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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Bizerba SE & Co. KG, Balingen, DE;
Jochen Mueller, Albstadt, DE;
Urs-Michael Schaudt, Albstadt, DE;
Gerd Kammerer, Zimmern ob Rottweil, DE;
Helmut Pfau, Bodelshausen, DE;
Markus Uber, Pfullingen, DE;
BIZERBA SE & CO. KG, Balingen, DE;
Abstract
A method determines wearing of a printing apparatus. The method includes: controlling a motor of a label paper driving mechanism of the printing apparatus using motor control data; determining a label start indicator; determining a label end indicator; determining a label length indicator corresponding to a length covered by a rotation of the label paper driving mechanism of an unweared printing apparatus between the label start indicator and the label end indicator based on the motor control data; storing the label length indicator; and determining a wearing indicator of the printing apparatus based on stored label length indicators, including the label length indicator.