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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Shoichi Murata, Matsumoto, JP;
Hideki Kawakami, Hata-machi, JP;
Masahiko Yamada, Omi-mura, JP;
Tomoaki Kimura, Shiojin, JP;
Shoichi Murata, Matsumoto, JP;
Hideki Kawakami, Hata-machi, JP;
Masahiko Yamada, Omi-mura, JP;
Tomoaki Kimura, Shiojin, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A printer with a peeler mechanismfor peeling labels from a web, the printer having a movable web pressure rollerwhich may be moved from a web pressure positionA in which pressure is applied to a platen rollerto a retracted positionB in which pressure is not applied. The printer also has a photosensorand photoreceptor having an emitter/receptor surfacefor detecting the presence and absence of labels peeled from the web. A windowin the label guide surfacebecomes covered to shield the photosensor output for defining a no-label detection stateWhether the peeler mechanism is set to operate in the label peeling mode or is set to a retracted position defining a non-peeling continuous label dispensing mode of operation can be determined based on the output of the label detection photosensor, and the label dispensing mode can be set to the label peeling mode or continuous label dispensing mode based on this determination.