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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
May. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Atsushi Nishioka, Shiojiri, JP;
Kenichiro Arai, Shiojiri, JP;
Hidetoshi Maeshima, Shiojiri, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A media processor is capable of keeping disposal history of media regardless of whether the media is externally created media or not. In the media processor, while used media set in a created media storage unit is being conveyed to a media disposal mechanism by a media conveying mechanism, a label surface image printed on a label surface of the media is read by a line sensor. Subsequently, the media is disposed of by the media disposal mechanism such that reading and writing are not possible. In a storage unit, the read image printed on the label surface is stored as media disposal history.