JPH01163144U - - Google Patents

Description

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 4 show an embodiment of this invention, with Figure 1 being a partially cutaway front view showing the printer with the thermal head detached from the platen, and Figure 2 showing the printer in its printing state. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the pinch roll together with an electromagnetic clutch that turns on and off power transmission to the pinch roll, and FIG. 4 shows a control circuit that controls paper return. It is a block diagram. 3...Paper path, 4...Pinch roll (roller part)
, 5...capital stand, 6...platen roll, 7...
Thermal head, 8, 11a... platen drive motor, toothed V-belt (drive source mechanism), 20, 21
, 22...Head base, head arm, swing shaft (
support mechanism), 38... label paper (paper), 42...
Head up mechanism (drive device), 50...Cutter, 51...Paper cutting device, 52...Control unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A platen and a head are provided to sandwich a paper path, a print ribbon is provided on the head side and runs between the head and the platen, and the head and print ribbon print on the paper conveyed along the paper path. A printer configured to send and cut printed paper to a paper cutting device provided at a position away from a printing position, a support mechanism that supports the head so as to be movable in a direction away from a platen together with a printing ribbon, and this support mechanism. a roller unit provided in the paper path and connected to a drive source mechanism; when the paper cutting device cuts the paper, the drive unit is controlled to separate the head from the platen together with the printing ribbon;
A printer comprising: a control section that controls the drive source mechanism to rotate the roller section toward the paper return side and return the paper to a fixed position.