US 12,344,015 B2
Printer
Makoto Arai, Sunto Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,691.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-089401 (JP), filed on Jun. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391113 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/04 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 3/4075 (2013.01) [B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 11/04 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 23/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer for printing on a label sheet including a plurality of detachable labels, comprising:
a platen roller configured to convey the label sheet;
a first motor connected to the platen roller to rotate the platen roller;
a print head facing the platen roller and configured to print on a label of the label sheet;
a discharge port through which the printed label is discharged and detached;
a winding roller for winding the label sheet from which the printed label has been detached;
a second motor;
a drive train by which a rotational force can be transmitted from the second motor to the winding roller; and
a processor configured to:
control the first and second motors to rotate in a first direction to convey the label sheet in a forward direction along a conveyance path and control the print head to print on a first label of the label sheet, and
after the printed first label is discharged, control the second motor to rotate in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction while the first motor is controlled to rotate in the first direction, and then control the first motor and the second motor to rotate in the second direction, wherein
the drive train disengages the winding roller from the second motor when the second motor is controlled to rotate in the second direction.