التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
LABEL PRINTER, MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND MEDIA PROCESSING SYSTEM |
| Document Number: |
20100253727 |
| تاريخ النشر: |
October 7, 2010 |
| Appl. No: |
12/748584 |
| Application Filed: |
March 29, 2010 |
| مستخلص: |
A label printer can reliably print an object in a desired position in the printing area of a recording medium. The label printer has a carriage that moves bi-directionally in a main scanning direction over a disc-shaped recording medium; a printer tray that is disposed movably in a subscanning direction with the recording medium placed thereon; an ink head that is disposed to the carriage and prints a desired object by discharging ink to a printing area on the recording medium in conjunction with movement of the carriage in the main scanning direction and movement of the printer tray in the subscanning direction; a detection unit that is disposed to the carriage and detects a reference position alignment mark that indicates a position used as a reference for appropriately printing the object in the printing area of the recording medium; and a printing position control unit that rotates the recording medium so that the object is printed in the printing area of the recording medium based on the reference position alignment mark detection result from the detection unit. |
| Inventors: |
Nishioka, Atsushi (Shiojiri-shi, JP); Otsuka, Junichi (Chikuma-shi, JP); Taniguchi, Takaaki (Ueda-shi, JP) |
| Assignees: |
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION (Tokyo, JP) |
| Claim: |
1. A label printer comprising: a carriage that moves bi-directionally in a main scanning direction over a disc-shaped recording medium; a printer tray that is disposed movably in a sub-scanning direction with the recording medium placed thereon; an ink head that is disposed to the carriage and prints a desired object by discharging ink to a printing area on the recording medium in conjunction with movement of the carriage in the main scanning direction and movement of the printer tray in the sub-scanning direction; a detection unit that is disposed to the carriage and detects a reference position alignment mark that indicates a position used as a reference for appropriately printing the object in the printing area of the recording medium; and a printing position control unit that rotates the recording medium so that the object is printed in the printing area of the recording medium based on the reference position alignment mark detection result from the detection unit. |
| Claim: |
2. The label printer described in claim 1, wherein: the printing position control unit rotates the object so that the object is printed in the printing area of the recording medium based on the reference position alignment [sic] mark detection result from the detection unit. |
| Claim: |
3. The label printer described in claim 1, wherein: the detection unit detects some other object printed in the printing area, or detects a mark outside the printing area, as the reference position alignment mark. |
| Claim: |
4. The label printer described in claim 1, wherein: the reference position alignment mark is printed by the ink head, and the object is printed based on the result of detecting the printed reference position alignment mark. |
| Claim: |
5. A media processing device comprising: the label printer described in any of claims 1; a media storage unit that stores a plurality of disc-shaped recording media; and a media transportation unit that conveys the recording media to the media storage unit and the label printer. |
| Claim: |
6. A media processing system comprising: the media processing device described in claim 5; and a host computer that controls operation of the media processing device. |
| Current U.S. Class: |
347/14 |
| Current International Class: |
41; 41 |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edspap.20100253727 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
USPTO Patent Applications |