JP2013056469A - Printing device, printing method, and printing control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing device facilitating cutting and allowing durability of cutting power of a cutter by curing an adhesive of a printing tape by heat or light to reduce pressure-sensitive adhesive power in the printing device preparing a label, and to provide a printing method preparing the label in the printing device and a printing control program for implementing the printing method preparing the label in the printing device.SOLUTION: This printing device prepares a label by performing printing on a tape member 31 being a printing tape having a heat (light) curing adhesive 31c on a rear side of a printing surface. The printing device includes: a thermal head 11 being a printing part performing the printing to the printing tape; a tape conveyance part; a cutting part cutting the printing tape; a heater (light source) 12a being a heating (irradiation) part arranged at an inner side of the cutting part and heating (irradiating with light) the printing tape; and a heater (light source) drive circuit 54 being an adhesion reduction control part for actuating an adhesion reduction part when the printing to the printing tape by the printing part is finished.

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus for creating a label by increasing the reliability of cutting of the printing tape, a printing method for creating a label in the printing apparatus, and a printing for realizing a printing method for causing the printing apparatus to create a label. It relates to the control program.

  A tape cassette containing a tape member is set in the apparatus, and characters or the like input from an input unit such as a keyboard or output from another device are arbitrarily printed on the print tape layer of the tape member. There is a printing device as a device that can create a unique label.

  As such a printing device, Patent Document 1 filed by the applicant of the present application shown below includes a movable blade return mechanism that can automatically return the movable blade after the cutting mechanism is operated, thereby reducing the size. A lightweight printing device is disclosed.

  The printing apparatus includes a printing mechanism that performs printing on a tape member, a conveyance mechanism that is operated by a conveyance motor, a cutting mechanism that manually moves the movable blade toward the fixed blade, and a movable blade. The movable blade cutting position detection switch that detects that the blade is in the cutting position, the movable blade return mechanism that returns the movable blade that has moved to the cutting position to the initial position together with the cutter operation unit, and the movable blade cutting position detection switch are turned on. And a controller that reversely drives the conveyance motor in the case where the conveyance motor is driven in the forward direction, and transmits the power to the cutting mechanism when the conveyance motor is driven in the normal direction, and transmits the power to the movable blade return mechanism when the conveyance motor is reversed. It has a transmission mechanism.

JP 2011-62986 A

  However, in the above-described printing apparatus of Patent Document 1, if the printing tape is cut and removed from the printing apparatus repeatedly, the adhesive of the printing tape adheres to the blade of the cutter, and the cutting force of the cutter is maintained. It was difficult.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the prior art as described above. In a printing apparatus for producing a label, the adhesive of the printing tape is cured by heat, and the cutting force of the cutter can be maintained. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing apparatus that facilitates maintenance, a printing method for creating a label in the printing apparatus, and a printing control program for causing the printing apparatus to implement a printing method for creating a label.

  A printing apparatus according to the present invention is disposed inside a printing unit that prints on a printing tape having an adhesive, a tape conveyance unit that conveys the printing tape, a cutting unit that cuts the printing tape, and the cutting unit. An adhesive lowering part that lowers the adhesiveness of the adhesive of the printing tape, and an adhesive lowering control part that operates the adhesiveness lowering part when printing on the printing tape by the printing part is completed. Features.

Further, the printing method of the printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a printing process for printing on a printing tape having an adhesive by a printing unit, a tape conveyance process for conveying the printing tape by a tape conveyance unit,
Printing on the printing tape by the printing unit includes a cutting process for cutting the printing tape by the cutting unit, and an adhesive reduction process for reducing the adhesive property of the adhesive of the printing tape that is disposed inside the cutting unit. The cutting process is performed at the end, and the printing tape is cut at a position where the adhesiveness reduction process is performed.

  Further, the printing control program of the printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a printing process for printing on a printing tape having an adhesive by a printing unit, a tape conveyance process for conveying the printing tape by a tape conveyance unit, and the printing by a cutting unit. A cutting process for cutting the tape, and an adhesive reduction process for reducing the adhesive property of the adhesive of the printing tape disposed inside the cutting part at the end of printing on the printing tape by the printing part, The cutting process is characterized by causing a computer to execute a process of cutting the printing tape at a position where the adhesiveness reduction process has been performed.

  According to the present invention, in a printing apparatus for producing a label, the adhesive of the printing tape is cured by heat or light, and the adhesive force is reduced, thereby enabling easy cutting and maintaining the cutting force of the cutter. It is possible to provide a printing apparatus that facilitates maintenance, a printing method for creating a label in the printing apparatus, and a printing control program for causing the printing apparatus to implement a printing method for creating a label.

1 is a plan view of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the inside of the printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention and a perspective view of the tape cassette. It is a functional block diagram of the printing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow which produces the label by the printing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow which produces the label by the printing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow which produces the label by the printing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow which produces the label by the printing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow which produces the label by the printing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow which produces the label by the printing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow which produces the label by the printing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a printing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a tape cassette 21 used in the printing apparatus 1 and a part of an internal structure of the printing apparatus 1. It is. The printing apparatus 1 is a tape member 31 formed by laminating a printing tape layer having a printing surface on the front surface and a back surface made of an adhesive surface made of a thermosetting adhesive and a release tape layer attached to the adhesive surface. This is a device that prints characters and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the printing apparatus 1 includes a touch panel display unit 3 that includes a liquid crystal display device on the upper surface of a housing 2 and displays a virtual keyboard using a software keyboard function. Further, the touch panel display unit 3 is provided with a touch panel input unit 4 which is a transparent pressure switch as a character input device on the upper surface of the display screen of the liquid crystal display device.

  The display screen of the touch panel display unit 3 includes character / symbol input keys (hereinafter collectively referred to as character keys) such as alphabetic character keys, numeric keys, and symbol keys, conversion keys to Kanji characters, non-conversion keys, and A keyboard area 3a for displaying a virtual keyboard having control keys such as an execution key and a character editing area 3b for displaying characters input from the keyboard area 3a are provided. The keyboard area 3a displays each key of the touch panel input unit 4 as an image, and inputs the coordinate position data of each key by pressing the position of each key displayed on the display screen as the touch panel input unit 4. The touch panel display unit 3 and the touch panel input unit 4 constitute a software keyboard.

  A cassette for loading a tape cassette 21 containing a tape member 31 and an ink ribbon 35, as shown in FIG. 2, inside an opening / closing lid prepared on the back of the apparatus for loading the tape cassette 21. A loading portion 8 is formed. In the cassette loading unit 8, a tape printing mechanism 45 and a cassette receiving unit 15 for supporting the tape cassette 21 at a predetermined position are formed.

  The tape printing mechanism 45 includes a printing element arranged in a vertical direction, a thermal head 11 serving as a printing head, and a platen roller that sandwiches and transports a tape member 31 and an ink ribbon 35 between the thermal head 11 12 and a ribbon take-up shaft for taking up the ink ribbon 35 used for printing into the tape cassette 21.

  The platen roller 12 incorporates a heater as a heating device as an adhesive lowering part for curing the adhesive of the printing tape and lowering the adhesive property in the vicinity of the center. When energized, the platen roller 12 that is heated to about 100 ° C. in several seconds and is brought into contact with the printing tape is rapidly heated to cure the thermosetting adhesive of the printing tape. As an example of the thermosetting adhesive, for example, an epoxy-based adhesive is used, and it is preferable to use an adhesive that cures at a relatively low temperature of about 80 ° C. in terms of reducing power consumption.

  The heater 12a is not limited to being disposed in the platen roller 12. For example, if the heater 12a is configured to be able to detect that a predetermined portion of the printing tape has reached the heater before the cutting portion. Good.

  In addition, a tape feeding portion 7 that leads to the outside of the housing 2 is formed at one end of the cassette loading portion 8, and in this tape feeding portion 7, the printing tape layer and the release tape layer of the tape member 31 are arranged in the width direction. A full cut mechanism 17 as a full cut portion to be cut and a half cut mechanism 18 as a half cut portion to cut only the printing tape layer of the tape member 31 are incorporated.

  Further, the tape cassette 21 includes a cassette case 22. Inside the cassette case 22, a tape core 23 around which a tape member 31 is wound, a ribbon supply core 24 around which an unused ink ribbon 35 is wound, used. Ribbon take-up cores 25 for taking up the used ink ribbon 35 are accommodated. The cassette case 22 of the tape cassette 21 is formed with a head placement portion 27 where the thermal head 11 is located when the tape cassette 21 is loaded in the cassette loading portion 8.

  In addition, an engaged portion 29 that is engaged with and supported by the cassette receiving portion 15 of the cassette loading portion 8 is formed at the corner of the cassette case 22. The engaged portion 29 of the cassette case 22 is formed with predetermined irregularities according to the type of the tape cassette 21 (not shown), and the cassette receiving portion 15 of the cassette loading portion 8 is provided with the tape cassette 21. A tape width detection switch 16 is formed for discriminating irregularities formed in the engaged portion 29 of the cassette case 22 when the is loaded.

  Then, when the cassette case 22 is loaded into the cassette loading unit 8, the printing apparatus 1 includes the tape width detection switch 16 formed on the engaged portion 29 of the cassette case 22 and the cassette receiving unit 15 of the cassette loading unit 8. Some or all of them are engaged, and the engaged tape width detection switch 16 is pressed, so that the type of the tape width of the tape member 31 can be discriminated by the combination of the tape width detection switch 16 that is turned on. It has become.

  That is, in this printing apparatus 1, since the type of the tape cassette 21 differs depending on the width of the tape member 31 incorporated therein, the width of the tape member 31 that is the object to be printed is determined by determining the type of the tape cassette 21. The control unit 40 can create print data suitable for the tape width.

  In this printing apparatus 1, when printing is instructed, the tape member 31 and the ink ribbon 35 are fed out from the tape cassette 21, and the tape member 31 and the ink ribbon 35 are placed between the platen roller 12 and the thermal head 11. It is sandwiched and transported in a superposed state.

  Then, the thermal head 11 is driven to generate heat based on the print data, the ink of the ink ribbon 35 is thermally transferred to the print tape layer of the tape member 31, printing is performed on the print tape layer, printing is finished, and the cutting position is When it comes between the platen roller 12 and the thermal head 11, the conveyance is stopped, a heater 12a in the platen roller 12 to be described later is heated, and the thermosetting adhesive on the back surface of the printing tape layer is heated and cured. After the thermosetting adhesive that has been warmed is naturally cooled, the full-cut mechanism 17 or the half-cut mechanism 18 is activated depending on the setting, and the tape member 31 is cut in the width direction to create one tape-like label. .

  Next, the circuit configuration of the printing apparatus 1 will be described. The printing apparatus 1 includes a control unit 40 as shown in FIG. The controller 40 is connected to a ROM 41 and a RAM 42 as storage units. The control unit 40 is connected to the touch panel input unit 4 as an input unit for inputting character data, font size, and the like in response to a user's key operation. The control unit 40 is connected to a touch panel display unit driving circuit 63 that drives a touch panel display unit 3 that is a display unit that displays various information such as input information.

  Further, the control unit 40 drives a head drive circuit 51 that drives the thermal head 11, a conveyance motor drive circuit 52 that drives a conveyance motor 46 that includes a stepping motor that is a tape conveyance unit, and a cutter motor 48. A cutter motor drive circuit 53 is connected.

  The control unit 40 is connected to a heater drive circuit 54 that drives a heater 12a that is a heating device built in the platen roller 12 that is a heating unit.

  The control unit 40 is a CPU, which is a key input signal from the touch panel input unit 4, or a system program automatically stored in advance in the ROM 41, a control program stored in a memory card, or a control read from an external device. A program or the like is activated, and the operation of each part of the circuit is controlled using the RAM 42 as a work memory.

  The ROM 41 stores programs and print fonts for displaying and printing set character string data, etc., oblique lines, meshes and dot patterns used for painting, and programs readable by the control unit 40 are stored. It also functions as a recording medium.

  The ROM 41 has a display CG (character generator) 41a for storing font pattern data for display. The ROM 41 also has a printing CG (character generator) 41b for storing printing pattern data.

  The RAM 42 has a print data memory area 42a for storing print pattern data in which input print information is expanded, a display data memory area 42b for storing pattern data to be displayed on the touch panel display unit 3, and the like. A work area 42c including a register and a counter for temporarily storing data necessary for the printing process is also provided.

  The head drive circuit 51 controls the thermal head 11 that is a printing unit according to the print information and the format setting information, and causes the tape member 31 to execute printing. The conveyance motor drive circuit 52 is a circuit that drives the tape conveyance unit and controls the conveyance motor 46 such as a stepping motor that rotates the platen roller 12 and the ribbon take-up shaft as a tape conveyance unit, and has a predetermined speed. Then, the tape member 31 is conveyed in the longitudinal direction. The cutter motor drive circuit 53 is a drive circuit that controls cutting parts such as a full cut part and a half cut part, and is used in a stepping motor or a half cut mechanism 18 as a cutter motor 48 used in the full cut mechanism 17. A DC motor or the like as the cutter motor 48 is controlled.

  Further, the control unit 40 is a conveyance control unit that controls the tape conveyance unit, and after the printing on the printing tape by the printing unit is completed, the tape conveyance unit heats the print tape position where the label margin is provided from the end of printing. The printing tape is conveyed to the position of the part, and an operation start signal is output to the heating control unit as the adhesiveness reduction control unit that controls the heating device.

  Then, when the control unit 40 outputs an operation start signal to the heating control unit as the transport control unit, the control unit 40 controls the tape transport unit to temporarily stop the transport of the print tape.

  Further, the control unit 40 drives a heater drive circuit 54 as a heating control unit, and energizes and activates the heater 12a as a heating device for a predetermined time when printing on the printing tape by the printing unit is completed.

  At that time, the control unit 40 stops the conveyance of the printing tape as a conveyance control unit for a time slightly longer than an operation time in which the heater 12a which is a heating device by the heating control unit is energized and heated.

  Further, the control unit 40 stops energization of the heater 12a as a transport control unit in order to naturally cool the heater 12a heated by the heating control unit for a predetermined time.

  Then, the control unit 40, as the conveyance control unit, stops the printing tape for a predetermined time and then has a length equal to the distance from the position of the platen roller 12 as the heating unit to the position of the full cut mechanism 17 as the cutting unit. Only transport the printing tape.

  In this way, in the printing apparatus 1, the control unit 40 controls the head drive circuit 51, the conveyance motor drive circuit 52, the cutter motor drive circuit 53, the heater drive circuit 54, and the like, whereby the character string is converted into a tape member. A label can be created by printing on 31 and cutting the tape member 31 at a predetermined position.

  Further, in the printing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the control unit 40 heats and cures the thermosetting adhesive on the back surface of the printing tape at the cut portion of the tape member 31 with a heater, so that the thermosetting adhesive is attached to the blade of the cutter. Suppressing adhesion of the agent, making cutting easy and maintaining the cutting force of the cutter to facilitate maintenance, and for example, curing the thermosetting adhesive of the tape member 31 having the release tape layer Thus, the peeling tape layer of the tape member 31 that is the printing tape can be easily peeled off.

  Here, the flow of creating a label by the printing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of creating a label. 5 to 10 are diagrams illustrating an example of a flow for creating a label.

  First, when the user sets the printing apparatus 1 to the label production mode and starts printing, the control unit 40 controls the printing unit to print on the printing tape layer 31a of the tape member 31 as shown in FIG. Start. And the control part 40 performs the printing process completion | finish determination (step S10) which determines whether the predetermined printing process was completed. If the printing process is in progress, the control unit 40 continues the printing process. When the printing process is completed, the controller 40 causes the tape member 31 to be conveyed as shown in FIG.

  Next, the control unit 40 controls the transport control unit to execute a tape transport process (step S20) for stopping the platen roller 12 that is the tape transport unit at the cut portion of the tape member 31.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 40 controls the heater drive circuit 54 to heat the heater 12a, which is a heating device, for a predetermined time to warm the cut portion of the tape member 31 as a heating control unit. Then, a heat treatment (step S30) for curing the thermosetting adhesive 31c on the back surface of the printing tape layer 31a is executed.

  Then, when the controller 40 warms and cures the thermosetting adhesive 31c on the back surface of the printing tape layer 31a for a predetermined time, in order to stabilize the cured thermosetting adhesive 31c, as a heating control unit, As shown in FIG. 7, the heater drive circuit 54 is controlled to stop energization to stop the heating of the heater 12a and to naturally cool the heater 12a.

  The control unit 40 uses a timer interruption function or the like to elapse a predetermined time period for allowing the heater 12a to be cooled for a predetermined time period for stabilizing the cured thermosetting adhesive 31c, and for stopping the tape conveyance to be naturally cooled ( Step S50) is performed.

  When the predetermined time for natural cooling has elapsed in the process of elapse of the predetermined time (step S50), the process proceeds to step S60, and when the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to the process of elapse of the predetermined time (step S50), Wait for a predetermined time.

  In the cured thermosetting adhesive 31c, when a predetermined time for natural cooling has elapsed, the control unit 40 controls the transport control unit so that the tape member 31 is moved by the full cut mechanism 17 as shown in FIG. A tape transport process (step S60) for transporting to the position of the cutting unit made of a cutter is executed.

  Then, the control unit 40 controls the conveyance control unit to execute a cutting preparation process (step S70) that stops when the tape member 31 is conveyed to the position of the cutting unit as shown in FIG.

  Next, the control unit 40 controls the cutting unit to execute a cutting process (step S80) for driving the cutter in the full-cut mechanism 17 and cutting the tape member 31 with a motor or the like as shown in FIG.

  The cutting process (step S80) may be configured such that the cutter is moved manually by the user after the tape member 31 is transported to a predetermined position. Further, the cutting unit may be configured to allow the user to cut the printing tape by pulling the printing tape by a fixed cutter provided in the vicinity of the tape outlet in the apparatus.

  Further, the tape member 31 which is a printing tape is composed of the printing tape layer 31a and the release tape layer 31b, and is not limited to the case where the thermosetting adhesive 31c is provided on the back side of the printing tape layer 31a. It is a roll tape, Comprising: It is good also as a structure which has a thermosetting adhesive on the back surface side of the heat-sensitive roll tape for printing, and does not have a peeling tape layer.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, in the printing apparatus 1 for creating a label, the thermosetting adhesive 31c of the printing tape is cured by heat, and by reducing the adhesive force, cutting is easy. In addition, the printing device 1 that can maintain the cutting force of the cutter and facilitate maintenance, the printing method for creating a label in the printing device 1, and the printing control for causing the printing device 1 to implement the printing method for creating the label Program.

  In addition, according to the embodiment of the present invention, by providing the heater 12a that is a heating device in the platen roller 12, the thermosetting adhesive 31c can be cured by easily and accurately specifying the cutting position. .

  Furthermore, according to the embodiment of the present invention, after the printing on the printing tape by the printing unit is finished, the conveyance control unit outputs an operation start signal to the heating control unit, thereby appropriately heating the cutting position and thermosetting type. The adhesive 31c can be cured by heating.

  Then, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the conveyance control unit outputs the operation start signal to the heating control unit to temporarily stop the conveyance of the printing tape, and reliably the thermosetting adhesive 31c at a predetermined position. It can be cured.

  Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the conveyance control unit stops the conveyance of the printing tape for a time slightly longer than the operation time of the heating device by the heating control unit, and cures the cured thermosetting adhesive 31c and The tape position of the part can be naturally cooled, and after cooling, the print tape is conveyed by a length equal to the distance from the position of the heating part to the position of the cutting part, so that the cured thermosetting adhesive 31c A cutting part can be cut appropriately.

  In the above embodiment, a thermosetting adhesive is used as the adhesive for the printing tape, and a heater as a heat generating device is used as the adhesive lowering portion that cures the adhesive and lowers the adhesiveness. As an example, an adhesive that cures when irradiated with light such as ultraviolet rays is used as an adhesive, and a light source device that generates ultraviolet rays or the like is used in the vicinity of the platen roller 12 as a device for curing the adhesive. Alternatively, the outer peripheral surface of the transport roller such as the platen roller 12 may be configured to be transparent, and the light source device may be disposed inside so as to act as an adhesive lowering portion similar to the above embodiment. .

  Furthermore, the processing shown in the flowchart in the embodiment of the present invention is applied to various apparatuses as a print control program that can be realized by a computer, for example, written in a storage medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a semiconductor memory. Alternatively, it can be applied to various apparatuses by being transmitted through a communication medium. As described above, by storing each processing described in the present embodiment in a desired storage medium and causing the print control program to be executed by another computer or the like, it is possible to obtain the same operation and effect as when the apparatus of the present embodiment is used. It is done. The computer is not limited to the computer built in the apparatus described in the present embodiment, and can read the print control program stored in the storage medium, and can perform the control operation according to the read print control program. It includes any computer equipped with a computing device such as a CPU.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

The invention described in the first claim of the present application will be appended below.
[1] A printing section for printing on a printing tape having an adhesive;
A tape transport section for transporting the printing tape;
A cutting section for cutting the printing tape;
An adhesive reduction portion that is disposed inside the cut portion and reduces the adhesive property of the adhesive of the printing tape;
An adhesive reduction control unit that activates the adhesiveness reduction unit when printing on the printing tape by the printing unit is completed.
[2] The printing apparatus according to [1], wherein the lowering of adhesiveness is incorporated in a platen roller serving as the tape transport unit.
[3] The apparatus further includes a conveyance control unit that controls the tape conveyance unit,
After the printing on the printing tape by the printing unit is completed, when the printing tape is conveyed from the end of printing by the tape conveying unit to the position of the adhesive reduction portion by the tape conveying unit, the printing tape is conveyed, The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance control unit outputs an operation start signal to the adhesion lowering control unit.
4. The conveyance control unit according to claim 3, wherein the conveyance control unit temporarily stops conveyance of the print tape by the tape conveyance unit when outputting the operation start signal to the adhesion lowering control unit. Printing device.
[5] The conveyance control unit stops the conveyance of the printing tape for a time slightly longer than the operation time of the adhesion degradation unit by the adhesion degradation control unit, and after the termination of the stop of the adhesion degradation unit The printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the printing tape is conveyed by a length equal to a distance from a position to a position of the cutting portion.
[6] The printing apparatus according to any one of [1] to [5], wherein the adhesion lowering portion includes a heating device that heats the adhesive.
[7] The printing device according to any one of [1] to [5], wherein the adhesiveness-decreasing portion includes a light irradiation device that irradiates the adhesive with light.
[8] A printing process for printing on a printing tape having an adhesive by the printing unit;
A tape transport process for transporting the printing tape by a tape transport unit;
A cutting process for cutting the printing tape by a cutting unit;
An adhesive reduction process is performed at the end of printing on the printing tape by the printing unit, which is disposed inside the cutting unit and reduces the adhesiveness of the adhesive of the printing tape, and the cutting process is performed by reducing the adhesiveness. A printing method comprising cutting the printing tape at a position where processing has been performed.
[9] The printing method according to [8], wherein the adhesion lowering process is performed using a platen roller of the tape transport unit.
[10] The tape conveyance process after the end of the printing process is performed by moving the printing tape so that the position of the printing tape provided with a label margin from the end of printing is aligned with the position of the reduced adhesion portion, and the label margin. 10. The printing method according to claim 8, wherein the adhesiveness reduction processing is performed when the position where the ink is provided is located at the position of the adhesiveness reduction portion. 11.
11. The printing method according to claim 10, wherein the tape transport process stops the transport movement of the print tape when the adhesiveness reduction process is performed.
[12] The stop time of the printing tape when performing the adhesiveness reduction process in the tape transport process is longer than the adhesiveness reduction time of the adhesiveness reduction process. 11. The printing method according to 11.
[13] The printing method according to any one of [8] to [12], wherein the adhesiveness reduction treatment is performed using a heating device that heats the adhesive.
[14] The printing method according to any one of [8] to [12], wherein the adhesiveness reduction treatment is performed using a light irradiation device that irradiates the adhesive with light.
[15] A printing process for printing on a printing tape having an adhesive by the printing unit;
A tape transport process for transporting the printing tape by a tape transport unit;
A cutting process for cutting the printing tape by a cutting unit;
An adhesive reduction process is performed at the end of printing on the printing tape by the printing unit, which is disposed inside the cutting unit and reduces the adhesiveness of the adhesive of the printing tape, and the cutting process is performed by reducing the adhesiveness. A printing control program for a printing apparatus, which causes a computer to execute a process of cutting the printing tape at a position where the process is performed.
16. The printing control program for a printing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the adhesiveness reduction processing causes a computer to execute processing performed using a platen roller of the tape transport unit.
[17] The tape conveyance process after the end of the printing process is performed by moving the printing tape so that the position of the printing tape provided with a label margin from the end of printing is aligned with the position of the reduced adhesion portion, and the label margin. 17. The printing control program for a printing apparatus according to claim 15 or 16, wherein when the position where the position is provided is positioned at the position of the adhesiveness reduction portion, the computer executes the adhesiveness reduction processing.
18. The printing control program for a printing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the tape conveyance processing causes the computer to execute processing for stopping conveyance movement of the printing tape when the adhesiveness reduction processing is performed. .
[19] Let the computer execute a process in which the time for stopping the printing tape when performing the adhesiveness reduction process in the tape transport process is longer than the adhesiveness reduction time of the adhesiveness reduction process The printing control program for a printing apparatus according to claim 18.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printing apparatus 2 Housing | casing 3 Touch panel display part 3a Keyboard area 3b Character editing area 4 Touch panel input part 7 Tape feeding part 8 Cassette loading part 11 Thermal head 12 Platen roller 12a Heater (light source)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Cassette receiving part 16 Tape width detection switch 17 Full cut mechanism 18 Half cut mechanism 21 Tape cassette 22 Cassette case 23 Tape core 24 Ribbon supply core 25 Ribbon take-up core 27 Head arrangement part 29 Engaged part 31 Tape member 31a Print tape layer 31b Peeling tape layer 31c Thermosetting adhesive (photocurable adhesive)
35 Ink Ribbon 40 Control Unit 41 ROM
41a CG for display 41b CG for printing
42 RAM
42a Print data memory area 42b Display data memory area 42c Work area 45 Tape printing mechanism 46 Conveyor motor 48 Cutter motor 51 Head drive circuit 52 Conveyor motor drive circuit 53 Cutter motor drive circuit 54 Heater (light source) drive circuit 63 Touch panel display unit Driving circuit

Claims (19)

A printing section for printing on a printing tape having an adhesive;
A tape transport section for transporting the printing tape;
A cutting section for cutting the printing tape;
An adhesive reduction portion that is disposed inside the cut portion and reduces the adhesive property of the adhesive of the printing tape;
An adhesive reduction control unit that activates the adhesiveness reduction unit when printing on the printing tape by the printing unit is completed.   The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adhesiveness-decreasing portion is incorporated in a platen roller serving as the tape conveying portion. A transport control unit for controlling the tape transport unit;
After the printing on the printing tape by the printing unit is completed, when the printing tape is conveyed from the end of printing by the tape conveying unit to the position of the adhesive reduction portion by the tape conveying unit, the printing tape is conveyed, The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance control unit outputs an operation start signal to the adhesion lowering control unit.   The printing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the conveyance control unit temporarily stops conveyance of the printing tape by the tape conveyance unit when outputting the operation start signal to the adhesion lowering control unit.   The conveyance control unit stops conveyance of the printing tape for a time slightly longer than an operation time of the adhesion deterioration unit by the adhesion decrease control unit, and after the stop, the conveyance control unit starts from the position of the adhesion deterioration unit. The printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the printing tape is transported by a length equal to a distance to the position of the cutting portion.   The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adhesiveness-decreasing portion includes a heating device that heats the adhesive.   The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adhesiveness-reducing portion includes a light irradiation device that irradiates the adhesive with light. A printing process for printing on a printing tape having an adhesive by the printing unit;
A tape transport process for transporting the printing tape by a tape transport unit;
A cutting process for cutting the printing tape by a cutting unit;
An adhesive reduction process is performed at the end of printing on the printing tape by the printing unit, which is disposed inside the cutting unit and reduces the adhesiveness of the adhesive of the printing tape, and the cutting process is performed by reducing the adhesiveness. A printing method comprising cutting the printing tape at a position where processing has been performed.   The printing method according to claim 8, wherein the adhesiveness reduction process is performed using a platen roller of the tape transport unit.   The tape conveyance process after the end of the printing process is such that the printing tape is moved so that the position of the printing tape provided with the label margin from the end of printing is aligned with the position of the reduced adhesiveness, and the label margin is provided. 10. The printing method according to claim 8, wherein the adhesion reduction process is performed when the position is located at the position of the adhesion reduction portion. 11.   The printing method according to claim 10, wherein the tape transport process stops the transport movement of the print tape when the adhesiveness reduction process is performed.   12. The stop time of the printing tape when performing the adhesiveness reduction process in the tape transport process is longer than the adhesiveness reduction time of the adhesiveness reduction process. Printing method.   The printing method according to claim 8, wherein the adhesiveness reduction process is performed using a heating device that heats the adhesive.   The printing method according to claim 8, wherein the adhesiveness reduction process is performed using a light irradiation device that irradiates the adhesive with light. A printing process for printing on a printing tape having an adhesive by the printing unit;
A tape transport process for transporting the printing tape by a tape transport unit;
A cutting process for cutting the printing tape by a cutting unit;
An adhesive reduction process is performed at the end of printing on the printing tape by the printing unit, which is disposed inside the cutting unit and reduces the adhesiveness of the adhesive of the printing tape, and the cutting process is performed by reducing the adhesiveness. A printing control program for a printing apparatus, which causes a computer to execute a process of cutting the printing tape at a position where the process is performed.   The printing control program for a printing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the adhesiveness reduction process causes a computer to execute a process performed using a platen roller of the tape transport unit.   The tape conveyance process after the end of the printing process is such that the printing tape is moved so that the position of the printing tape provided with the label margin from the end of printing is aligned with the position of the reduced adhesiveness, and the label margin is provided. 17. The printing control program for a printing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein when the position is located at the position of the adhesion lowering portion, the computer executes the adhesion lowering process.   18. The printing control program for a printing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the tape conveyance processing causes the computer to execute processing for stopping conveyance movement of the printing tape when the adhesiveness reduction processing is performed. Causing the computer to execute a process in which the time for stopping the printing tape when performing the adhesiveness reduction process in the tape transport process is longer than the adhesiveness reduction time of the adhesiveness reduction process. A printing control program for a printing apparatus according to claim 18.

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