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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Nagahara, Azumino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A label production apparatus includes a printing unit that prints a image onto a medium that includes a first base material, a second base material, and an adhesive layer between the first base material and the second base material; an inspection unit that inspects the image printed onto the medium; and a post-processing unit that cuts the first base material based on an inspection result from the inspection unit, the post-processing unit cutting the first base material using a first cut line that separates an area where the image is formed from the first base material in the case where a print defect has not been detected in the image, and cutting the first base material using a second cut line in which part of the first cut line is not cut in the case where a print defect has been detected in the image.