JP2000280551A - Tape for label writer and label writer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a label having a narrow width, for example, 6 mm of the label formed by performing printing on a tape having printing layer, an adhesive layer and a peeling layer. SOLUTION: There is disclosed a tape 1 having a printing layer, an adhesive layer and a peeling layer for a label writer. A half slit means 14 which is provided to at least the printing layer and is extended in the longitudinal direction at a central section in the width direction of the tape 1 is provided to the tape 1 such that the tape 1 can be separated into at least two parts in the longitudinal direction. The printing is performed on the tape 1 in the plural rows on small regions partitioned by the half slit means 14. The plural rows of printed results are cut to be separated as a group thereof.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label writer tape and a label writer for labels that can be pasted after printing, and more particularly to a label suitable for producing narrow labels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Labels are used in which desired characters and the like are printed on a printing surface on the front side and are adhered to desired locations on the adhesive surface on the back side. Such a label has a cassette in which a tape containing a print medium is housed, and has printing means for printing an image such as a character or a figure according to data input in advance on a tape pulled out from the cassette. It is produced by using a label writer.

[0003] As a tape to be printed with this label writer, for example, a laminated tape in which a layer to be printed and a release layer are laminated via an adhesive layer so as to be easily attached to an arbitrary place after printing is used. By protecting the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer with the release layer, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer does not interfere with printing, and the printed tape can be easily adhered to a desired location simply by peeling the release layer after printing.

[0004] There are a plurality of types of tapes, from wide to narrow, depending on the application. The label writer can be used not only for cassettes containing wide tapes, but also for cassettes containing narrow tapes. Thereby, a wide to narrow label can be produced by one label writer.

[0005]

Heretofore, it has been considered that the narrowest tape is limited to 6 mm. because,
This is because if the tape is made narrower than this, the tape will lose its stiffness, meandering or the like will occur when the tape is conveyed, and printing will not be performed at the correct position in the width direction. However, with the expanding use of labels,
There has been a demand for using a narrow label having a width of less than 6 mm. However, due to the aforementioned problem,
With a conventional label writer, a narrow label less than 6 mm in width could not be produced stably.

Accordingly, a main object of the present invention is to provide a label writer capable of making a label produced by printing on a tape provided with a layer to be printed, an adhesive layer and a release layer, for example, a narrow width of less than 6 mm. To provide a tape and a label writer.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a label writer tape according to claim 1 is a tape provided with a layer to be printed, an adhesive layer and a release layer, wherein at least the layer to be printed is provided. Is provided with a half slit means extending in the longitudinal direction of the central portion in the width direction and capable of being separated into two or more in the longitudinal direction. At the time of printing, in order to print two or more character strings in the longitudinal direction of the width direction separated by the half slit means, the tape is transported in the label writer with a tape having a width equal to the width of two or more labels arranged in the width direction. Can be handled as easily as wide tape.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the label writer tape, at least the printing layer is provided with a second half slit means extending in the longitudinal direction so as to separate margins at both ends in the width direction. Item 1 is described. Since the blank portion is separated by the second half slit means after printing, the character string can be printed up to the margin.

A label writer according to a third aspect of the present invention includes a printing unit for performing printing, a cutting unit for cutting and separating a tape on which printing has been performed by the printing unit, and a control unit for controlling the printing unit. The control unit controls the printing unit to form two or more character strings separated in the width direction of the tape and extending in the length direction, and separates and cuts the two or more character strings as a group. Thus, the cutting means is controlled. To divide the width direction of one tape into two or more and print two or more narrow character strings,
The width of the tape is apparently wide, and the tape can be stably conveyed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the label writer, the control means prints a mark indicating a break in a length direction for a character string having a short length in the group of two or more character strings. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the printing unit is controlled. When two or more character strings have a length, the label is separated and cut at a label length determined by a long character string. Therefore, an extra label length is required for a short character string. Therefore, cutting is performed with scissors or the like based on the printing of a mark in the length direction for a short character example.

A label writer according to a fifth aspect of the present invention includes a printing unit for performing printing for forming a character string in the width direction of the tape, a cutting unit for cutting and separating the tape printed by the printing unit, A cutting width instructing unit for instructing a cutting width in the tape conveying direction, and a control unit for controlling the printing unit and the cutting unit, wherein the control unit forms a character string within the cutting width. In addition to controlling the printing means, the cutting means is controlled so as to cut and separate the tape into labels for each print within the cutting width. When printing is performed within the cutting width, an arbitrary narrow label can be automatically obtained by instructing the cutting width to be narrow.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the label writer, when the label length after printing is smaller than the entire width of the tape, the control unit controls the printing unit to perform mark printing indicating an end of the label length. Claim 5.
For a label whose label length has become excessive, a cutting position in the length direction is designated by mark printing.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a top view showing a schematic configuration of a label writer tape 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view in the width direction of the tape 1 of FIG.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a tape 1 is a laminated tape having a layer to be printed 11, an adhesive layer 12, and a release layer 13, and has a half slit means 1 at the center in the width direction.
4 is given.

The half slit means 14 is a cutting line extending from the printing layer 11 to the adhesive layer 12 so as to extend in the center of the tape 1 in the width direction and to be separated into two rows along the length. Half slit means 1 for tape 1 in advance
Even if 4 is applied, since the release layer 13 is integrated in the width direction,
When mounted on a label writer and transported, it can be handled as a tape 1 integrated in the width direction. The half slitting means 14 is applied to most of the layer to be printed 11 in the thickness direction, and even if a thin layer remains on the layer to be printed 11, the release layer 1
Any device that can be easily separated by hand when detached from the device 3 is applicable.

The surface side of the printing layer 11 is a thermosensitive coloring layer 11a which develops a color in response to heat, and an image such as a character string can be printed by a printing means (not shown). The printing layer 11 may be a layer on which an image can be printed by transfer from a separate ink ribbon.

An image such as a character string is printed on each of the upper and lower two rows separated by the half slitting means 14 on the printing target layer 11. In the illustrated example, a label having a total length L provided with margins L2 at both ends of the character string length L1 is formed in the upper part, and a label having a total length M provided with margins M2 at both ends of the character string length M1 in the lower part. Are formed. The total length L of the upper label is longer than the total length M of the lower label. In this case, the cutting means 180 of the label writer, which will be described later, cuts and separates based on the upper label having the longer overall length. As a result, the length N is extra than the total length M of the lower label. This extra length N is cut with scissors or the like. At this time, in order to clarify the cutting position of the lower label, a mark print 16 is printed simultaneously with the printing of a character string by a label writer described later.

When the printed tape 1 of FIGS. 1 and 2 is used as a label, the tape 1 is
Fold along. Then, the print-receiving layer 11 and the adhesive layer 1
Since the portion 2 comes off the release layer 13, the long label on the upper stage is removed and attached to a predetermined place. Scissors are cut into the remaining short label along the mark print 16 and cut. Then, the lower label is removed from the release layer 13 and attached to a predetermined location. In this way, two labels having a narrow width of about half of the entire width of the tape 1 are produced.

In the label writer, even if the half slit means 14 is provided in the length direction, the tape 1 having a predetermined width W
Is handled as transport. Therefore, the transport of the tape 1 by the label writer is stabilized, and it becomes possible to print accurately within the narrow width divided by the half slit means 14.
Further, at the time of use, since the label can be easily divided into narrow widths by the half slit means 14, the usability does not deteriorate.

FIG. 3 is a top view showing a schematic configuration of a label writer tape 2 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
The difference from the tape 1 of FIG.
In addition to the half-slit means 14, the second half-slit means 1 capable of separating the respective margins at both ends in the width direction
5 and 15 are provided in advance.

Even if the tape 2 having a predetermined width W can be divided into two upper and lower rows by the first half slit means 14,
If you leave some margins at both ends in the width direction, you cannot print with a label writer. A second half slit means 15 extending in the longitudinal direction is provided in a portion corresponding to this margin, so that each margin at both ends in the width direction can be separated after printing. Thereby, the first half slit means 1
Character strings and the like can be printed using the narrow width of the fourth half slit 15 and the second half slit 15.

Further, as in the case of the tape 1 of FIG. 1, when the total length of the upper label is longer than the total length of the lower label, a mark print 16 indicating the cutting position of the lower label follows the printing of the lower character string. Printed.

When the printed tape 2 shown in FIG. 3 is used as a label, the upper label is folded along the first half slit means 14 and the upper second half slit means 15. Then, since the portions of the print-receiving layer 11 and the adhesive layer 12 are separated from the release layer 13, the long label at the upper stage is removed and attached to a predetermined place. Scissors are cut into the remaining short label along the mark print 16 and cut. Then, the lower label is removed from the release layer 13 by being bent along the lower second half slit means 15, and is attached to a predetermined location.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 3, a label writer 9 suitable for printing the tapes 1 and 2, which have been previously subjected to the half slitting means 14 and 15, will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a top view of the label writer 9 according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 4, the label writer 9 includes a printing unit 135 on which the cassette 6 can be mounted, and a main body frame 136 that houses the printing unit 135. The keyboard 13 is located on the front left side of the main frame 136.
7, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 138 is provided on the right front side of the main body frame 136, and a battery 139 is accommodated inside the lower front side of the main body frame 136. On the keyboard 137, in addition to a character key for inputting alphabets, hiragana and katakana, a number key, etc., a return key, a print key for executing printing, a tape feed key for feeding a tape, and a margin setting mode are selected. And a margin setting key. Further, on a liquid crystal display 138 beside the keyboard 137, print contents such as characters, symbols, and images can be displayed.

The detailed structure of the printing unit 135 is shown in FIGS. FIG. 5 is a top view of a printing unit of the label writer 9 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
It is XX sectional drawing of.

Referring to FIG. 5 and FIG.
5 has a first shaft 142 and a second shaft 14 on a base 141.
3, a thermal head 145 (printing means) is provided so as to freely move toward and away from the second shaft 143, and a cutting means 180 is provided beside the discharge side of the thermal head 145. .

The second shaft 143 is driven to rotate by a motor 146. Worm gear 147 fitted to the output shaft of motor 146, worm wheel 148 meshing with worm gear 147, and small gear 1 coaxial with worm wheel 148
49, large gear 150 meshing with small gear 149, large gear 1
A gear 151 meshed with the second shaft 143 and fitted into the second shaft 143;
A driving means including the second shaft 143 is formed. First
The shaft 142 has a latch 154 for applying rotational friction.
Is provided. A stand 155 for receiving the cassette 6 is provided upright on the base 141.

The cutting means 180 is such that the cutting blade 180a can be freely protruded by an electromagnetic solenoid 180b. When the cutting blade 180a projects, the tape 1 after printing from the cassette 6 is automatically cut.

The cassette 6 can be mounted on the printing unit 135. This cassette 6 is formed of a transparent material,
In this structure, a spool 126 and a platen roller 128 are rotatably supported in a vertically separable container 125. The spool 126 is for mounting the tape before printing wound around the core 129. Platen roller 128
Is disposed at a position where it does not interfere with the fully wound tape, and guides the back side of the tape 1 from the first spool 126.

The spool 126 is mounted so as to engage with the first shaft 142, and the platen roller 128 is mounted on the second shaft 143.
The cassette 6 is mounted so as to engage with
Supported by 5. When the motor 146 is driven in this state, the platen roller 128 is driven at a predetermined rotation speed.
Therefore, the spool 126 mounted on the first shaft 142 rotates together with the feeding of the tape.
4 provides a moderate resistance.

Thermal head 145 as printing means
A spring 1 for arranging a heating element group 157a at one end of an arm 157, providing a shaft 157b near the center of the arm 157, and biasing the heating element group 157a toward the second shaft 143.
57c, and an open / close lever 158 at the other end of the arm 157.
Is formed.

The opening / closing lever 158 shown in FIG.
A curved portion 158b, which can be in a horizontal position or an inverted position with the 58a as a fulcrum, is provided around the shaft 158a to engage with the other end of the arm 157 of the thermal head 145. When the opening / closing lever 158 is set to the inverted position indicated by the two-dot chain line, the other end of the arm 157 of the thermal head 145 is pushed, and the heating element group 15 at one end of the thermal head 145 is pressed.
7a moves away from the second shaft 143. In this state, the cassette 6 can be mounted without the thermal head 145 being in the way. After the cassette 6 is mounted, when the opening / closing lever 158 is set to the horizontal position indicated by the solid line, the thermal head 1
The heating element group 157a at one end of the 45 is directed to the second shaft 143, and the heating element group 157a is pressed by the platen roller 128 via the tape 1.

When the platen roller 128 is driven to rotate and the tape 1 passes between the heating element group 157a of the thermal head 145 and the platen roller 128, the heating element group 157a is urged toward the platen roller 128 and When the heating element group 157a is selectively energized and driven, an image such as a desired character string is formed on the thermosensitive coloring layer 11a of the tape 1 and printing is performed.

As shown in FIG. 6, the cassette 6 includes:
A tape 1 on which a half slit means 14 has been applied in advance is wound around a central portion in the width direction. Therefore, the thermal head 145, which is a printing unit, is
An image such as a character string is printed in two rows of upper and lower sections divided by 4. For the shorter of the two upper and lower strings,
At the end of the character string, mark printing 16 indicating the cutting location is performed. When printing of the longer one of the two upper and lower character strings is completed, the cutting means 180 operates so that the label length matches the longer character string, and the two upper and lower two character strings are printed. The tape 1 is cut and separated by treating the rows as a group.

Next, two tapes in the upper and lower stages in the width direction of the tape 1
Control means 1 for controlling the printing means 145 to form an image such as a character string in a row and controlling the cutting means 180 to separate and cut the two rows of upper and lower character strings as a group;
60 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a device block diagram of the label writer 9 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The operation of the label writer 9 is controlled by the control means 16.
Controlled by 0. The control means 160
2, a ROM 163, a RAM 164, a CGROM 165, and an input / output interface 166, which are connected to each other via a bus 167. ROM
The (program memory) 163 includes a display control program for a liquid crystal display (LCD) 138, a drive control program for a thermal head 145, a tape feed motor 146, a cutter (cutting means) 180, and the like. Necessary programs and other necessary data are stored. The CGROM (pattern data memory) 165 stores dot pattern data for a large number of characters. RAM1
A print buffer 64 for storing print contents and a CPU
A buffer or the like for temporarily storing the operation result of 162 is provided.

A display controller (LCDC) 168 connected to a liquid crystal display (LCD) 138 and a thermal head 1
45, a motor driving circuit 170 for driving a tape feeding motor 146, and a cutter driving circuit 18 for driving a cutter (cutting means) 180.
1. Sensors (not shown) for detecting the type and the like of the mounted cassette are connected to each other.

The operation of the label writer 9 by the control means 160 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the label writer 9 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The operation described below is performed by an instruction from the CPU 162 based on a program or the like supplied from the ROM 163 in FIG. 8, unless otherwise specified.

First, as shown in step S1, sensors provided on the label writer 9 detect the shape of the cassette 6 mounted on the label writer 9. And
It is determined whether the tape 1 provided with the half slit means 14 as shown in FIG. 1 is housed in the cassette 6 and suitable for two-stage printing. If it is not two-stage printing (S1: N
O) In step S21, the user operates the keyboard 137 to input text consisting of characters and numerals, and in step S22, performs normal one-line printing.

If it is determined in step S1 that the printing is two-stage printing (S1: YES), the keyboard 137 is operated in step S2 to input the first row of text in the upper row. Further, in step S3, the keyboard 1
The user operates 37 to set the amount of margin (L2 in FIG. 2) to be added before and after the first tier text. In step S4, the ROM 1
The first-stage tape length (L in FIG. 1) is calculated using the program stored in 63. For example, the tape length is obtained by integrating the print widths of the individual characters and numbers constituting the text and adding the set margins before and after the integrated value.

Further, in step S5, the user operates the keyboard 137 to input the second row of text in the lower row. Further, in step S6, the keyboard 137
To set the margin amount (M2 in FIG. 1) to be added before and after the second text. In step S7, as in step S4, the second-stage tape length (M in FIG. 1) is calculated from the contents of the input text and the amount of blank space by using a program stored in the ROM 163.

When the input of the first and second texts and the setting of the margins are completed, in step S8, the keyboard 137 is operated to output a print command. Step S
In step 9, the first-stage tape length (L in FIG. 1) is compared with the second-stage tape length (M in FIG. 1). First tape length =
In the case of the relationship of the tape length of the second row, in step S10, the text data of the first row and the second row are printed, so that the character data is read one character at a time from the text buffer area in the RAM 164 where the first row of text is stored. By reading it out, bit image data is created and stored in the image buffer area in the RAM 164. Similarly, character data is read out one character at a time from the text buffer area of the RAM 164 in which the second text is stored, bit image data is created, and stored in the image buffer area of the RAM 164. The thermal head 145 is driven via the head drive circuit 169 based on the bit image data stored in the image buffer area, and the first and second texts are printed at the same time. At the same time as the printing proceeds, the tape feed motor 146 is driven via the motor drive circuit 170, and the tape 1 is fed.

On the other hand, if the relationship of the first stage tape length> the second stage tape length is satisfied, first, in step S11, bit image data of the first stage text is created and stored in the image buffer area. Next, in order to print a cut line (mark) at the end of the margin set at the back of the second line of text, it corresponds to the amount of margin set at the end of the image data of the second line of text. Blank data to be added, and furthermore, image data of a cut line is added to the trailing end of the blank data and stored in the image buffer area. Then, based on the bit image data stored in the image buffer area, the first-stage text and the second-stage text + cut line are simultaneously printed. If the relationship of the first-stage tape length <the second-stage tape length is satisfied, in S12, first, a cut line (mark) is printed at the rear end of the margin set on the rear side of the first-stage text. In addition, blank data is added to the image data of the second row at the end of the image data corresponding to the set margin, and image data of a cut line is added to the end of the blank data to form the image. Store in the buffer area. Next, bit image data of the second text is created and stored in the image buffer area. Then, based on the bit image data stored in the image buffer area, the first-stage text and the second-stage text + cut line are simultaneously printed.

In step S13, when printing is completed, the cutter (cutting means) 180 is operated via the cutter driving circuit 181 to cut and separate the tape 1 on which printing has been completed. This state is shown in FIG. When the printed surface of the upper portion is peeled off from the tape 1 after printing, a long and narrow label is obtained. Then, the remaining lower part is marked 1
After cutting with scissors in step 6, the printing surface of the lower part is peeled off, and a narrow label with a small width is obtained. For example, when the tape 1 having a width of 8 mm and the half cut means 14 provided at the center is used and printed in two rows above and below, a narrow label having a width of 4 mm can be obtained. The tape 1 in the label writer 9 has a width of 8 mm
Therefore, printing can be performed stably without causing troubles such as meandering and jams which are observed with a narrow tape having a width of less than 6 mm.

The narrow-width label described above is similar to that of FIG.
0, a text such as a character string extending in the width direction of the wide tape 3 is printed, and after the printing, a narrow cutting width B1 or B2 is printed.
Is also obtained by selecting and cutting. As shown in FIG. 10, for example, a tape 3 of 96 mm (width A)
Is cut into, for example, 4 mm (width B1) or 5 mm (width B2) such that the cutting width in the transport direction is 6 mm or less, so that a narrow label can be obtained. However, the total length of the desired label E
Is smaller than the entire width A of the tape 3, a blank space always occurs in the length direction. Therefore, when the label length E is smaller than the tape width A, the mark printing 17 is performed following the printing of the character string.

Such a narrow label is a label writer 1 having a device configuration similar to that described with reference to FIGS.
0. FIG. 11 is a sectional view of the label writer 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 11, the point different from that of FIG. 6 is that the width C of the cassette 7 is thicker so that the wide tape 3 of, for example, 96 mm can be stored. Shaft 242 and second shaft 24
3 is longer and the height D of the printing unit 235 is also higher.

The configuration of the device block of the label writer 10, especially the control means 160, is the same as that described with reference to FIG. 8, so that the detailed description thereof will be omitted. However, even if the label writers 10 have the same device block, the printing procedure by the control unit 160 is different. This printing procedure
This is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

First, as shown in step S31, the sensors provided on the label writer 10 detect the shape of the cassette 7 mounted on the label writer 10. It is determined whether or not the cassette 7 accommodates the wide tape 3 as shown in FIG. 10 and is suitable for printing extending in the width direction.
When the printing is not performed in the width direction using the wide tape (S31:
NO), In step S51, a text is input by operating the keyboard 137, and in step S52,
Normal printing in the transport direction is performed.

If it is determined in step S31 that printing is to be performed in the width direction using the wide tape 3 (S31: YES), the keyboard 137 is operated in step S32 (cutting width instructing means) to set a desired cutting width in the transport direction. input. Further, in step S33, the keyboard 13
The user operates 7 to input a text consisting of a character string or the like, and in step S34, sets a margin amount to be added before and after the text. In step S35, the label length is calculated using the program stored in the ROM 163, based on the content of the input text and the margin amount. This calculation is performed in the same manner as in step S4.

In step S36, when the above text input and setting are completed, the keyboard 137 is operated to output a print command. In step S37, the tape width (A in FIG. 10) is compared with the label length (E in FIG. 10). If the relation of label length <tape width is satisfied, step S
At 38, printing of text + printing of cut lines (marks) is performed. If the relationship of label length = tape width is satisfied, in step S39, only text printing is performed.

The printing of this text is performed in the following procedure. Character data input by the keyboard 137 is stored in a text buffer area in the RAM 164. At the time of printing, the bit image data from the first character data in the text buffer area in the RAM 164 is stored in the work area in the RAM 164. Next,
The bit image data obtained by rotating the bit data by 90 degrees is stored in the image buffer area in the RAM 164. Based on the bit image data stored in the image buffer area, the thermal head 145 is driven via the head drive circuit 169 to perform printing. The characters can be printed in the width direction of the tape by reading the character data one character at a time, converting the data into data rotated 90 degrees, and printing the data. If the relationship of label length> tape width is satisfied in step S7, the input text cannot be printed in the tape width direction.
At 41, an error message is displayed on the liquid crystal display 1
The notification operation such as displaying on the display 38 is performed.

In step S40, when printing is completed, the cutter (cutting means) 180 is operated via the cutter driving circuit 181 to cut and separate the tape 3 on which printing has been completed at a predetermined cutting width. This state is shown in FIG. When the release paper on the back surface side of the tape 3 after printing is peeled, a narrow label having a long width is obtained. For a label having a label length less than the full width of the tape 3, a mark printing 17
When scissors are put in the area and cut to release the release paper, a narrow label with a short width can be obtained. For example, by selecting a cutting width of 5 mm or 4 mm, a label having an arbitrary narrow width can be obtained. Since the tape 3 in the label writer 10 is conveyed with a wide width of, for example, 96 mm, printing can be performed stably without causing troubles such as meandering and jamming.

The label writer of the first embodiment and the label writer of the second embodiment described above are suitable for use of the tape 1 having the thermosensitive coloring layer applied to the surface of the layer to be printed as shown in FIG. It is a thing. However, it is also possible to provide a label writer in which an ink ribbon is incorporated in either a label writer or a cassette, the ink ribbon is transported together with the tape, and printing is performed by transfer on the surface of the print layer of the tape.

[0057]

As described above, according to the tape of the first aspect, when two or more character strings are printed in the longitudinal direction of the central part in the width direction and separated in the longitudinal direction by the half slit means, It can be a narrow label of a single character string. Therefore, in the label writer, narrow labels can be handled as wide tapes arranged in the width direction, and meandering at the time of conveyance due to the narrow width can be prevented, and printing can be performed at a correct position in the width direction. .

According to the tape of the second aspect, marginal printing at both ends in the width direction enables a marginal printing between the half slit means, and a narrower printing tape can be obtained.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, printing can be performed as a wide tape by printing two or more rows in the longitudinal direction of the width direction. No deviation occurs.

According to the label writer of the present invention, when a label portion having an extra length with respect to a short character string among two or more character strings extending in the longitudinal direction in the width direction is cut with scissors or the like. Then, the cutting position can be clearly seen.

According to the label writer of the present invention, since a character string extending in the width direction is printed, it can be processed as a wide tape at the time of printing, and becomes a narrow tape when cut after printing. Therefore, troubles such as meandering at the time of transporting the tape, which occur with the narrow tape, are unlikely to occur, and the printing position does not shift. Also, by instructing the cutting width, a label having an arbitrary narrow width can be obtained. Further, since the label is automatically cut, a narrow label having a predetermined width can be reliably obtained.

According to the label writer of the sixth aspect, when cutting an extra portion with scissors or the like for a label of a character string that does not use the entire width of the tape, the cutting position can be clearly recognized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a top view showing a schematic configuration of a label writer tape according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a cross-sectional view of the label writer tape of FIG. 1 in the width direction.

FIG. 3 is a top view showing a schematic configuration of another label writer tape according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a top view of the label writer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a top view of the printing unit of the label writer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a partial side view in the direction A of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a device block diagram of the label writer of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the label writer of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a top view illustrating a schematic configuration of a label by a label writer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of a label writer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the label writer according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2, 3 Tape 6, 7 Cassette 9, 10 Label writer 11 Printed layer 12 Adhesive layer 13 Release layer 14 Half slit means (first half slit means) 15 Second half slit means 16 Mark printing 17 Mark printing 135 235 Printing unit 145 Thermal head 146 Motor (drive unit) 160 Control unit 162 CPU 169 Head drive circuit 180 Cutting unit 181 Cutter drive circuit

Continued on front page F-term (reference) 2C055 CC00 CC01 CC05 2C058 AB23 AC06 AD06 AE04 AE14 AE15 AF51 LA03 LA24 LB06 LB17 LB37 LC11 2C087 AA07 AA13 AB01 AC05 BA02 BA04 BA05 BA09 BC07 BD10 BD13 CB07 CB13 3E095 DA03 EA24 EA34 FA18 9A001 HH34 JJ35 KK42

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A tape provided with a print-receiving layer, an adhesive layer, and a release layer, wherein at least the print-receiving layer extends in a longitudinal direction of a central portion in a width direction thereof, and has a length of 2 mm. A label writer tape provided with a half-slit means that can be separated as described above. 2. The label writer tape according to claim 1, wherein at least the printing layer is provided with a second half slit means extending in the longitudinal direction so as to separate margins at both ends in the width direction. . 3. A printing device for performing printing, a cutting device for cutting and separating a tape printed by the printing device, and a control device for controlling the printing device, wherein the control device includes: The printing unit is controlled to form two or more character strings separated in the width direction of the tape and extending in the length direction, and the cutting unit is controlled to cut and cut the two or more character strings as a group. The label writer that is to do. 4. The printing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the printing unit to perform mark printing indicating a break in a length direction for a character string having a short length in the group of two or more character strings. Item 3. A label writer according to Item 3. 5. A printing device for performing printing for forming a character string in the width direction of the tape, a cutting device for cutting and separating the tape printed by the printing device, Cutting width instructing means for instructing a cutting width;
Control means for controlling the printing means and the cutting means, wherein the control means controls the printing means so as to form a character string within the cutting width, and for each print in the cutting width A label writer for controlling the cutting means so as to cut and separate a tape into a label. 6. The control unit according to claim 5, wherein the control unit controls the printing unit to perform mark printing indicating an end of the label length when the label length after the printing is smaller than the entire width of the tape. Label writer.