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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1999
Kelly R. Nehowig, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Douglas R. Kremers, Champlin, MN (US);
Richard P. Fisher, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Brady Worldwide, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A thermal transfer printer which includes a labeling media drive subassembly and ribbon drive subassembly which cooperatively advance labeling media and a thermal transfer ink ribbon past a print head subassembly. A labeling media supply spool is rotatably driven by the labeling media drive subassembly to feed labeling media. The labeling media supply spool has labeling media with a plurality of labels on a web wrapped around a spool core. An inventory of labels available for printing on the spool is stored on a memory device. The memory device is electrically connected to printer circuitry in a printer. When the printer prints on a label, the inventory on the memory device is updated to reflect the unavailability of the printed label.