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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2017
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Minako Ishida, Nagoya, JP;
Junya Kawai, Kiyosu, JP;
Naoto Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Shuhei Nohara, Kasugai, JP;
Harumitsu Inoue, Toki, JP;
Yukihiko Sato, Nagoya, JP;
Haruki Matsumoto, Nagoya, JP;
Kentaro Murayama, Kasugai, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey a medium including a transparent base layer and a separation layer stacked on each other, the medium further including a printing background layer; a printer configured to print a character on the medium conveyed by the conveyor, wherein the medium on which the character is printed is a printed medium; and a controller configured to control the conveyor and the printer. The controller is configured to: obtain outside-diameter relating information relating to an outside diameter of a wrapped member; and based on the obtained outside-diameter relating information, set a character printable region in which the printer is allowed to print the character on the printing background layer.