Seiko Epson Corporation

Akihiro Goto

Kazuyuki Yokoyama

Satoshi Iwaya

Mitsuhiko Nebashi

Keiji Murakoshi

A management label has a color loss determination area that enables easy determination of color loss. An identification color printing areawhere an inventory control color for managing products and a color loss determination areafor determining color loss are printed on the label sideof an inventory management label. The color loss determination areacontains a color loss determination sectionincluding the letters 'NG' printed with a black coloring agent, and a background portionthat is printed using cyan, magenta, and yellow coloring agents. When there is no color loss and the letters 'NG' and background portionare printed normally, the letters &#x201c;NG&#x201d; and background portionare both gray and the &#x201c;NG&#x201d; letters cannot be read. If one of the colors is lost, the printed colors change, the letters &#x201c;NG&#x201d; become discernable, and color loss can be easily determined.

Printing data generating method and generator determining color loss in color printer

Printing method for determining color loss in a color printer, and a management print medium

A printing apparatus mainly comprises a first cover for, provided on a body frame including a print head 5, covering the print head 5; a second cover 39 for, disposed on the body frame opposing to the first cover by means of the transport path for transporting the recording medium 8, mounting an auto cutter 36. The auto cutter 36 comprises; a cutter frame 43 for fixing the auto cutter to the second cover 39; a cutter blade 26 for, movably supported on the cutter frame 43, cutting the recording medium 8 printed by the print head 5; and an auto cutter drive source 37 for, fixed on the cutter frame 43, driving the cutter blade 26 to cut the recording medium 8.

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Akihiro Goto