided in a main body of the roll paper printer. A step motor is installed in the casing and connected to a movable cutting blade through spur gears. Therefore, a paper cutter structure and a full and partial cut structure can be simplified. In particular, the present invention can prevent a cutter jam, thus enhancing reliability of the operation of cutting. | 09-23-2010 |
20100239348 | TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS AND TAPE CASSETTE - A tape cassette includes an ink ribbon having an ink layer formed thereon and a film tape having a transparent film with an adhesive layer formed on one side thereof. In the tape cassette, the adhesive layer and an ink layer contact at a printing position and the adhesive layer is heated by a thermal head, thereby exhibiting adhesiveness. Then, the ink layer and the adhesive layer are adhered and characters are printed on the film tape. In a tape printing apparatus, a cutter unit is arranged close to the downstream side from the thermal head in the conveying direction. Accordingly, the film tape is cut immediately after printing. The adhesive layer side of the film tape is adhered to an auxiliary sheet medium at the position of a feed roller. The film tape is cut by the second cutter arranged downstream of the feed roller in the conveying direction. | 09-23-2010 |
20100247221 | PRINTER - A printer includes a fixed blade attached to a cover unit; a movable blade that faces a fixed blade, freely reciprocates relative to the fixed blade when the cover unit is closed and cuts the recording medium together with the fixed blade by overlapping the fixed blade during reciprocation; a movable blade driving motor that causes the movable blade to reciprocate; and a movable blade unit that includes the movable blade, the movable blade driving motor, and an accommodating unit accommodating the movable blade and provided at a printer main body. The printer further includes a mechanism that, when the movable blade protrudes from the accommodating unit and is stopped, widens a space over which the fixed blade and the protruding movable blade face each other before the movable blade driving motor accommodates the protruding movable blade in the accommodating unit, as initiated by operation of a cover opening lever. | 09-30-2010 |
20100278579 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - The image coding apparatus includes conveying unit configured to convey a roll-shaped recording medium, a recording head adapted to record an image on the recording medium, a guide member configured for guiding the recording medium, and a cutting unit configured to cut the recording medium, wherein the guide member is provided with at least one friction member on a surface of the guide member, the at least one friction member configured to come into contact with the recording medium. | 11-04-2010 |
20100329768 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus configured to cut a sheet or a sheet bundle includes a cutting blade whose blade surface has a plurality of grooves. In the cutting apparatus, a scraping member enters the grooves provided on the blade surface to scrape off cutting scraps remaining after a cutting operation. Accordingly, the cutting apparatus can scrape off cutting scraps from the cutting blade even if the adhesive force of the cutting scraps is great. | 12-30-2010 |
20100329769 | Printer - A roll paper printer having a cover movable between an open and closed position with the printer having hooks on locking levers disposed to the cover to hold the cover in the locked position upon engaging pins located on the printer body side and having an opening lever to unlock the cover. The printer also includes a paper cutter device having a stationary knife which is attached to the cover and contact plate parts which extend from the stationary knife for contacting the front panel part on the printer body and having extension springs disposed in tension for pulling the stationary knife towards the back of the printer such that upon closing the cover the contact plate parts push the cover to the front of the printer. This causes the hooks of the locking levers to press from the back against the engagement pins to eliminate any play in the cover when in cover is in the locked position and to assist in opening the cover when the cover opening lever is operated. | 12-30-2010 |
20110002726 | PAPER FEEDER, PRINTER WITH THE SAME, AND PAPER FEEDING METHOD - Disclosed is a printer including a paper feeder for accommodating a rolled paper to be pulled out and recorded thereon. The feeder has a container section to set the roll, in which first and second support walls are arranged to rotatably support the roll. While paper from the roil is taken out, a contact force produced by the roll against the first support wall is kept larger than that in a stationary state, and a contact force produced by the roll against second support wall is kept smaller than that in the stationary state. A friction coefficient between the second support wall and the roll is larger than one between first support wall and the roll, the roll being in slidable contact with the first and second support walls. Therefore, when the recording is started, an impact force to the roll can be alleviated, resulting in reducing unevenness in image in a feeding direction of the paper. | 01-06-2011 |
20110002727 | MEDIUM CUTTING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING THE MEDIUM CUTTING DEVICE, AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE MEDIUM CUTTING DEVICE - A medium cutting device for cutting a conveyed continuous medium in a predetermined length includes a cutting unit having a cut roller that is freely rotatable and is provided with a cut blade for cutting the continuous medium on an outer surface, and an anvil roller arranged to face the cut roller, and brush rollers that are arranged to face each other on a further downstream side than the cutting unit in a conveyance direction, and prevent a sheet-shaped recording medium cut by the cutting unit from being entangled with one of the rollers of the cutting unit . A linear speed of the outermost perimeter of each of the brush rollers is made faster than a conveyance speed of the continuous medium conveyed by the cutting unit. | 01-06-2011 |
20110008091 | CUTTING DEVICE AND PRINTER WITH A CUTTING DEVICE - A cutting device and a printer having a cutting device eliminate paper jams and other transportation problems that can occur as a result of the cutting device cutting the paper, and can cut and reliably discharge the paper in a stable condition. The cutting device has a fixed knife | 01-13-2011 |
20110008092 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An image recording apparatus includes a conveying unit for conveying a continuous medium, on which an image is recorded by an image recording unit, with a predetermined tension and speed, a cutting unit having a cut roller and an anvil roller, which are arranged to face each other in order to be able to cut the continuous medium and rotate with a predetermined rotation number, a leading unit having a pair of leading rollers that are arranged between the conveying unit and the cutting unit and nip and lead the continuous medium to the cutting unit, and a controlling unit for performing a control for temporarily suspending the pair of leading rollers, for leading the continuous medium to be cuttable into a short cut paper sheet shorter than a normal sheet. | 01-13-2011 |
20110026998 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH CUTTING HEAD AND ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE - A printing apparatus capable of performing printing and cutting operations is presented. The printing apparatus including a supporting member for supporting a medium, an ink head comprising a nozzle for discharging ultraviolet light curable ink onto the medium and coupled to the guide rail in a freely moveable manner for moving the ink head in the second direction, a cutting head comprising a cutter for cutting the medium and coupled to the guide rail in a freely moveable manner for moving the cutting head in the second direction, and an ultraviolet light irradiation device coupled to the ink head for irradiating ultraviolet light onto the ultraviolet light curable ink discharged on the medium during the printing operation, wherein at least a portion of the medium is irradiated by the ultraviolet light after a region of the recording medium is cut by the cutter | 02-03-2011 |
20110026999 | Cutter mechanism and printer with a cutter - To achieve a high swinging property of a fixed blade, enable to reliably cut a recording sheet from both right and left sides thereof without leaving an uncut portion, etc., and achieve simplification of a shape of the fixed blade and cost reduction provided is a cutter mechanism including: a fixed blade ( | 02-03-2011 |
20110052299 | PORTABLE PRINTER EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL CUTTER - There is provided a portable printer equipped with a manual cutter. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052300 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus includes: a restricting member that is provided downstream of an ejector that ejects a recording target medium after recording processing, the restricting member restricting a position in height of the ejected recording target medium; and a cutting unit that is also provided downstream of the ejector and moves in a width direction, which is orthogonal to a direction of ejection of the recording target medium, to cut the recording target medium, wherein the restricting member moves between a first position that is located inside a path of movement of the cutting unit and a second position that is located outside the path of movement of the cutting unit. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052301 | (Moab Omnibus-Apparatus) Crafting Apparatus Including a Workpiece Feed Path Bypass Assembly and Workpiece Feed Path Analyzer - A crafting apparatus that includes a body defining at least one passageway for receiving a workpiece, a cutter disposed along the at least one passageway, a printer disposed along the at least one passageway and spaced from the cutter, and a feed path bypass assembly disposed along the at least one passageway between the cutter and the printer. The feed path bypass assembly alters a feed path of the workpiece through the at least one passageway. | 03-03-2011 |
20110058885 | Variable format device for cutting print substrates and folder and printing press having a device of this kind - A device for cutting print substrates, i.e., paper webs, having a cutting module which comprises a cutting device, a folder, and a printing press with a device of this kind, wherein the cutting module includes guide devices having at least a partially planar and/or movable guide area for guiding the print substrate or paper web through the cutting module. | 03-10-2011 |
20110081190 | Recording media transportation control method and printer - In a printer that prints to continuous paper, starting to backfeed the recording paper for printing the next print job before the user cuts the previously printed page can be prevented. The printer prints while conveying recording paper delivered from fanfold paper through a transportation path, and after printing cuts the recording paper using a cutter disposed near the paper exit. When printing ends, the control unit positions the perforation at the trailing end of the printed page to a cutting position, and sets a tear-off state holding the recording paper where positioning was completed. When new print data is received while in the tear-off state, the recording paper transportation operation is prohibited and the tear-off state is continued until a preset delay time passes. When the delay time has passed, the recording paper is immediately fed back and indexed for the next print job. | 04-07-2011 |
20110091262 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus feeding paper and forming an image on the paper includes: a cutting unit configured to cut the paper located on a feeding path to feed a sheet of paper subjected to the image formation; and a brushing unit arranged on the upstream side in the paper feeding direction with respect to the cutting unit and after the cutting unit cuts the paper, brushing down, from the feeding path, a piece of waste paper left near the cutting unit on the upstream side in the paper feeding direction with respect to the cutting unit on the feeding path. | 04-21-2011 |
20110103869 | PRINTER WITH PAPER CUTTER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A printer has an automatic cutter and a recording paper guide member. The automatic cutter includes a fixed knife attached to the printer case and a movable knife attached to an access cover. The movable knife is attached to the open side of the access cover relative to the fixed knife. The recording paper guide member is disposed to the printer case at a position closer to the open side of the access cover than the movable knife. The movable knife protruding to the fixed knife side and the recording paper guide member interfere if the access cover is opened when the movable knife has moved to the cutting start position. As a result, because movement of the access cover is limited and the access cover will not open, the movable knife protruding to the fixed knife side is not exposed outside the printer case. | 05-05-2011 |
20110103870 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a first device and a second device. The first device includes a first carriage movable in a scanning direction along a guide rail and a first working device to perform a first predetermined work on an object medium. The second device includes a second carriage movable in the scanning direction along the guide rail and a second working device to perform a second predetermined work on the object medium. A first device holding mechanism is capable of holding the first device. A second device holding mechanism is capable of holding the second device. A vertically retreat mechanism is configured to move the second device holding mechanism and the second device along a vertical direction to be located below a medium supporter to support the object medium when the first working device is moved in the scanning direction to perform the first predetermined work. | 05-05-2011 |
20110123245 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - In an image recording apparatus, a record medium passage information generation unit detects a sheet passage state of a record medium after the continuous record media is cut. A control unit determines the state of a cutting device according to the passage time information between cut record media obtained from the sheet passage state of the cut record medium detected by the record medium passage information generation unit and predetermined time information. | 05-26-2011 |
20110135373 | TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS - A CPU detects whether or not a type of a tape cassette housed in a cassette housing portion is a stripped-tape accommodating cassette that creates an after-printed tape with a separator being peeled off from its adhesive layer. In case the CPU detects that the type of the tape cassette in the cassette housing portion is a stripped-tape accommodating cassette that creates an after-printed tape with a separator being peeled off from its adhesive layer, only one after-printed tape in predetermined length with a separator being peeled off from its adhesive layer is made subject to tape printing, and consequently conveyed to a cutting point, whereby tape printing is terminated. | 06-09-2011 |
20110158731 | PRINTING APPARATUS WITH CUTTER MECHANISM - A movable BF guide is provided in a movable-blade receiving area into which a movable blade slides along a fixed blade while being pressed against the fixed blade in a process of cutting recording paper. The movable-blade receiving area is blocked by the BF guide when the cutting process is not performed, thus preventing the entry of the end portion of the downstream connected recording paper into the movable-blade receiving area. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158732 | Cutting Device And Tape Printing Apparatus Equipped Therewith - A cutting device which carries out cutting operations in a width direction of a tape-like member, includes: a cutter unit having a cutter blade; and a cutter operation mechanism having a power transmission mechanism which transmits power for causing the cutter unit to operate and carry out a circulatory movement including the cutting operations, a full cutting and a half cutting, with one mechanism, wherein the power transmission mechanism has a rotating circular plate which rotates by means of power input from a drive portion, and the rotating circular plate has on each surface an engagement portion which branches and transmits power caused by the rotation. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158733 | Cutting Device And Tape Printing Apparatus Equipped Therewith - A cutting device which carries out cutting operations in a width direction of a tape-like member, includes: a cutter operation mechanism which causes the cutting operations, a full cutting and a half cutting, to be carried out with one mechanism; and a tape discharge mechanism having a tape discharge roller which, by rotating, causes the tape-like member to move to a discharge side, wherein the tape discharge mechanism comes in conjunction with the cutter operation mechanism, and the tape discharge roller rotates only after the cutting operation at a time of the full cutting finishes. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158734 | Cutting Device And Tape Printing Apparatus Equipped Therewith - A cutting device which carries out a cutting operation on a tape-like member in a width direction thereof, includes: a cutter operation mechanism, as well as making a cutting start position different between a full cutting and a half cutting in the cutting preparation operation, causes a cutter unit to carry out a first cutting operation, which causes the cutter unit to move in the width direction from the cutting start position to a predetermined position, and a second cutting operation, which causes the cutter unit to advance from the predetermined position to the cutting completion position in a direction approximately perpendicular to a tape surface of the tape-like member, on the tape-like member in the cutting operation. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158735 | Cutting Device And Tape Printing Apparatus Equipped Therewith - A cutting device includes: a cutter unit having a cutter blade; and a cutter operation mechanism which causes the cutter unit to carry out a circulatory movement including a cutting preparation operation which causes the cutter unit to advance toward a tape-like member from a cutting start position, a cutting operation which causes the cutter unit to move to a cutting completion position, a withdrawal operation which causes the cutter unit to retreat from the cutting completion position to a withdrawal position, and a return operation which causes the cutter unit to return to a cutting stand-by position, wherein the cutter operation mechanism, in the return operation, makes the cutting start position and withdrawal position of the cutter unit different between a full cutting which cuts all of the tape-like member and a half cutting which cuts one portion of the tape-like member. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158736 | Cutting Device And Tape Printing Apparatus Equipped Therewith - A cutting device includes: a cutter unit having a cutter blade; and a cutter operation mechanism which causes the cutter unit to carry out a circulatory movement including a cutting preparation operation which causes the cutter unit to advance toward a tape-like member from a cutting stand-by position to a cutting start position, the cutting operation which causes the cutter unit to move from the cutting start position to a cutting completion position, a withdrawal operation which causes the cutter unit to retreat from the cutting completion position to a withdrawal position, and a return operation which causes the cutter unit to return from the withdrawal position to the cutting stand-by position, wherein the cutter operation mechanism, in the cutting preparation operation, makes the cutting start operation different between a full cutting and a half cutting. | 06-30-2011 |
20110170930 | Printer with a cutter - Provided is a printer with a cutter, which is capable of separating a main unit and a detachable unit while a movable blade is automatically restored even when the movable blade is stopped halfway through sliding, and regulating the slide of the movable blade at a time of separation of both the units, to thereby increase safety. Provided is a printer with a cutter including: a main unit ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110170931 | Cutter mechanism and printer with a cutter - Provided is a cutter mechanism capable of performing satisfactory cutting stably with a low risk of causing cutting defects. The cutter mechanism includes: a fixed blade ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110182645 | CUTTING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A cutting device includes a conveyance unit for conveying a recording medium in a conveyance direction, a guide configured to guide a recording medium, a blade movable in a direction intersecting with the conveyance direction, for cutting the recording medium when the blade moves with a leading end side thereof inclined to the upstream side, a presser member movable to a first position where the presser member holds down the recording medium and to a second position where the presser member does not hold down the recording medium, wherein the presser member holds down the recording medium at a position separated farther than a thickness of the recording medium from the guide in the first position, and wherein the presser member holds down the recording medium at least from before the blade starts to cut the recording medium to when the blade is cutting the recording medium. | 07-28-2011 |
20110211898 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS - A disabled state in which sheets cannot be discharged at a discharge unit while printing is detected. Upon detecting the disabled state, printing is continued at a printing unit, and a sheet printed upon is evacuated to a storage unit without cutting into a plurality of cut sheets at a cutter unit. After the disabled state is resolved, the sheet which has been evacuated to the storage unit is sent to the cutter unit so as to be cut into the cut sheets, and discharged at the discharge unit. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211899 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PRINT APPARATUS - A cut mark is recorded in an area between one image and the next image to be printed, and the recorded cut mark is to be detected. When the cut mark cannot be detected, a position of the cut mark is estimated based on information on an already detected cut mark and information on a length of the image printed after said already detected cut mark. A first cut position and a second cut position for cutting off the area are set based on the estimation. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211900 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CUTTING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a first conveying unit provided downstream an image forming unit; a second conveying unit provided downstream the first conveying unit; a first cutting unit provided downstream the second conveying unit; and a second cutting unit provided downstream the first cutting unit. One of the first and second cutting units cuts an upstream end of an image on the continuous sheet, the other cuts a downstream end of the same image. The second conveying unit is stopped during the cutting by the first cutting unit to form a loop of the continuous sheet, and then if the cutting is ended, the second conveying unit conveys the continuous sheet at a higher conveyance speed than a conveyance speed by the first conveying unit to reduce the loop. | 09-01-2011 |
20110222950 | PRINT APPARATUS - A print apparatus is supplied that feeds continuous paper with suppressing its swelling caused by perforations or crease. In the print apparatus, a platen is furnished opposite to a printing section; a medium support member is furnished capable of changing an interval from the platen and supports a record medium toward the platen; and a medium support auxiliary member is furnished on the opposite side to the platen in the medium support member, and when the medium support member is made to separate from the platen, the medium support auxiliary member is made to protrude from the medium support member. | 09-15-2011 |
20110236117 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus includes a fixed blade module including a fixed blade, a movable blade module including a movable blade that moves when the movable blade module is driven, and a drive module configured to drive the movable blade module. The fixed blade and the movable blade are configured to cut a recording medium. The fixed blade module, the movable blade module, and the drive module are detachably connected. | 09-29-2011 |
20110262202 | CONTINUOUS ROLL SHEET HOLDING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A continuous roll sheet holding apparatus that fits rotary shafts to both ends of a continuous sheet wound in a roll shape, and rotatably supports each rotary shaft, thereby supporting the continuous sheet to be pulled out, includes holding flanges configured to rotatably support the respective rotary shafts, a driven unit which is integrally disposed in one of the rotary shafts and configured to receive driving from an apparatus body, and a flange holding unit configured to support each of the holding flanges, and abut on the holding flange to regulate a position of the holding flange in a direction of the rotary shaft and a direction orthogonal to the rotary shaft. | 10-27-2011 |
20110262203 | PRINTER SELECTIVELY HAVING CONFIGURATIONS FOR RECEIPT PRINTER AND FOR TICKET PRINTER - A printer according to the present invention selectively comprises, a cutting configuration for a receipt printer for printing a receipt and a cutting configuration for a ticket printer for printing a ticket, as a cutting configuration for cutting a printed part of the paper roll. The cutting configuration for the receipt printer includes a fixed blade mounted to the upper frame and a movable cutter unit mounted on the lower frame to oppose the fixed blade through the paper roll to be driven by a driving source to cut the paper roll. The cutting configuration for the ticket printer includes a hand cutter mounted to at least one of the upper frame and the lower frame. | 10-27-2011 |
20110280644 | CUTTER DEVICE, PRINTER AND CONTROLLER THEREOF - Embodiments described herein are to a cutter device includes a fixed blade, a movable blade configured to move along the fixed blade to cut a paper interposed between the movable blade and the fixed blade. The cutter device further includes a drive mechanism configured to transfer a drive torque to the movable blade, so that the movable blade is driven to move along the fixed blade, and a detection unit configured to detect whether an abnormality in cutting the paper has occurred in the course of the movement of the movable blade. The cutter device further includes a control unit, upon detection of the abnormality in cutting the paper by the detection unit, configured to control the drive mechanism to increase the drive torque to be transferred to the movable blade. | 11-17-2011 |
20110293351 | PRINT CUTTING SYSTEM - Printer cutting systems are provided. In one aspect, a cutting system has a plurality of cutting devices joined to a frame at different locations within a cutting width of a print transport path. Each of the cutting devices is movable between a first position with a cutter interposed in the print transport path to cut the print as it is moved along the transport path and a second position with the cutter removed from the transport path and each of the cutting devices has a contact surface that moves the cutting device between the first position and second position when engaged. A cam is movably mounted to the frame proximate to the cutting devices and extending across the cutting width of the print transport path, having sets of lobes arranged at a plurality of positions on an outer surface of the cam so that the lobes in each set engage selected ones of the contact surfaces in a manner that causes selected ones of the cutting devices to be moved to the first position and so that movement of the cam to a different position causes a different set of lobes to engage the contact surfaces. A cam actuator that moves the cam in response to signals from a cutting system controller; and a sensor that senses a condition from which the position of the cam can be determined and that provides a signal to a cutting system controller from which the cutting system controller can determine the position of the cam, wherein the cutting system controller receives a signal from which the cutting system controller can determine which combination of cutters is to be used to cut a print and adjusts the position of the cam to cause a desired combination of cutters to be used when that print passes the cutting system. | 12-01-2011 |
20110305495 | Multi-Dimensional Print Cutting Head - An apparatus and article for cutting print media associated with a printing process. A media cutting logic-controlled head is incorporated into printing hardware. The cutting head is provided with a plurality of cutting devices that may be implemented in the form of cutting pins. Control logic is provided to individually control an extension or actuation of each of the cutting devices. Multiple cutting devices may be simultaneously extended and retracted or activated and deactivated, to cut the media at multiple locations. The cutting head can be integrated with any of existing printers transforming a printer into a media cutting device capable of cutting two-dimensional complex shapes at the full line speed without requiring change in speed or reversal of the media at any point. | 12-15-2011 |
20120020717 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes an open/close lid configured to close or open a paper conveyance path of a recording paper, and a locking member configured to hold a closing state of the open/close lid by engaging with an engaging portion of the open/close lid, and to be capable to move to a position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid or a position of retracting from the position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid. The locking member moves to the position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid at non-print time, and further moves to the position of retracting from the position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid at print time. | 01-26-2012 |
20120027495 | CUTTER UNIT AND PRINTER - A cutter unit includes a conveying mechanism, a first blade and a second blade. The conveying mechanism conveys a linerless label having an adhesive-applied surface on which an adhesive agent is applied. The first blade is provided to face an opposite side from the adhesive-applied surface of the linerless label. The second blade is provided to face the adhesive-applied surface of the linerless label. The second blade includes a cutting portion configured to cut the linerless label inserted between the second blade and the first blade, and a supporting portion configured to support the adhesive-applied surface of the linerless label downstream of the cutting portion in a conveying direction of the linerless label. | 02-02-2012 |
20120027496 | CUTTER UNIT AND PRINTER - A cutter unit that includes a conveying mechanism, a first blade, and a second blade. The conveying mechanism conveys a print paper having a print surface and an adhesive surface. The first blade is provided on a conveying path of the print paper conveyed by the conveying mechanism to face the print surface of the print paper. The second blade is provided on the conveying path to face the adhesive surface. The second blade includes a cutting surface configured to cut the print paper inserted between the second blade and the first blade, and a contact surface configured to contact the adhesive surface of the print paper on the conveying path. The contact surface of the second blade is coated with an adhesion-retardant agent. | 02-02-2012 |
20120057918 | CUTTER MECHANISM AND PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A cutter mechanism for use in a printer includes a main body unit to rotatably hold a thermal head by means of a spring which biases the thermal head against a platen provided in an opening/closing unit rotatably fixed to the main body unit, and a print medium conveyance path interposed between the thermal head and the platen. The cutter mechanism further includes a fixed blade unit with a fixed blade, attached to the main body unit, and a movable blade unit with a movable blade, attached to the opening/closing unit. The movable blade cuts a print medium in cooperation with the fixed blade. The fixed blade and the movable blade move to a fixed blade OPEN state position and a movable blade OPEN state position, respectively, away from the print medium conveyance path when the opening/closing unit is in an OPEN state. | 03-08-2012 |
20120121308 | PRINTER CUTTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTER CUTTER - A printer cutter includes a head device, a cutter device, a cutting controller, and a print controller. The head device is to print an image on a medium. The head device is relatively movable with respect to the medium. The cutter device is to cut the medium. The cutter device is relatively movable with respect to the medium. The cutting controller is configured to cut a printing region of the medium on which the image is to be printed by using the cutter device before the image is printed in the printing region. The print controller is configured to print the image in the printing region by using the head device after the printing region has been cut by the cutting controller. | 05-17-2012 |
20120134734 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A MEDIUM - The present invention is related to a cutting head for cutting two-dimensional information out of a recording medium. The cutting head includes a motor, a tool base for retaining a first cutter, the tool base supporting the first cutter to be freely displaceable along a first axis, wherein the first cutter is displaced toward or away from a recording medium along the first axis; a fixed base for slidably supporting displacement of the tool base along the first axis; a displacing mechanism for displacing a link member along the first axis to displace the tool base along the first axis, the displacing mechanism driven by the motor; a first elastic member for coupling the link member with the tool base; and a second elastic member for coupling the tool base with the fixed base. | 05-31-2012 |
20120134735 | TWO-SIDED RECEIPT PRINTING METHOD, TWO-SIDED RECEIPT PRINTING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM EXECUTED BY A CONTROL UNIT THAT CONTROLS A TWO-SIDED RECEIPT PRINTING DEVICE - A two-sided receipt printing method that prints on both sides of paper and produces receipts, and can reduce white space at the leading end of receipts without conveying the paper in reverse. A device that produces two-sided receipts has a cutter, a first printhead that prints on one side of the paper, and a second printhead that prints on the other side of the paper disposed at specific intervals along the paper conveyance path from the paper exit. When an end-of-transaction declaration is received, transaction information is printed by the second printhead and non-transaction information is printed by the first printhead. After printing the transaction information, header information of a length that fits between the cutter and the second print data is printed by the second printhead. The cutter then cuts the paper at a position between where the transaction information was printed and where the header information was printed. | 05-31-2012 |
20120148326 | CUTTING DEVICE AND CUTTING METHOD THEREOF - A cutting device includes a guide rail opposing a platen, a printer head that prints an image and Trim marks on a sheet member, a cutter blade that performs a cutting process on the sheet member, a medium feeding mechanism that feeds the sheet member from front and back, a Trim mark detection portion that detects positions of the reference marks, and a controller that sets a cutting process position to correspond to a printing position of the image, prints the image and Trim marks while feeding the sheet member forward, detects the positions of the Trim marks with the Trim mark detection portion, and performs the cutting process with the cutter blade in the cutting process position set by the controller. | 06-14-2012 |
20120207528 | PRINTER AND ASSOCIATED EJECTION ASSEMBLY - An ejection assembly for a printer is provided, the ejection assembly being disposed downstream of a print head in order to receive web from the print head. The ejection assembly can include an ejection roller and a door having a closed configuration and an open configuration. The door can be biased toward the closed configuration and toward the ejection roller. Upon rotation of the ejection roller, the ejection roller can force the door from the closed configuration to the open configuration and can eject web past the door from the printer. In some embodiments, the ejection roller is rotated one full cycle, the ejection roller permits accumulation of web received from the print head and subsequently forces the door from the closed configuration to the open configuration and ejects the accumulated web past the door from the printer. Also provided are a corresponding printer and method. | 08-16-2012 |
20120219344 | CUTTER UNIT - A cutter unit is incorporated in a printer to cut a paper in accordance with an instruction from a controller of the printer. The cutter unit includes a cutter blade, a position sensor for detecting that the cutter blade is or is not in a reference position, a motor for driving the cutter blade, a drive circuit for the motor, and a cutter control element for controlling the drive circuit on the basis of a result of the detection of the position sensor to operate the cutter blade in accordance with the instruction from the controller. | 08-30-2012 |
20120224907 | PRINTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a cutter configured to cut the transferred paper. A mark sensor is provided in the printer to detect marks attached at a certain interval on the paper. The printer further includes a control unit to determine a driving timing of the cutter depending on a driving amount of a motor determined after a first mark on the paper is detected by the mark sensor after the printing by the head is terminated. An adjustment unit is further provided to determine a driving amount of the motor until the mark sensor detects a second mark after the first mark is detected, and adjust the driving amount of the motor for determining a driving timing of the cutter based on the difference between the detected driving amount and a predetermined standard driving amount. | 09-06-2012 |
20120288318 | PAPER DISCHARGE DEVICE, PAPER DISCHARGE METHOD, AND PRINTER - A paper discharge device has a paper feed mechanism configured to convey recording paper; an automatic cutter that has a drive unit and configured to cut the recording paper conveyed by the paper feed mechanism into a slip by drive power from the drive unit; and a paper guide unit that has a paper guide surface configured to support the slip cut by the automatic cutter, and a protruding part that is disposed proximate to the guide surface and supports part of the cut end of the slip at a position configured to cause the part of the cut end to contact the recording paper conveyed by the paper feed mechanism. | 11-15-2012 |
20120308288 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTER - A printer includes a printing part configured to perform printing on rolled recording paper, a presenter unit configured to convey the recording paper for up to a predetermined length, and a cutter part configured to cut the recording paper subjected to the printing and conveyed for up to the predetermined length, wherein the presenter unit is removably attached to a printer body part including the printing part and the presenter unit. | 12-06-2012 |
20120308289 | TAPE CUTTING APPARATUS, TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STEPPING MOTOR - A tape cutting apparatus including: a half cutter configured to cut a body tape or a release tape with respect to a processed tape having the release tape adhered to the body tape; a stepping motor configured to cause the half cutter to perform a cutting operation; and a motor control unit configured to control the stepping motor, wherein the motor control unit is configured to continue the cutting operation until the stepping motor loses steps. | 12-06-2012 |
20130004225 | TAPE PRINTER CONTROL METHOD AND TAPE PRINTER - A tape printer control method including: (a) performing printing operation by driving a printing head while feeding a printing tape using a feed roller to which normal rotation power of a motor is transmitted via a gear train; (b) suspending the printing operation; (c) driving the motor slightly in the reverse rotation direction after the suspension of the printing operation to eliminate play in the reverse rotation direction produced by the backlash of the gear train without rotating the feed roller; (d) performing cutting operation for the printing tape using a tape cutter on the downstream side of the printing head in the tape feed direction; (e) driving the motor slightly in the normal rotation direction before restart of the printing operation to eliminate play in the normal rotation direction produced by the backlash of the gear train without rotating the feed roller; and (f) restarting the printing operation. | 01-03-2013 |
20130022383 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus configured to perform printing on a sheet that is wound in a roll shape, the printing apparatus including: a feeding unit configured to feed a sheet that is drawn out of a roll sheet of a loaded sheet; a cut unit configured to cut the sheet fed by the feeding unit; and an operation unit configured to operate the feeding unit and the cut unit to function. The operation unit can operate the feeding unit and the cut unit to convey the sheet by an arbitrary amount and cut before the sheet is first printed. | 01-24-2013 |
20130028648 | IMAGE-CONTENT DEPENDENT PRINT CUTTING SYSTEM - Embodiments described herein include an image-content dependent system for cutting a print in response to content of an image disposed on the print. The system includes a print cutter, a computer storage device, and a processing device. The print cutter cuts a print according to an image-content dependent cut pattern. The computer storage device stores image component metadata created from image content of an image disposed on the print to be cut. The processing device uses the image component metadata to generate the image-content dependent cut pattern to be used by the print cutter to cut the print. | 01-31-2013 |
20130039686 | MOVABLE BLADE NOT IMPAIRING DURABILITY OF STATIONARY BLADE, PAPER SHEET CUTTING DEVICE WITH MOVABLE BLADE, AND PRINTER WITH PAPER SHEET CUTTING DEVICE - Provided is a movable blade including, at a part including a movable blade leading edge which engages with a stationary blade, a blade edge portion which is thinned toward the movable blade leading edge. The blade edge portion is formed by shaving. | 02-14-2013 |
20130051892 | PRINTER - The disclosure discloses a printer comprising: a fixed part and an opening/closing part; a feeding roller configured to feed the print-receiving medium; a print head; a discharging exit configured to discharge the print-receiving medium; a fixed blade fixed to the fixed part so as to follow along an edge part of the discharging exit; a fixed blade cover; and a support device configured to support in a relatively displaceable manner the print head and the fixed blade cover, forming a first state wherein the fixed blade cover covers the blade edge of the fixed blade and the print head separates from the feeding roller when the opening/closing part changes to an open state, and a second state wherein the fixed blade cover does not cover the blade edge of the fixed blade and the print head presses against the feeding roller when the opening/closing part changes to a closed state. | 02-28-2013 |
20130064593 | HALF-CUT DEVICE, TAPE PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR STEPPING MOTOR - A half-cut device including: a half cutter for cutting a main tape or a released tape of a processed tape which the released tape is affixed to the main tape; a stepping motor for driving the half cutter to cut; and a motor control unit for controlling the stepping motor, wherein the motor control unit controls the stepping motor to maintain the condition which the half cutter cuts the main tape or the released tape for a predetermined time. | 03-14-2013 |
20130078024 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided a printing apparatus, including a printing head that prints on a tape, a roller that conveys the tape, and a control circuit that inquires of the user whether or not second printing contents are printed on the tape continuously without any interruption after the printing device is caused to print first printing contents on the tape. | 03-28-2013 |
20130094890 | TAPE CUTTER AND TAPE PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A tape cutter including: a cutter for cutting a tape-shaped material; a cutter frame for supporting the cutter in such a condition that the cutter can carry out cutting; a cutter driving mechanism for allowing the cutter to perform cutting from a standby position to a cutting position; a tape pressing member for pressing the tape-shaped material in a cutting direction against a receiving member provided on the cutter frame prior to the cutting by the cutter; a pressing spring disposed between the cutter and the tape pressing member to urge the cutter and the tape pressing member in directions away from each other; and a return spring whose one urging end is hooked to the tape pressing member to return the cutter from the cutting position to the standby position by returning the tape pressing member. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094891 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING PRODUCTS AND MAKING CUT-OUTS AT THE EDGES OF THE SHEETS - A puncher cylinder includes a puncher knife, the cylinder being arranged for cooperation with a paper web such that the cylinder when in use can be rolled longitudinally along and in contact with the paper web, punching holes in the paper web by way of the puncher knife. The holes are punched a longitudinal distance from each other essentially corresponding to the circumference of the cylinder. A system is further disclosed including the punching cylinder, as is a method utilizing the punching cylinder, and a newspaper partly produced by way of the punching cylinder. | 04-18-2013 |
20130101329 | SHEET CUTTING DEVICE AND PRINTER - A sheet cutting device includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, a cutting unit configured to cut the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, and a conveyance belt configured to convey a cut piece cut from the sheet cut by the cutting unit in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the conveyance unit. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101330 | SHEET CUTTING APPARATUS AND PRINTER - A sheet cutting apparatus includes a cutting unit configured to cut a sheet, a discharge unit configured to discharge a fragment of the sheet cut by the cutting unit, a blowing unit configured to blow air on the fragment discharged from the discharge unit, and a storage unit configured to store the fragment discharged from the discharge unit. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101331 | WEB PRESS AND A METHOD OF INITIATING PRINTING - A web press and method of printing is described. | 04-25-2013 |
20130136520 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROLLING METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an image forming apparatus for executing a cutting process, an area where a mark should be added to an outer circumferential side of a sheet from a cutting position which is set to a sheet is set. Print data in which a mark image has been added to print information which is input is formed in accordance with the setting to the mark-adding area. After the print data was printed, the printed sheets are bookbinding-bundled and, subsequently, a predetermined area is cut from a sheet sheaf in accordance with a cutting position. | 05-30-2013 |
20130149019 | LABEL CREATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM EXECUTABLE ON LABEL CREATION DEVICE - A label creation device includes a feeding portion configured to feed a printing medium in a first direction and a second direction, the second direction being an opposite direction from the first direction, a printing portion configured to perform printing on the printing medium fed in the first direction, a cutting portion configured to cut the printing medium, the printed portion being a portion of the printing medium on which the printing has been performed, and a processor configured to specify a first distance, which is a length of a blank portion, the cut position being a position of the printing medium where the printing medium is cut, and control the feeding portion to feed the printing medium in the second direction in a case where a second distance is greater than the first distance, the second distance being a distance between the printing portion and the cutting portion. | 06-13-2013 |
20130156484 | Automatic Media Loading and Unloading System for Producing Dimensional Documents - A media loading and unloading system, for use with a media cutting system having a cutting table and cutting apparatus to cut or score media held on a surface of the cutting table, includes an elevator assembly and a bi-directional transport system. The elevator assembly includes a drive and multiple vertically displaced bins that are vertically movable up and down by the drive. The bi-directional transport system transports media in a lateral feed direction from the elevator assembly to the cutting table surface and removes media from the cutting table surface in a lateral direction opposite to the feed direction to the elevator assembly. | 06-20-2013 |
20130164070 | PRINTER SUBSTRATE EDGE TRIMMING - According to one example of the present invention there is provided a printer for a printing on a roll of substrate. The printer comprises a substrate support for receiving a roll of substrate, a drive mechanism for driving substrate from a roll of substrate when installed on the substrate support through a print writing module, and a substrate edge trimming module for trimming the longitudinal edges of a substrate prior to the substrate passing through the print writing module. | 06-27-2013 |
20130164071 | PRINTER - A printer includes a main body case in which a sheet roll is installed, a sheet discharge port from which a printed sheet of paper is discharged, an opening/closing cover that opens and closes with respect to the main body case, a cutter that is attached to the opening/closing cover and configured to cut the printed sheet of paper from the sheet roll, and a cutter protection mechanism configured to move in correspondence with an opening movement or a closing movement of the opening/closing cover. The cutter protection mechanism is configured to expose the cutter at the sheet discharge port when the opening/closing cover is in an open state and conceal the cutter when the opening/closing cover is in a closed state. | 06-27-2013 |
20130164072 | Paper Cutting Device and a Printer with a Paper Cutting Device - A printer has a main frame with a roll paper compartment for storing roll paper and a printing mechanism for printing on the roll paper; a cover frame movably connected to the main frame and having an openable cover for the roll paper compartment; a movable blade frame disposed to the main frame for supporting first and second movable blades with the blade tips in opposition; a stationary blade frame disposed to the cover frame for supporting a stationary blade in a position substantially transverse to the paper transportation path during cutting; and a movable blade drive mechanism for linking and driving the first and second movable blades to cut the roll paper in a scissor action against the stationary blade and such that one movable blade leads and the other movable blade follows, with the movable blades disposed such that the paths of the tips overlap during cutting. | 06-27-2013 |
20130177344 | PRINTER CAPABLE OF SELECTIVELY PRINTING IN CONTINUOUS PAPER SHEET MODE OR SINGLE PAPER SHEET MODE - A printer is provided with an upstream supply unit filled with stacked continuous paper sheets; a feeding unit after the supply unit; a guide member upstream of the feeding unit; a first sensor between the guide member and the feeding unit; a second sensor downstream of the feeding unit; a printing head; a cutting device; and a stacking unit downstream of the cutting device. In a single paper sheet printing mode the cutting device is activated to cut the leading edge of the passing continuous paper sheet by moving from one side of the frame to the other side thereof to form a single paper sheet and cut the leading edge of the passing continuous paper sheet by moving from the other side of the frame to one side thereof to form another single paper sheet after advancement of the continuous paper sheet. | 07-11-2013 |
20130183076 | CUTTING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A cutting device includes a cutting blade configured to cut a recording medium; a support unit that supports the cutting blade to be movable in an inclined direction with respect to a surface of the recording medium such that the cutting blade is moved toward the recording medium while moving in a width direction of the recording medium; and a movable unit that causes the cutting blade supported by the support unit to be moved in the inclined direction to cut the recording medium. | 07-18-2013 |
20130195536 | SHEET CUTTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A sheet cutting device to cut a sheet conveyed through a conveyance path to a predetermined length, including a cutter casing movable in a sheet width direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction while retracted from the sheet conveyance path after cutting of the sheet, a movable member separate from the cutter casing in the sheet conveyance direction and movable in the sheet width direction, a connection member to connect the cutter casing and the movable member, and a restriction unit to transform a state of the cutter casing between a displacement restriction state in which displacement of the cutter casing is restricted during the cutting of the sheet and a released state in which the restriction of displacement of the cutter casing is released while the cutter casing is retracted from the sheet conveyance path. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195537 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a supporting member on which a plurality of suction holes for sucking a recording medium are formed on a supporting face for supporting the recording medium, a transportation device which transports the recording medium along the supporting face, a recording head which ejects fluid on the recording medium supported by the supporting face so as to perform printing, and a control device which makes the recording head execute the printing when a front end of the recording medium in the transportation direction reaches to a position at which the front end of the recording medium covers the suction holes formed at downstream-most positions in the transportation direction on the supporting face. | 08-01-2013 |
20130202342 | TAPE PRINTER AND TAPE PRINTER CONTROL METHOD - A tape printer including: a printing unit which performs printing on a tape-shaped printing medium having a plurality of layers; a half cutter mechanism which has a stepping motor and cuts a part of the layers of the tape-shaped printing medium after printing using a driving force of the stepping motor; and a control unit which varies driving current supplied to the stepping motor in accordance with types of the tape-shaped printing medium. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202343 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device has a recording unit that records on a recording medium, a transportation unit that conveys and discharges from an discharge opening the recording medium recorded by the recording unit, a cutting unit that cuts the recording medium recorded by the recording unit at a predetermined position on the transportation path of the transportation unit, and a control unit that causes a ticket to be output by causing the recording unit to record on the recording medium while causing the transportation unit to convey the recording medium only a specified ticket length and causing the cutting unit to cut. When a next ticket is not output after a ticket is output, the control unit causes the output ticket to be recorded and conveyed the specified ticket length, advanced a preset additional transportation distance, and then cut by the cutting unit. | 08-08-2013 |
20130223912 | PRINTER AND CUTTER APPARATUS - A printer and a cutter apparatus configured to provide a sure full cut without producing an undesirable flake of paper. The cutter apparatus comprises a fixed blade, a first movable blade disposed on one side in a width direction of the paper and configured to move back and forth with respect to the fixed blade, a second movable blade disposed on the other side in the width direction of the paper with a gap provided with respect to the first movable blade and configured to move back and forth with respect to the fixed blade, and an urging member configured to urge each of the first movable blade and the second movable blade in a direction reducing the gap. | 08-29-2013 |
20130251435 | CUTTER DEVICE AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A cutter device includes a cutter configured to cut a material to be cut; a carriage having a cutter and moving in a widthwise direction with respect to a feeding direction of the material to be cut; and a guide unit configured to guide the carriage in the widthwise direction and, assuming that the movement of the carriage when the cutter cuts the material to be cut is an outward route, a homeward route of the cutter of the carriage is different from the outward route of the cutter, and is shifted from the outward route toward one material to be cut which moves first in the direction away from the other material to be cut in the feeding direction immediately after the cutting from between the materials to be cut divided into two parts. | 09-26-2013 |
20130259558 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing device includes a cutter including a movable unit moving toward or away from a predetermined position and cutting a sheet held in the predetermined position, a door provided to a housing having an opening, the door opening and closing the opening for an operation for the cutter. The sheet processing device further includes the housing holding the cutter, a locking member locking and unlocking the door closing the opening and a locking mechanism mechanically connecting the movable unit to the locking member and causing the locking member to lock or unlock the door depending on a position of the movable unit relative to the predetermined position. | 10-03-2013 |
20130266358 | Media Feeding System for Cutting Dimensional Documents and Methods of Making and Using Same - A media feeding and cutting system is disclosed herein which comprises a media cutter including a cutting surface and a digital cutting device, a first feeder configured to automatically transport individual sheets of media from an in-feed receptacle toward the cutter, a positioner configured to position the medium on the cutting surface, a second feeder disposed adjacent to or connected to the cutting surface which is configured to automatically transport the cut medium from the cutter to an out-feed receptacle, and a processor configured to operate the cutter, first feeder, positioner and second feeder. Additional related systems and methods also are disclosed. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266359 | Recording Device, Control Method of a Recording Device, and Storage Medium - The cutting control unit | 10-10-2013 |
20130272768 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a print unit that prints an object on recording paper, a platen roller that conveys the recording paper, a cutter that cuts the recording paper, a mainframe that accommodates the print unit and the cutter, a cover that is attached to the mainframe and is configured to open and close with respect to the mainframe, the cover having the platen roller arranged thereon. The cover includes a lock member having a lock pin, and when the cover is closed, the lock pin of the lock member is moved towards the platen roller and is inserted into a lock pin fixing part that is arranged at the mainframe. | 10-17-2013 |
20130272769 | STATIONARY BLADE SUPPORT DEVICE CONFIGURED SO THAT STATIONARY BLADE IS NOT DEFORMED, PAPER CUTTING DEVICE WITH STATIONARY BLADE SUPPORT DEVICE, AND PRINTER WITH PAPER CUTTING DEVICE - A fixed blade support device includes biasing means and a fixed blade support member ( | 10-17-2013 |
20130279963 | CUTTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A cutting device includes a main body unit and a support unit. The main body unit includes a cutting unit on a lower side. The cutting unit cuts off an edge portion of paper. The support unit supports the main body unit in such a way that the main body unit rotates. The main body unit exposes a blade of the cutting unit at least on a lateral side by rotating. | 10-24-2013 |
20130287466 | CROSS CUTTING DEVICE OF A REEL-FED PRINTING PRESS - A cross cutting device of a reel-fed printing press for cutting copies off a printed substrate web through cross cutting of the substrate web is disclosed. The cross cutting device includes at least two cross cutting modules each of which include a cutting cylinder and a counterpart cylinder interacting with the cutting cylinder. Each of the cross cutting modules can be displaced between a working position and a rest position. | 10-31-2013 |
20130287467 | PRINT LABEL PRODUCING APPARATUS AND CUTTING BLADE RECEIVING MEMBER - This disclosure discloses a print label producing apparatus comprising an apparatus main body, and a cutting blade receiving member, the apparatus main body comprising a feeder, a printing head, a cutting blade configured to press and cut a print-receiving tape, and a holding portion configured to attach and detach the cutting blade receiving member, and the cutting blade receiving member comprises a first cutting blade receiving member comprising at least one concave portion configured to receive at least a part of the print-receiving tape, and a first contact portion configured to receive and stop the cutting blade, disposed at the adjacent position from the concave portion, and a second cutting blade receiving member comprising a second contact portion configured to receive and stop contact of the cutting blade, and the holding portion is configured to permit selective mounting of one of the first and second cutting blade receiving member. | 10-31-2013 |
20130294808 | VARIABLE CUT OFF IN A DOUBLE CUT FOLDER - A double cut folder is provided for a printing press. The folder has a first cutting cylinder pair including a first knife cylinder and a first anvil cylinder for perforating a web, and a second cutting cylinder pair including a second knife cylinder and a second anvil cylinder for cutting the web into signatures. Each cutting cylinder pair includes a plurality of knife mounting locations and a plurality of cutting rubber locations. Each knife mounting location is configured to hold a knife box. A first subset of the plurality of knife mounting locations each have a knife box secured therein, and a second subset of the plurality of knife mounting locations do not have a knife box secured therein. | 11-07-2013 |
20130302077 | CUTTER DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A cutter device includes: a first cutter provided on a front surface side of a medium being fed to be cut; a second cutter that is provided on a back surface side opposite the front surface side and cuts the medium in cooperation with the first cutter; a carriage that retains the first and second cutters and moves in a width direction of the medium; a guide portion that guides the carriage in the width direction; and a post-cut guide portion that is provided on the carriage and comes into contact with the back surface to guide the medium on the downstream side of the first and second cutters in a medium feed direction after cutting to the front surface side. | 11-14-2013 |
20140030001 | Paper Cutting Device and a Printer with a Paper Cutting Device - A printer has two separate movable blades, a stationary blade, and a movable blade drive mechanism for driving the movable blades against the stationary blade. Such mechanism may link and drive the movable blades to cut the roll paper against the stationary blade such that one movable blade leads and the other follows. The printer may further include a main frame with a roll paper compartment and a printing mechanism for printing on the roll paper, a cover frame movably connected to the main frame and having an openable cover for the roll paper compartment, a movable blade frame disposed to the main frame for supporting the movable blades with the blade tips in opposition, and a stationary blade frame disposed to the cover frame for supporting the stationary blade in a position substantially transverse to the paper transportation path during cutting. | 01-30-2014 |
20140037359 | SHEET CARTRIDGE, LABEL CREATION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR LABEL CREATION APPARATUS - A sheet cartridge includes: a label sheet having plural label portions temporarily attached at a predetermined label pitch to a long backing sheet, and plural label position detection target portions provided at a detection target end portion that is one end in a direction of width of the backing sheet and configured to detect a print start position and a cutting position for the each label portion; and a cartridge case which accommodates the label sheet that is wound, in such a way that the label sheet can be reeled off, and in which a detection opening for exposing the each label position detection target portion for detection is formed. | 02-06-2014 |
20140056632 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device includes a driver rotating and driving a feeder roller feeding a printing target member, a printing section performing printing on the printing target member, a cutter cutting the printing target member, a transfer mechanism which is provided at an upstream side of the feeding direction of the printing target member over the printing section and which selectively causes a transfer member with an adhesive to be in contact with the printing target member while feeding the transfer member to transfer the adhesive, and a transfer controller controlling transfer/non-transfer. The transfer/non-transfer of the adhesive to the printing target member is controlled based on positive/reverse rotation of a motor, and a print tape with an adhesive on the whole surface, a partial adhesive or no adhesive at all and without a paper liner is freely creatable. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056633 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer includes a fixed blade block and a movable blade block. The fixed blade block includes an installing member including a rotation shaft, a fixed blade installed in the installing member, a retaining member, and a spring attached to the installing member in a rotatable state with respect to the rotation shaft. The spring includes a first contact part that contacts with the fixed blade and a second contact part that contacts with the retaining member. The movable blade block includes a movable blade that is movable toward the fixed blade. When the fixed blade block and the movable blade block are connected, the retaining member presses the second contact part, causing the spring to rotate and push the fixed blade toward the movable blade. | 02-27-2014 |
20140112695 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FULL BLEED PRINTING - The present application is directed to systems and methods for full bleed printing. A cutter of a printer cuts a first kiss cut in a continuous printing medium at a first position displaced from an end of the continuous printing medium. A medium advancement mechanism of the printer positions the continuous printing medium with a print head of the printer at a print start location between the first position and the end of the continuous printing medium. The print head prints a first image on a continuous printing medium to a print end location. The cutter cuts a second cut in the continuous printing medium at a second position between the first position and the print end location. A portion of the continuous printing medium between the first kiss cut and the second cut comprises a full bleed print. | 04-24-2014 |
20140119805 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A disclosed printer apparatus includes a printing part which prints on a recording paper, a cutter part which cuts the recording paper having the print, and a conveying part which conveys the recording paper having the print through the cutter part, wherein the conveying part includes a flapper which can be opened or closed, and when the recording paper having the print is slackened while the recording paper having the print is conveyed by the conveying part, the flapper opens, and the recording paper having the print moves outside an opening portion formed by opening the flapper and slacks. | 05-01-2014 |
20140119806 | PRINTER INCLUDING PRESENTER PART AND CUTTER PART THAT MOVE TOGETHER - A printer includes a printing part, a cutter part, and a presenter part. The printing part performs printing on a recording medium. The cutter part cuts the recording medium subjected to the printing. The cutter part is attached to the printing part so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft. The presenter part conveys the recording medium subjected to the printing in the printing part through the cutter part. The presenter part moves together with the cutter part in the case of rotating the cutter part about the rotation shaft. | 05-01-2014 |
20140126947 | ROTARY CUTTER APPARATUS AND PRINTER - A rotary cutter apparatus comprises a rotary body and a holding body. The rotary body is supported by a housing so as to rotate along a rotating direction. The holding body is supported by the housing. The rotary body has a rotary blade including a first edge portion. The holding body has a fixed blade including a second edge portion. The first edge portion is configured to be in contact with the second edge portion and to be rubbed with the second edge portion. The first edge portion and the second edge portion are configured to perform cutting of an object to be cut. The object is located in an introduction path. The rotary cutter apparatus further comprises a guide member configured to be in contact with the object and to guide it when the object is fed to an inside of a rotation trajectory of the rotary body. | 05-08-2014 |
20140153993 | TRANSPORT DEVICE, TRANSPORT METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a paper sheet, a cutter unit that cuts the paper sheet, and a controller that, when transport of the paper sheet in the vicinity of the cutter unit is to be halted, controls the transport unit so that the transport unit transports the paper sheet by a longer travel when a specified length of the paper sheet is shorter than a threshold length than when the specified length of the paper sheet is longer than the threshold length. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153994 | TRANSPORT DEVICE, TRANSPORT METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a paper sheet, a cutter unit that cuts the paper sheet, and a controller that, when transport of the paper sheet is to be halted, controls the transport unit so that the transport unit halts an ideal cut line of the paper sheet corresponding to a specified length of the paper sheet at a more upstream side in a direction of the transport of the paper sheet when a specified length of the paper sheet is shorter than a threshold length than when the specified length of the paper sheet is longer than the threshold length. | 06-05-2014 |
20140169855 | Crafting Apparatus Including a Workpiece Feed Path Bypass Assembly and Workpiece Feed Path Analyzer - A method of operating a crafting apparatus. The method includes moving a workpiece along a first feed path for printing on the workpiece with a printer and moving the workpiece along a second feed path for cutting the workpiece with a cutter. The first feed path bypasses a workpiece mover of the cutter. | 06-19-2014 |
20140178117 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that performs recording onto a medium, a housing that houses the recording unit, a drawer unit that includes a finger-hooking portion and is accommodated in the housing so as to be capable of being drawn out, a cutter that cuts the medium inside the housing, and a container that is detachably attached to the housing and includes a container unit that can contain a cut piece of the medium that is produced when the cutter performs cutting. In the recording apparatus, the container covers the finger-hooking portion of the drawer unit accommodated in the housing when the container is fitted into the housing, and the finger-hooking portion of the drawer unit accommodated in the housing is exposed when the container is removed from the housing. | 06-26-2014 |
20140186087 | PRINTER - A printer including: a case including a paper roll receiving portion for receiving a roll; a cover that is openably and closably coupled to the case and locked at the time of a closing operation; a platen unit including a platen roller for feeding recording paper pulled out from the roll; and a head unit that includes a printing head and is separably engaged relatively with respect to the platen unit, in which: one of the platen unit and the head unit is mounted to the cover; the cover includes an operation unit including an operation button and a control board; another of the platen unit and the head unit is mounted to the case; and the case includes a release operation member that is capable of reciprocating between a lock position and a release position and releases a lock of the cover when being moved to the release position. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186088 | PRINTER - A printer includes a print head that prints information on a recording medium, a fixed blade, a sliding mechanism that is slidable relative to the fixed blade, a movable blade that moves according to the sliding movement of the sliding mechanism, and a cutter driving part that causes the sliding mechanism to slide to move the movable blade. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186089 | RECEIPT PRINTER CONFIGURABLE FOR FULL OR PARTIAL CUT - A paper tape printer includes a receipt printer and a scissor cutter for cutting off a receipt from a paper tape. The scissor cutter includes: a moving blade having a fixed range of motion; and an adjustable stationary blade, which is stationary during a cutting operation and is moveable laterally relative to the moving blade to allow the paper tape to be selectively (i) fully cut when the stationary blade is positioned for a full cut of the paper tape, or (ii) partially cut, when the stationary blade is repositioned laterally to a partial cut position relative to the moving blade, which enables a partial cut of the paper tape. If a full cut is desired, the stationary blade is positioned against the full width of the paper tape. For a partial cut, the stationary blade is positioned against only a portion of the width of the paper tape. | 07-03-2014 |
20140255076 | PRINTER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINTING AND DISCHARGING A ROLLED PAPER - A printer apparatus according to an embodiment include a printing section configured to print on a roiled paper. A conveyance roller conveys the paper to a discharge port so that an end of the paper extends from the discharge port. A manual cutter blade is positioned downstream of the conveyance roller in a paper conveying direction and upstream of the discharge port in the paper conveying direction. The manual cutter blade contacts the paper and cuts the paper in a manual cutting operation. A skewed conveyance section is positioned downstream of the conveyance roller in the paper conveying direction. The skewed conveyance section conveys the paper in a manner skewed relative to the conveyance roller. | 09-11-2014 |
20150078798 | LABEL PAPER PROCESSING APPARATUS - A label paper processing apparatus includes a paper supply unit for supplying and feeding label paper, a digital printing unit for printing the label paper, a laser processing unit, and a pair of loop forming unit disposed between the paper supply unit and the digital printing unit, and between the digital printing unit and the laser processing unit, respectively, each forming a loop of the label paper. The laser processing unit is designed to half-cut the printed label paper and to form cutouts of a shape along a printed cutting locus with a laser beam so as to scan and trace the printed cutting locus, thereby facilitating control in half-cutting of the label paper. The loop forming unit is designed to form a loop of the label paper and to hold a length of the loop substantially constant so as to control feeding of the label paper. | 03-19-2015 |