US 12,441,126 B2
Printer
Naoki Sendaya, Musashino (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/342,613.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-104388 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001694 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 11/46 (2006.01); B41J 2/33 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/46 (2013.01) [B41J 2/33 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/007 (2013.01); B41J 29/023 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer configured to perform printing onto a medium including a label and backing paper, the printer comprising:
a medium supply unit configured to supply the medium;
a head configured to perform printing onto the medium supplied from the medium supply unit;
a discharge outlet configured to discharge the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head and conveyed along a discharge path connecting the head and the discharge outlet;
a take-up unit arranged below the head and configured to take up the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head or the backing paper with the label peeled off from the medium; and
a reader arranged on a take-up path connecting the head to the take-up unit and configured to read the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head and conveyed along the take-up path.