JP2013136189A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer free from the replacement of a cutting mechanism or a peeling mechanism in the printer for printing long-sized paper or a label continuous body, and enabling even an unskilled person to switch the cutting mechanism and the peeling mechanism.SOLUTION: A printer 1 including a paper supply part for charging a printing medium P, and a printing part for printing the printing medium P delivered from the paper supply part includes a cutter mechanism 7 cutting the printed printing medium P; a peeling mechanism 6 peeling labels L from the strip-like mount paper D of the printed printing medium; and an operating part 9 for switching the cutter mechanism 7 and the separating mechanism 6.

Description

  The present invention relates to a printer that performs printing on a printing medium, and more particularly to a cutting mechanism that cuts a printed printing medium and a printer that has a peeling mechanism that peels the printed printing medium from a mount.

As a printer that prints on a print medium such as a label (hereinafter also referred to as “print medium”) temporarily attached to a belt-like mount at a predetermined interval, the ink of the ink ribbon is transferred to the print medium using a thermal head. A thermal printer that performs printing by using a printer is used.
In a thermal printer, printing is performed by transferring ink on an ink ribbon to a print medium by heat generated by a heating element of a thermal head while conveying the print medium and the ink ribbon at the same speed in the same direction.

  In addition, as a thermal printer, as an option, a printed printing medium can be obtained by setting either a cutting mechanism for cutting a single sheet or a desired number of sheets or a peeling mechanism for peeling a label from a belt-like mount. It is possible to select cutting at a predetermined position or peeling the label from the belt-like mount.

However, in an optional replacement operation in which the operator replaces the cutting mechanism or the peeling mechanism with the printer as necessary, for example, when the cutting mechanism is removed from the printer and the peeling mechanism is attached to the printer, the cutting mechanism and the printer control unit There is a problem that the replacement work of the option is complicated because the power supply for the motor, the control cable, etc., which are connected to each other must be replaced from the connector, and the replacement work such as the positioning work for attaching the peeling mechanism must be performed.
In the reverse case, the removal mechanism must be removed, the cutting mechanism must be attached and the positioning operation must be performed, and the replacement work is similarly generated, which is a complicated problem.

Further, since one of the cutting mechanism and the peeling mechanism removed from the printer has to be stored, there is a problem that a storage space is required and management is necessary and troublesome.
In addition, the work of exchanging the cutting mechanism or the peeling mechanism involves a problem that requires skill because complicated work such as connection and positioning of a power source and a control cable occurs.

  In addition, replacement work for exchanging from the cutting mechanism to the peeling mechanism or from the peeling mechanism to the cutting mechanism has a problem in that the printing is stopped because printing time is stopped because the work time is consumed.

  Patent Document 1 discloses that an optional unit such as a peeling unit or a cutter unit is detachably provided on a mounting frame of a printer having a platen roller and a print head, but printing is issued by replacement work or positioning work. There is a problem of spending interruption time.

JP 2004-330419 A

In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a printer that prints on a print medium and that does not require an operation for replacing the cutting mechanism with the peeling mechanism.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a printer that prints on a print medium and that does not cause a change from a peeling mechanism to a cutting mechanism.
Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a printer that can be switched from a cutting mechanism to a peeling mechanism or from a peeling mechanism to a cutting mechanism without being an expert.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a printer that dramatically improves the work efficiency of switching from a cutting mechanism to a peeling mechanism or switching from a peeling mechanism to a cutting mechanism.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a printer capable of shortening the interruption time of the printing work and improving the working efficiency of the printing work.

Since the present application pays attention to the provision of both the cutting mechanism and the peeling mechanism, the gist of the invention of claim 1 is to print on a paper supply unit loaded with a print medium and a print medium fed from the paper supply unit. A printer comprising: a cutter mechanism that cuts the printed print medium at a predetermined timing; and a peeling mechanism that peels the printed print medium from a belt-like mount, the cutter When the cutter mechanism is selected by an operation unit that switches between a mechanism and the peeling mechanism, and by operating the operation unit, the cutter mechanism is controlled, and when the peeling mechanism is selected, the peeling mechanism is And a control unit for controlling.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the operation unit includes an operation lever and a changeover switch, and a signal of the changeover switch is switched and transmitted to the control unit by operation of the operation lever.
Further, the invention of claim 3 is characterized in that the peeling mechanism is provided with a pulling roller that pulls the belt-like mount, and a link mechanism that touches and separates the pulling roller with respect to the platen roller by operation of the operation unit is provided. To do.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the peeling mechanism includes a peeling plate that peels the label from the belt-shaped mount, and the link mechanism that rotates the peeling plate by operating the operation unit is provided. Features.

The printer of the present application includes a cutting mechanism and a peeling mechanism, and can switch between the cutting mechanism and the peeling mechanism with a simple operation, so that the replacement work time can be greatly shortened.
Moreover, even if it is not an expert, it can switch easily and the interruption time of printing work can be reduced significantly.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a side surface of a printer for schematically explaining a configuration of a printer of the present invention. It is a side view of a printer explaining the principal part of the cutter and peeling mechanism integrated in the printer same as the above. FIG. 4 is a side view of the printer for explaining a main part showing a state where the cutter specification of the cutter / peeling mechanism incorporated in the printer is switched to the above. FIG. 3 is a side view of the printer for explaining a main part showing a state in which the cutter / peeling mechanism incorporated in the printer is switched to a peeling specification. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a control unit of the printer.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a side view of a printer for schematically explaining the configuration of the printer of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the printer for explaining a main part of a cutter / peeling mechanism incorporated in the printer. FIG.
The printer 1 is an example of a printer that performs printing on a label continuum P (hereinafter, referred to as “printing medium” as appropriate) in which a plurality of labels L,. explain.

As shown in FIG. 1, the printer 1 has a main body case 1a and an opening / closing cover 1b. The opening / closing cover 1b can open / close the opening / closing cover 1b from the front with a hinge 37 provided behind the printer 1 (side on which the paper supply unit is disposed) as a fulcrum.
Further, in front of the printer 1 (on the side where the paper is carried out), a discharge port 1c through which the printed label L or print medium P can be fed out from the inside of the printer 1, and a peeling unit 6 described later, A mount discharge port 1d for feeding the strip-shaped mount D separated from the label L outward from the inside of the printer 1 can be formed below the discharge port 1c.

Inside the printer 1, mainly, a paper supply unit 2, a pitch detection unit 3, a printing unit 4, a cutter / peeling mechanism 5 (including the peeling unit 6 and the cutter unit 7), a control unit 10, Is provided.
The paper supply unit 2 is provided with a paper supply shaft 30 that rotatably supports a roll-shaped label continuous body R obtained by winding the label continuous body P in a roll shape.
The paper supply shaft 30 is provided with a guide member (not shown) for regulating the width direction of the loaded roll-shaped label continuous body R.
Between the printing unit 4 and the paper supply unit 2, a guide roller 34 that guides the continuous label body P drawn from the paper supply shaft 30 toward the printing unit 4 is provided.

The pitch detection unit 3 is disposed below the transfer path of the label continuous body P between the guide roller 34 and the printing unit 4.
The pitch detection unit 3 receives a light beam (not shown) that emits predetermined light and a light beam emitted from the light emission unit, a reflected light from the belt-like mount D, and an intensity of the received light (amount of received light per unit time). (Not shown) formed by printing or the like on the back side of the belt-like mount D. A pitch sensor 33 is arranged to detect the reference mark based on the amount of light received by the light receiving unit.
Based on the detection result of the reference mark on the belt-like mount D, the pitch sensor 33 is a reference data such as a reference position for starting the printing of the label L, a stop position of the label L in the peeling unit 6 or a cutting position for cutting the print medium P. A signal can be supplied to the control unit 10.

The label L temporarily attached to the label continuum P is made of paper or the like, and has a thermosensitive color developing layer having a thermosensitive color developing layer on one side, which generates a thermosensitive color by a heating element (not shown) of a thermal head 32 described later. The belt-like mount D has a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive (not shown) on the other surface. The adhesive surface of the label L is temporarily attached so as to be peelable.

The printing unit 4 is provided with a platen roller 31 and a thermal head 32, and the thermal head 32 is provided so as to be able to contact with and separate from the platen roller 31.
The platen roller 31 is connected to a stepping motor 52 (see FIG. 5), and by driving the stepping motor 52, the platen roller 31 is rotatably driven to print the label continuous body P (forward direction) or print. The label continuum P can be transferred in a direction opposite to the direction (reverse direction).

  The label continuum P is sandwiched between the platen roller 31 and the thermal head 32, and the platen roller 31 is driven by a print command from the control unit 10, and the thermal head 32 selectively heats the heating element (not shown). By generating heat, the thermosensitive coloring layer is colored on the printing surface of the label L, and characters, symbols, barcodes, and the like can be printed.

Next, the cutter / peeling mechanism 5 will be described with reference to FIGS.
A cutter / peeling mechanism 5 is disposed on the downstream side in the transport direction of the print medium P in the print unit 4. In the cutter / peeling mechanism 5, a peeling part (peeling mechanism) 6 and a cutting part (cutting mechanism) 7 can be arranged in order from the printing part 4.
The peeling unit 6 is mainly provided with a peeling plate 15, a mount pulling unit 8, a peeling sensor 36, a link mechanism 16, and the like.

The peeling plate 15 is composed of a plate having a predetermined width in a direction along the width direction of the printing medium, and a rotation shaft 17 is provided at the rear end (on the printing unit side) of the peeling plate 15 to rotate. The shaft 17 is fixed to the release plate 15. Since the rotating shaft 17 and the peeling plate 15 are fixed, the rotating shaft 17 and the peeling plate 15 are provided so as to be integrally rotatable with the rotating shaft 17 as a fulcrum.
The rotating shaft 17 is provided with a gear wheel 18 that is driven synchronously with the rotating shaft 17 but has an uneven gear on its outer peripheral surface.
The rotating shaft 17 provided on the peeling plate 15 is supported by a support member (not shown).

A rack gear 24 is disposed below the release plate 15, and has a concave and convex gear, and a rack bar 24 (link mechanism 16) described later is provided on the rack gear 24.
The link bar 26 is slidably provided on the paper supply unit 2 side or the discharge port 1c side, and the rack gear 24 is provided so as to reciprocate in the horizontal direction by a sliding operation of the link bar 26.
Note that FIG. 3 will be described with the platen roller 31, the thermal head 32, and the guide plate 5 removed.

A pinion gear 25 is disposed between the gear wheel 18 and the rack gear 24. The pinion gear 25 has an uneven gear on its outer peripheral surface and can be screwed into the rack gear 24 and the gear wheel 18, and the pinion gear 25 can rotate when the rack gear 24 moves in the horizontal direction.
Further, since the gear wheel 18 is rotated by the rotation of the pinion gear 25, the peeling plate 15 can be rotated.

By sliding the rack gear 24 to the paper supply unit 2 side, the pinion gear 25 can rotate counterclockwise, and the gear wheel 18 can rotate clockwise.
When the gear wheel 18 rotates in the clockwise direction, the peeling plate 15 rotates in the clockwise direction with the rotation shaft 17 as a fulcrum, and the leading end of the peeling plate 15 (downstream in the conveyance direction of the print medium P) at a predetermined angle. It is possible to move to a peeling position directed upward. (See Figure 4)

Further, by sliding the rack gear 24 toward the discharge port 1c, the pinion gear 25 can be rotated clockwise and the gear wheel 18 can be rotated counterclockwise.
When the pulley with gear 18 rotates counterclockwise, the peeling plate 15 rotates counterclockwise around the rotation shaft 17 as a fulcrum, and rotates to a guide position with the tip of the peeling plate 15 facing downward at a predetermined angle. And can move. (See Figure 3)

  The gear wheel 18, the pinion gear 25, and the rack gear 24 are arranged at positions that do not hinder the conveyance of the print medium P. Furthermore, the gear wheel 18, the pinion gear 25, and the rack gear 24 can be positioned so as not to interfere with the driving member such as the platen roller 31.

A mount pulling unit 8 is disposed below the rack gear 24.
The mount pulling unit 8 includes a pulling roller 19, a pair of support plates 20 and 20 (FIGS. 2 to 4 show one support plate 20), and a link mechanism 16.
The pair of support plates 20 and 20 are provided in a horizontal direction on a cutter frame 12a of the movable blade unit 12 described later, and the pair of support plates 20 and 20 have long holes 22 and 22 in the horizontal direction (FIGS. 2 to 4). Shows one long hole 22).
The pulling roller 19 is positioned between the pair of support plates 20 and 20 so as to face the platen roller 31, and the roller shaft 21 provided on the pulling roller 19 is a long hole 22 and 22 of the pair of support plates 20 and 20. It can be provided so that it can move along.
Since the pulling roller 19 can be moved along the long holes 22 and 22, the pulling roller 19 can be provided so as to be able to contact and separate from the platen roller 31.

Furthermore, bearings 23 and 23 (FIGS. 2 to 4 show one block member 23) for rotatably supporting the roller shaft 21 are provided at the open ends of the roller shafts 21 of the pulling roller 19. ing. Further, the bearings 23 and 23 are provided with a link rod 27 of the link mechanism 16 described later.
The peeling sensor 36 can be driven when a peeling mechanism is selected. When the peeling sensor 36 is driven, the label L peeled off can be detected.

The link mechanism 16 includes a linear link bar 26 indicated by an imaginary line (dashed line) and L-shaped link bars 27 and 27 indicated by an imaginary line (dashed line) (FIGS. A character-like link rod 27 is shown).
One end of the linear link rod 26 is fixed to the rack gear 24 and is provided so as to extend in the horizontal direction toward the paper supply unit 2 side, and the other end can be an open end.
The linear link rod 26 is supported by a support member (not shown) so as to be slidable in the horizontal direction, and the rack link 24 is moved in the horizontal direction by moving the linear link rod 26 in the horizontal direction. Can do.

One end of the major axis (horizontal direction) of the L-shaped link rods 27, 27 is fixed to the bearings 23, 23, and the minor axis (vertical direction) bent in an L-shape is fixed to the linear link rod 26. Has been.
Thus, since the L-shaped link rod 27 is fixed to the linear link rod 26, the linear link rod 26 and the L-shaped link rod 27 can move together.
Note that one end of an L-shaped link rod (not shown) is provided on the bearing 23 arranged on the back side in FIGS. 2 to 4, and the other end is provided on the link rod 27. An L-shaped link rod (not shown) is disposed at a position where the conveyance of the printing medium P is not hindered and at a position where the driving of the platen roller 31 is not hindered.
The long axis of the L-shaped link rod 27 is supported by a support member (not shown) so as to be movable in the horizontal direction, and the pulling roller 19 is movably provided by sliding the L-shaped link rod 27 in the horizontal direction. be able to.

The linear link rod 26 and the L-shaped link rod 27 can be mainly made of a hard material such as metal or iron.
The pair of support plates 20, the linear link bar 26, and the L-shaped link bar 27 are arranged at positions that do not hinder the conveyance of the print medium. Further, the linear link bar 26 and the L-shaped link bar 27 can be positioned so as not to interfere with the driving member such as the platen roller 31.

The switching unit 9 is disposed in the vicinity of the printing unit 4 and is provided on the open end side of the linear link rod 26.
The switching unit 9 is mainly provided with an operation lever 28 and a mechanical changeover switch 29 (microswitch). The operation lever 28 is provided on the open end side of one of the linear link rods 26. By the sliding operation of the operation lever 28, the linear link rod 26 and the L-shaped link rods 27, 27 are operated in the operation direction. (Horizontal direction).
Although the changeover switch 29 is described as a micro switch, an optical sensor or a proximity sensor can be provided.

The changeover switch 29 is located below the operation lever 28 and can be provided so as to be able to contact and separate from the operating piece 29a of the changeover switch 29 by the operation of the operation lever 28. By operating the operation lever 28 by the operation of the operation lever 28 to the operation piece 29 a, an ON signal can be supplied to the control unit 10.
When an ON signal is supplied from the changeover switch 29 to the control unit 10, the printing issue operation can be switched to peeling issue.

In a state where the operation lever 28 is separated from the changeover switch 29 (FIG. 2 or FIG. 3), since the operation piece 29a is not operated, an OFF signal can be supplied to the control unit 10.
When an OFF signal is supplied from the changeover switch 29 to the control unit 10, the printing issue can be switched to the cutter issue.
In addition, since the stopper part (not shown) is provided so that the operation lever 28 can be moved to the predetermined position in the left-right direction, the operation lever 28 is a predetermined position as a peeling issue position or a cutter issue position. You can stop at.

  The cutter unit 7 is disposed on the downstream side in the forward direction of the print medium P of the peeling unit 6, and has a cutting mechanism composed of a fixed blade 11 and a movable blade unit 12. The fixed blade 11 is provided on the open / close cover 1b, and the movable blade unit 12 is provided on the front frame 1e.

The movable blade unit 12 is mainly provided with a cutter frame 12a, a movable blade 13, a cutter motor 14, and a transmission mechanism (not shown) that moves the movable blade 13 in the vertical direction by driving the cutter motor 14.
The cutter motor 14 is supplied with an activation signal from the control unit 10 under the condition that the changeover switch 28 is switched to issue a cutter. When the cutter motor 14 is driven by this activation signal, the movable blade 13 is moved upward from the origin position, and the print medium P can be cut at a position where the fixed blade 11 and the movable blade 13 overlap.
Thereafter, after the movable blade 13 has moved slightly upward, it can be lowered and returned to the origin position and stopped.
In the state where the movable blade 13 has returned to the origin position, the movable blade 13 is located inside the cutter frame 12a.

  Next, the details of the control unit 10 of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the control unit 10 of FIG.

  As shown in the figure, the control unit 10 includes a CPU 41, a ROM 42, a RAM 43, a head control circuit 44, a platen control circuit 45, a pitch sensor control circuit 46, a cutter control circuit 47, a peeling control circuit 48, an external interface 49, and an internal interface. 50a and 50b. These are connected to each other via a data bus 51.

  The CPU 41 controls the operation of each unit based on the detection result by the pitch sensor 33, a control program stored in the ROM 42, and the like. Further, the CPU 41 controls printing on the label L by the thermal head 32 described above based on printing data such as characters, figures and barcodes to be printed stored in the RAM 43.

  The head control circuit 44 controls the printing operation of the thermal head 32 by generating a control signal corresponding to printing data such as characters, figures and barcodes to be printed supplied from the CPU 41 and supplying it to the thermal head 32. To do.

  The ROM 42 stores control programs, various fixed data, control table data, and the like. The RAM 43 stores flags, work areas, and the like. The platen control circuit 45 can control the step drive of the step motor 52 by giving a pulse signal to the step motor 52, so that the motor shaft (not shown) of the step motor 52 is forward (one rotation direction). ) Or in the opposite direction (the other direction of rotation).

  The pitch sensor control circuit 46 controls the detection operation by the pitch sensor 33, receives an electrical signal as a detection result from the pitch sensor 33, converts the electrical signal into digital data, and provides the digital data to the CPU 41.

The cutter control circuit 47 can cut the print medium P by driving the cutter motor 14 and moving the movable blade 13 upward by an activation signal supplied from the CPU 41.
The peeling control circuit 48 controls the detection operation by the peeling sensor 36, receives an electrical signal that is a detection result from the peeling sensor 36, converts the electrical signal into digital data, and gives it to the CPU 41.

The external interface 49 takes in data related to printing from a PC (personal computer) 60, for example, and sends status information and the like on the printer 1 side to the PC 60. The internal interface 50 a accepts input information from the input unit 53 provided in the printer 1, and sends status information to be displayed on the display unit (liquid crystal display) 54.
Further, the internal interface 50 b can take in the ON signal or OFF signal of the signal from the changeover switch 29.

In the printer 1 configured in this way, it is possible to issue a cutter or issue a peeling.
When the cutter issuance is selected, the operation lever 28 is slid to the cutter issuance position (slide to the left in FIG. 3). By positioning the operation lever 28 at the cutter position, an OFF signal is supplied from the changeover switch 29 to the control unit 10, so that the control unit 10 can select cutter issuance.

  Further, by operating the operation lever 28, the tip of the peeling plate 15 can be rotated downward via the link mechanism 16, and the pulling roller 19 can be retracted from the platen roller 31. Since the front end of the peeling plate 15 is positioned below, the printing medium P can be transported in a substantially linear transportation path, so that the printing medium P can be transported stably. Further, since the conveyance of the printing medium P is made substantially linear, the cutting position of the printing medium P is not shifted.

The platen roller 31 is driven by a printing start signal from the control unit 10, the label continuum P is conveyed in the forward direction (discharge port side), and the label continuum P is passed through the guide plate 38. It is transferred to the printing unit 4 and can be printed on the label L.
When the label continuum P is discharged from the discharge port 1c and a cut signal is supplied from the control unit 10 to the cutter motor 14 at a predetermined timing, the cutter motor 14 is driven, and the movable blade 13 moves upward to continue the label. The mount part of the body P can be cut.

Next, when the release issuance is selected, only the belt-like mount D is guided downward from the front end of the release plate 15 and inserted between the platen roller 31 and the pulling row 34. Next, the operation lever 28 is slid to the peeling issue position (slide to the right in FIG. 4). Since the ON signal is supplied from the changeover switch 29 to the control unit 10 by the operation lever 28 selecting the separation issue position, the control unit 10 can select the release issue.
When peeling issuance is selected, the peeling sensor 36 is activated and the presence or absence of the label L can be detected.

By operating the operation lever 28 to the peeling issue position, the tip of the peeling plate 15 is rotated upward via the link mechanism 16 and the pulling roller 19 is pressed against the platen roller 31 via the belt-like mount D. it can. Thus, the belt-like mount D can be discharged to the mount discharge port 1d by driving the platen roller 31.
Further, the tip of the peeling plate 15 can be moved upward by the link mechanism 16. Since the tip of the peeling plate 15 is positioned upward, the peelability of the label L from the belt-like mount D is improved.

In the issuance of peeling, the platen roller 31 is driven by a printing start signal from the control unit 10, the label continuous body P is transferred in the forward direction (discharge port side), and the label continuous body P passes through the guide plate 38. Then, it can be transferred to the printing unit 4 and printed on the label L.
The printed label L can be peeled off from the belt-like mount D at the tip of the peeling plate 15 and fed out to the discharge port 1c. The strip-shaped mount D from which the label L has been peeled is discharged from the mount discharge port 1d via the mount path 39. When the peeling sensor 36 detects the label L fed from the discharge port 1c, the feeding of the label L can be stopped at a predetermined timing.

  When the peeled label L is removed, the label continuum P can be transferred in the reverse direction and returned to the printing position of the next label L. Then, the next label L is printed and the peeled label L is fed out to the discharge port 1c and can be stopped at a predetermined timing.

  As described above, since the peeling issue and the cutter issue can be selected by operating the operation lever, it is possible to easily switch without performing the work of exchanging the cutter mechanism or the peeling mechanism.

Although the printing medium of this embodiment has been described with a label continuous body, a continuous tag body formed by continuously forming strip-shaped cardboard or a long label without a mount (if it has an adhesive or adhesive) Any printable print medium such as a case where the print medium is not included can be included in the range of the embodiment.
Although this embodiment has been described with respect to a thermal printer, it can be applied to an ink jet printer and a toner printer.

Moreover, although the example in which the peeling unit 6 and the cutter unit 7 are provided inside the printer 1 has been described, the peeling unit 6 and the cutter unit 7 can be provided outside the main body frame 1 a of the printer 1.
Furthermore, although the example in which the rack gear is provided on one side of the peeling plate has been described, the rack gear can be provided at both ends of the peeling plate. In this case, the rack gears can be linked to each other so that the rack gears can be slid in synchronization. It can be connected by a mechanism.
In this embodiment, a printer that issues a cutter or a release printer has been described. However, continuous printing can be performed. In this case, it can be realized by supplying to the control unit a preferential signal indicating continuous issuance from the signal of the changeover switch. For example, a continuous issue signal can be input from the input unit.

  In this embodiment, the number, position, shape, and the like of each constituent member are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be set to a number, position, shape, and the like that are suitable for carrying out the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it is obvious that the embodiments can be appropriately changed within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printer 2 Paper supply part 3 Pitch detection part 4 Printing part 5 Cutter and peeling mechanism 6 Peeling part (peeling mechanism)
7 Cutter (Cutter mechanism)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 8 Mount pulling part 9 Switching part 10 Control part 11 Fixed blade 12 Movable unit 13 Movable blade 15 Release plate 16 Link mechanism 18 Pulley with gear 19 Pulling roller 24 Rack gear 25 Pinion gear 26 Linear link rod 27 L-shaped link rod 28 Operation lever 29 Changeover switch 31 Platen roller 32 Thermal head 36 Guide roller D Strip-shaped mount L Label P Label continuous body (printing medium)

Claims (4)

A printer comprising: a paper supply unit for loading a print medium; and a print unit for printing on a print medium fed from the paper supply unit,
A cutter mechanism that cuts the printed print medium at a predetermined timing and a peeling mechanism that peels the printed print medium from the belt-like mount, and
An operation unit for switching between the cutter mechanism and the peeling mechanism;
A control unit is provided that controls the cutter mechanism when the cutter mechanism is selected by operating the operation unit, and controls the peeling mechanism when the peeling mechanism is selected. Printer.   The printer according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit includes an operation lever and a changeover switch, and a signal of the changeover switch is switched by the operation of the operation lever and transmitted to the control unit. Provided with a pulling roller for pulling the strip-shaped mount on the peeling mechanism,
The printer according to claim 1, further comprising a link mechanism that contacts and separates the pulling roller from the platen roller by operating the operation unit. The peeling mechanism comprises a peeling plate for peeling the label from the strip-shaped mount,
The printer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the link mechanism is provided so that the peeling plate can be rotated by an operation of the operation unit.

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