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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Joseph D. Roth, Springboro, OH (US);
Jason Lee Lence, Morristown, TN (US);
Robert Joseph Miles, Morristown, TN (US);
Jerry M. Welch, Bean Station, TN (US);
David M. Dashiell, Springboro, OH (US);
Joseph D. Roth, Springboro, OH (US);
Jason Lee Lence, Morristown, TN (US);
Robert Joseph Miles, Morristown, TN (US);
Jerry M. Welch, Bean Station, TN (US);
David M. Dashiell, Springboro, OH (US);
NCR Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
Various modifications to a printer to allow the printer to print on linerless adhesive media are described. In one embodiment, a release block is attached to the printer superior to a rubber drive roller. The release block limits the linerless adhesive media from contacting and/or remaining on the rubber drive roller when the linerless adhesive media is fed past print head. The release block may be a guide label, a piece of tape, or fixture. A guide label is adhesively attached and comprises a substrate, an adhesive layer, and release layers so that the linerless adhesive media does not stick to the guide label. Tape may be adhesively attached with a release layer attached to the tape. The fixture may be mechanically attached, magnetically attached, or adhesively attached to the printer. The release block may be removed at any time to allow for standard operation of the printer.