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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Tatsuya Obuchi, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuya Obuchi, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
In a label manufacturing method, at least a part of a heat sensitive adhesive sheet is heated to develop adhesive properties by using a thermal head having heating elements and by using a transporting unit that transport the heat sheet to pass through a position contacting with the heating elements. Image data is generated on an image area of the sheet and an image editing process is performed so as to divide the image area into at least two types of parts that are set as heated and non-heated parts, respectively. An edited image obtained as a result of the image editing process is input as a heating pattern. The thermal head and the transporting unit are driven based on the input heating pattern and the heating elements are selectively operated in timed synchronization with the transportation of the sheet. In the image data generating step, the image area is displayed on a display as a binary image including a colored part and a non-colored part. The image editing process arbitrarily adjusts shapes, sizes, and positions of the colored part and the non-colored part, and sets one of the colored and non-colored parts as the heated part and the other of the colored and non-colored parts as the non-heated part.