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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2014
Markem-imaje Industries Limited, Nottingham, GB;
Simon Starkey, Leicestershire, GB;
Markem-Imaje Industries Limited, Nottingham, GB;
Abstract
A tape drive for transferring tape between a first spool and a second spool, the tape comprising at least one marker indicative of a property of the tape, the tape drive having: two spool supports, each of which is suitable for supporting a spool of tape, and a tape control system which includes: two motors and a controller for controlling the operation of the motors, each motor driving a respective one of the spool supports, and a detector that is operable, in use, to detect the presence of one or more markers on a portion of a tape, the tape control system being operable to identify a property of the tape according to the detected marker or markers.