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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Satoshi Iwamoto, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 3/46 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 3/01 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 3/46 (2013.01); B41J 11/0075 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B41J 3/01 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a printer prints on labels attached to rolled paper at predetermined intervals. The printer includes a sensor that outputs a detection signal where a diameter of the rolled paper is a predetermined value or less. The printer detects, on the basis of the detection signal output from the sensor, a near-end state during an issuing operation of one label. Further, the printer determines, where the near-end state has been detected continuously for a predetermined number or more of labels, that a remaining amount of the rolled paper has been a predetermined amount.