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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Hikaru Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Uehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer that uses a roll-shaped printing medium comprising a printing surface on which images are printed, a releasably adhered printing portion, and a release portion holding the adhered printing portion includes a conveying device conveying the printing medium while pulling out the printing medium by a predetermined amount every time an image is to be printed; a printing member printing an image with respect to the printing medium conveyed by the conveying device; a half-cutting unit cutting off the printing portion of the printing medium except for the release portion, along the conveying direction of the image printed by the printing member, at the interval corresponding to the dimension of the image in the width direction perpendicular to the conveying direction; and a cutting unit cutting the printing medium along the width direction, at the positions corresponding to the dimension of the aforementioned image in the conveying direction.