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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Kokuta, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 35/00 (2013.01); G06K 7/10297 (2013.01);
Abstract
This printer performs printing on a print medium having an RFID, and comprises: a communication unit which has a communication part movably provided in a predetermined area along the transport surface of the print medium, and communicates with an IC chip of the RFID; and a detection unit which detects the print medium by means of detection light. The detection unit includes: a light emitting part that emits detection light; a light guide member that guides the detection light emitted from the light emitting part to the print medium; and a light receiving part that receives the detection light via the print medium.