EP0692387A1 - Appareil de production d'étiquettes en forme de bande - Google Patents

Appareil de production d'étiquettes en forme de bande Download PDF

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EP0692387A1
EP0692387A1 EP95111019A EP95111019A EP0692387A1 EP 0692387 A1 EP0692387 A1 EP 0692387A1 EP 95111019 A EP95111019 A EP 95111019A EP 95111019 A EP95111019 A EP 95111019A EP 0692387 A1 EP0692387 A1 EP 0692387A1
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tape
ink ribbon
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Koshiro C/O Brother Kogyo K.K. Yamaguchi
Junji c/o Brother Kogyo K.K. Shiota
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Brother Industries Ltd
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Priority claimed from JP18648094A external-priority patent/JPH0825706A/ja
Priority claimed from JP18647994A external-priority patent/JPH0825772A/ja
Application filed by Brother Industries Ltd filed Critical Brother Industries Ltd
Publication of EP0692387A1 publication Critical patent/EP0692387A1/fr
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J35/00—Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/16—Multicolour arrangements
    • B41J35/18—Colour change effected automatically
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J35/00—Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/36—Alarms, indicators, or feed disabling devices responsive to ink ribbon breakage or exhaustion

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  • the present invention provides a tape-shaped label producing device for printing on a tape with an ink ribbon to produce a tape-shaped label, the ink ribbon including a plurality of ink coated portions formed by coating with a plurality of colors of ink cyclicly at a predetermined length in a predetermined order, distinction marks provided at a starting edge of each ink coated portion for distinguishing ink colors, and an end portion provided at the end of the ink ribbon to demarcate an end of the ink ribbon, the end portion being longer than the predetermined length of the ink coated portions
  • the device comprising: print means including a print head for printing, via the ink ribbon, on a tape, which serves as a print medium; tape feed means for feeding a tape; ink ribbon feed means for feeding the ink ribbon in synchronization with the tape; print control means for controlling the print means, the tape feed means, and the ink ribbon feed means; and mark detection means for detecting the distinction mark of the ink ribbon, the mark detection means being provided upstream from the print
  • the present invention provides a tape for use in a tape-shaped label producing device, the tape-shaped label producing device having print means including a print head for printing on a tape, the tape serving as a print medium, tape feed means for feeding a tape, print control means for controlling the print means and the tape feed means, and a photointerrupter detecting the end of the tape, the tape comprising: a tape region for being printed by the print head, the tape region being formed by one of a light-transmitting nature region and a non-light-transmitting nature region; and an end portion provided at the end of the tape region, the end portion being formed by a non-light-transmitting nature region if the tape region is light-transmitting nature and formed by a light-transmitting nature region if the tape region is non-light-transmitting nature.
  • a tape spool 15 around which is wound a receptor-type print tape 12; a ribbon spool 16 around which is wound a two-colored ink ribbon 13; a ribbon retrieval spool 17 for winding up the ink ribbon 13; and a tape feed roller 18 for supplying the print tape 12.
  • the tape spool 15, the ribbon spool 16, the ribbon retrieval spool 17, and the tape feed roller 18 are provided so as to be freely rotatable.
  • a variety of receptor-type print tapes 12, for example, having different tape widths, and a variety of different color ink ribbon 13 are available for use in the tape cassette 10.
  • Another variety of laminate-type print tapes 12, having different tape widths, for example, can also be mounted in the tape cassette 10, in place of the receptor-type tapes 12.
  • a detection hole group formed by the presence or absence of any of six detection holes 21 through 26 is provided to the base of the cassette case 11.
  • the detection sensor 33 is positioned in the supply path of the ink ribbon 13 at a standard position that is upstream from the thermal head 36 and that is separated from the thermal head 36 by a predetermined distance (for example, about 6.5 cm). While the ink ribbon 13 passes this standard position, the detection sensor 33 detects distinction marks M1 and M2 (to be described later) that are marked on the ink ribbon 13.
  • the control device CD includes a CPU 97; the input/output interface 95 connected to the CPU 97 via a bus 96 such as a data bus; a font RAM 98; a ROM 99; and a RAM 100.
  • the ink ribbon 13 may be cyclically coated with two or more different colored inks, such as black, red and green inks, in a predetermined order.
  • the ink ribbon 13 may be provided with a distinction mark at the starting edge of each different colored ink region.
  • Each of the distinction marks M1 and M2 may be constructed from a plurality of barcode-shaped marks.
  • the black ink 13b regions and the red ink 13r regions may be formed to a predetermined amount B of 20 cm or more.
  • the present invention can be applied to any tape printer having a dot-type print mechanism for printing print tape 12 using ink ribbon 13 and to any ink ribbon for use in a tape printer.
  • a tape cassette for use in combination with the device of the present embodiment will be provided while referring to Fig. 27.
  • This example is a receptor type tape cassette 272.
  • a non-light-transmitting tape such as the receptor type print tape 274 shown in Fig. 29 with the non-light-transmitting print portion 274a is detected by, for example, the detection signal of the fifth detection switch being ON and the detection signal of the sixth detection switch being ON (S110:NO).
  • S116:YES the detection signal of the fifth detection switch
  • S117:NO the detection signal of the sixth detection switch
EP95111019A 1994-07-15 1995-07-13 Appareil de production d'étiquettes en forme de bande Withdrawn EP0692387A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP18648094A JPH0825706A (ja) 1994-07-15 1994-07-15 テープ状ラベル作成装置及びテープ状ラベル作成用テープ
JP186479/94 1994-07-15
JP18647994A JPH0825772A (ja) 1994-07-15 1994-07-15 テープ状ラベル作成装置及びテープ状ラベル作成装置用インクリボン
JP186480/94 1994-07-15

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Cited By (2)

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EP0875387A2 (fr) * 1997-04-28 1998-11-04 Esselte N.V. Ruban pour utilisation dans une imprimante de ruban
EP2371751A3 (fr) * 2010-03-30 2013-03-20 Seiko Epson Corporation Support de grande taille pour imprimante

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US2174351A (en) * 1936-12-30 1939-09-26 Underwood Elliott Fisher Co Typewriter ribbon
EP0077218A2 (fr) * 1981-10-13 1983-04-20 Xerox Corporation Cartouche pour ruban encreur pour une imprimante à impact
JPS59150781A (ja) * 1983-02-16 1984-08-29 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd プリンタ
US4502057A (en) * 1982-08-30 1985-02-26 Shinko Electric Co., Ltd. Method and apparatus for detecting errors in an ink ribbon in a thermal transfer type multicolor printer
JPH0185050U (fr) 1987-11-28 1989-06-06
EP0386937A1 (fr) * 1989-03-06 1990-09-12 Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Appareil pour distinguer les couleurs de rubans encreurs multicolores
JPH1190480A (ja) * 1997-09-24 1999-04-06 Hitachi Kiden Kogyo Ltd 曝気装置の運転制御方法

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2174351A (en) * 1936-12-30 1939-09-26 Underwood Elliott Fisher Co Typewriter ribbon
EP0077218A2 (fr) * 1981-10-13 1983-04-20 Xerox Corporation Cartouche pour ruban encreur pour une imprimante à impact
US4502057A (en) * 1982-08-30 1985-02-26 Shinko Electric Co., Ltd. Method and apparatus for detecting errors in an ink ribbon in a thermal transfer type multicolor printer
JPS59150781A (ja) * 1983-02-16 1984-08-29 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd プリンタ
JPH0185050U (fr) 1987-11-28 1989-06-06
EP0386937A1 (fr) * 1989-03-06 1990-09-12 Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Appareil pour distinguer les couleurs de rubans encreurs multicolores
JPH1190480A (ja) * 1997-09-24 1999-04-06 Hitachi Kiden Kogyo Ltd 曝気装置の運転制御方法

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 13, no. 484 (M - 886)<3832> 2 November 1989 (1989-11-02) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 8, no. 280 (M - 347)<1717> 21 December 1984 (1984-12-21) *

Cited By (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0875387A2 (fr) * 1997-04-28 1998-11-04 Esselte N.V. Ruban pour utilisation dans une imprimante de ruban
GB2324764A (en) * 1997-04-28 1998-11-04 Esselte Nv A two-layer tape having means for indicating the length of tape remaining for use
EP0875387A3 (fr) * 1997-04-28 1999-04-21 Esselte N.V. Ruban pour utilisation dans une imprimante de ruban
EP2371751A3 (fr) * 2010-03-30 2013-03-20 Seiko Epson Corporation Support de grande taille pour imprimante

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