Seiko Epson Corporation

Yao Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kiyoshi Ito

Akira Koyabu

Yoshikazu Ito

Naoki Asai

Choji Morozumi

Naoki Kobayashi

Taro Takekoshi

Shinsuke Shima

An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head having a nozzle to eject ink in a first direction for recording information. A platen that has an ink storage unit for storing the ink ejected from the nozzle. The platen is opposite the inkjet head and configured to guide paper formed with an open part. A paper feed unit is provided in the inkjet printer and is configured to convey the paper in a second direction cross to the first direction, and to move the paper over the platen. A print control unit is further provided in the inkjet printer and is configured to cause the nozzle to eject ink into the ink storage unit when the open part of the paper is conveyed to a position opposite the inkjet head.

Paper used in an inkjet printer, inkjet printer, and preliminary ejection method for an inkjet printer

A paper printing method for a line printer that can print a next print job with a specific margin without reversing paper. To print on label paper using a head unit having a plurality of line printheads disposed at a specific interval along the conveyance direction of the label paper, a printhead moving step advances a head unit at a first position after printing ends to a second position, and a printing step prints a label while moving the head unit in the reverse of the conveyance direction. At the second position, the printing position of the last line inkjet head of the head unit is on the forward side of the start printing position of a label on the label paper.

Paper printing method for a line printer, and a line printer

A shipping label includes a shipping label and an advertising label, and a tear-off tab is formed in the back liner sheet by a score line. After removing the tear-off tab and forming an exposed adhesive layer portion, the label part where the second barcode is printed is folded to the back side of the label to form a back-folded portion, which is held to the back side of the label by the exposed adhesive layer portion. The liner sheet portion contiguous to the tear-off tab is then removed, and the label is attached to the product. Because the second barcode is hidden on the back, only the first barcodes containing tracking information can be read, while the second barcode can be read as needed by unfolding the back-folded portion to the front.

Barcode label and method of using the same

The light-reflectable sticker is fashionable, attractive and can be used in many fields. In the light-reflectable sticker, a sticking sheet member is capable of sticking on skin. The sticking sheet member is stuck on a separate sheet member. A sticker proper is peelably stuck on the sticking sheet member by an adhesive layer. The sticker proper includes a base sheet member, a light-reflectable film member and a soft member provided between the base sheet member and the light-reflectable film member. The base sheet member and the light-reflectable film member are welded along an outline of the sticker proper, and the base sheet member is stuck on the separate sheet member with the adhesive layer and the sticking sheet member.

Light-reflectable sticker

A printer for use with an ink ribbon having at least two printing tracks is provided with a print head that moves along a predetermined path adjacent to a recording medium. A line driver reciprocates the print head along the path in first and second directions. A multi-track ribbon comprises a plurality of printing tracks having portions thereof disposed between the print heads and a recording medium. A ribbon shift mechanism positions a preselected one of the tracks on the ink ribbon adjacent the print head for use in printing a response to movement of the print head. The ribbon shift mechanism comprises a printing track setting mechanism for moving the ribbon in one direction to set at one desired track height from among several preselected track heights corresponding to a selected one of predetermined amounts of movement of the print head in the first direction to a first end portion of the path. The ribbon shift mechanism also comprises a printing track releasing mechanism for moving the ribbon in an opposite direction to release from the set track height in response to movement of the print head in the second direction to a second end portion of the path.

Printer color ink ribbon positioning control

A compact, lightweight printer capable of using multi-track ink ribbons that facilitates multicolor printing, without having a dedicated track switching drive system. The printer employs a printing track setting member that is activated by contact pressure from a print head carriage when it moves in one direction and vertically displaces a ribbon frame supporting the ribbon to one of several preselected heights with respect to the print head. The setting member is preferably made in the form of a setting lever with a drive end for interacting with the print head carriage and a setting end with a series of setting height stops that interact with the ribbon frame. Rotation of the setting lever places different setting level stops under the frame which varies its height accordingly. A printing track release member is also provided which is activated by contact pressure from the print head carriage when it moves in an opposite direction and raises the ribbon frame to disengage the track setting member and move the ribbon support frame to a new height. The track release member is preferably formed as a rotatable release shaft with drive end for interacting with the print head carriage and a release end with a lever extending under and toward the ribbon cassette. Rotation of the track release member shaft causes the lever to raise the ribbon frame accordingly.

Printer ink ribbon control

A type wheel stack, a typewheel mounting shaft and a motor are arranged on a movable carriage. The type wheel arrangement is rotatable with and axially movable along the shaft. The motor is coupled to the type wheel stack through a clutch and cam mechanism to both rotate and axially shift the type wheels in order to select a desired character to be printed.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Kiyoshi Ito