Abstract: A sheet holding structure comprises a container for holding fanfold paper layered by being alternately folded every predetermined length as a sheet. The container has upper and lower sections that are fixed to each other so as to be non-movable relative one another and that collectively form an accommodation portion that accommodates the fanfold paper. The lower section of the container has an inner wall surface formed in a concave shape along a lengthwise direction of the fanfold paper so that the fanfold paper curves in an inward direction and exerts an expanding force acting, at least in part, against the self-weight of the fanfold paper and in a direction opposite to the inward direction.

Abstract: A method including printing an image onto a medium and printing an alignment region onto the medium. The method further including loading the medium to an electronic cutter and aligning the medium with the electronic cutter. The method further including cutting the image from the medium.

Abstract: A printing apparatus is supplied capable of printing without the occurrence of the slack of copying paper. The printing apparatus comprises a paper cut mechanism for cutting successive paper printed in a print mechanism; a first conveying section which holds and sends out successive paper to the print mechanism; a second conveying section which holds and sends out the successive paper that is printed out in the print mechanism and is sent out from the first conveying section to the paper cut mechanism; and a controlling section which returns a tip of the successive paper after being cut by the paper cut mechanism to between the print mechanism and the first conveying section.

Abstract: A system cuts media printed with phase change ink in a manner that reduces the ink debris produced by cutting solidified ink. The system includes a heater configured to heat phase change ink on the media moving through the heater to a temperature at which the ink is malleable, the temperature being above room temperature and below a temperature at which phase change ink melts, and a cutter configured to receive the media after the media has been heated by the heater and to cut the media. The blade of the cutter may also be heated to facilitate media cutting with a reduced likelihood of solid ink debris being generated.

Abstract: To provide a thermal printer in which cutting performance with respect to a recording sheet is enhanced, a thermal printer (1) includes a thermal head (34) for performing printing on successively supplied recording sheets, a platen roller (65) for feeding the recording sheets, and a cutter for cutting the recording sheets. The thermal printer includes: a fixed blade (30) and a movable blade (10) that constitutes the cutter; a main body unit (4) which supports the fixed blade (30); a cover unit (3) which is removable with respect to the main body unit (4) and which supports the movable blade (10); and a pinion gear (42) which meshes with a rack (44) constructed integrally with the movable blade (10) to move the movable blade (10), wherein the main body unit (4) supports the pinion gear (42), and the cover unit (3) supports only the movable blade (10) and the platen roller (65).

Abstract: A cutting mechanism for a printing apparatus that cuts a printing medium and includes a fixed blade having first through holes and a movable blade having second through holes and slidingly movable with respect to the fixed blade, wherein each of first openings of the first through holes on a first sliding face is at least partly included in a first overlapping portion, each of second openings of the second through holes on a second sliding face is at least partly included in a second overlapping portion, and the first openings and the second openings are located at positions such that the first openings and the second openings do not overlap completely with each other in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the movable blade with respect to the fixed blade.

Abstract: A printing press is provided in which reliable, automatic cutting control can be performed and can be made stable at an early stage so that spoiled paper can be reduced. A web offset press includes a cutting cylinder, a mark detector, a compensator roller, and a cut-off control unit having an exact-cutting control mode for adjusting cutting positions of a web by changing the position of the compensator roller on the basis of cutting timing and the detection timing of a cut mark detected in a gate signal having a predetermined relationship therewith. The cut-off control unit further has a rough-cutting control mode in which the mark detector detects a mark set for the entire surface of the web, and the position of the compensator roller is changed on the basis of a deviation between the detection timing of the mark and the cutting timing so that the cut-mark-detection timing falls within the gate signal.

Abstract: When a label tape 36 after the printing on a label 39 has been fed to a tape cutting position, heating elements R1-Rn of a thermal head 9 is situated to face a position slightly on the upstream side of a label front end position (at the downstream end in the feeding direction) of the next label 39 which will be printed on next and to face a position on the downstream side of a print start position of the next label 39 (a<b in FIG. 7), and a mark sensor 12 is situated on the upstream side of the heating elements R1-Rn and to face a position slightly on the downstream side of a position indication mark 39B (c<e in FIG. 7).

Abstract: Sealed cards and methods for producing the same are described. An example sealed card includes a first layer having a first side and a second side and a perimeter of weakness formed in the first layer forming an inner area and an outer area. The example sealed card also includes first indicia on the second side and in the inner area and second indicia to correspond to the first indicia in the outer area. In addition, the example sealed card includes a release liner releasably coupled to the second side, wherein the release liner covers the first indicia.

Abstract: In order to provide a thermal printer capable of sorting recording sheets with different print patterns without providing a complex mechanism to enable a user to easily receive a discharged sheet, On the downstream side of a print unit (21) in a conveying direction of a recording sheet (P1), a presenter (70) for discharging the recording sheet (P1), on which printing has been performed by a thermal head (30), to exterior is provided. The presenter (70) is supported turnably by a turning shaft (23).

Abstract: In general, in a first aspect, the invention features a production system for producing items having an image printed thereon. The production system includes a conveyor configured to carry articles along a path relative to one or more stations of the production line, wherein each article is positioned at a site on the conveyor. The production system also includes a printing station configured to print an image on the articles as the conveyor moves the items past the printing station and an electronic controller configured to provide instructions to the printing station, wherein the electronic controller modifies the printing operation based on the operation of another station in the production system.

Abstract: The user can learn when the end of the roll paper is near even when using roll paper that does not already have near-end markings. The printer 101 has a thermal head 8 that prints print data sent from a host computer 90 on roll paper 7, a near-end detector 17 that detects the near-end of the roll paper 7, and a near-end printing control unit 53. When printing on the roll paper 7 after the near-end is detected by the near-end detector 17, the near-end printing control unit 53 causes the thermal head 8 to print a near-end pattern 65 indicating the near-end of the roll.

Abstract: Printing apparatus (S?) comprising printing means (3) having printing means motor (M?1, M?2) cutting means (7?) having a cutting means motor (M?1, M?2), a means for controlling the printing means motor and the cutting means motor (M?), wherein the control means comprises electronic software and/or firmware, and does not include hardware common to the motors, such as a common shaft drive as in the prior art. The apparatus (S?) also comprises a folding means (7?) having a folding means motor (M?) also controlled by the control means. This arrangement provides a particularly advantageous effect, whereby the motors (M?) are independently driven, but commonly controlled.

Abstract: A photofinishing system is provided having a printer and a slitter which has a plurality of slitting blades mounted on rotatable shafts and a rotatable, selectively positional turret supporting the rotatable shafts. The printer is arranged to receive, and effect printing of, photographic images on a media roll. The slitter is arranged to receive the printed media, to transport the printed media in a direction away from the printer and, in use, to slit the printed media in the longitudinal direction of transportation of the media.

Abstract: A tape printer includes a cutter lever that is capable of moving within a prescribed operating range, a tape-cutting mechanism for cutting a printing tape after the printing tape has been printed by a thermal head when the cutter lever moves past a prescribed range, a cutter lever sensor for detecting movement of the cutter lever within the prescribed operating range, and drive circuits for halting the tape-feeding operation and printing operation controlled by a controller when the cutter lever sensor detects an operation by the cutter lever. With this construction, a printing mechanism, which includes a tape-feeding mechanism, is completely halted when a cutter unit is operated, thereby eliminating all tape jams.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a reference surface that is partitioned into an array of chambers, a source of negative pressure, and a cutting zone. The array of chambers is in fluid communication with the source of negative pressure. The cutting zone includes a cutting tool disposed to permit cutting of media. A set of chambers is spaced apart from the array of chambers by the cutting zone. The set of chambers is in fluid communication with a source of negative pressure.

Abstract: A paper cutting device for cutting sheet material from the lengthwise edges of the material toward the middle comprising a stationary blade and first and second movable blades with the sheet material placed between the stationary blade and the first and second movable blades. The paper cutting device enables the spacing between the stationary blade and the first and second movable blades to be opened by moving the stationary blade frame and the movable blade frame relative to each other. The first movable blade and second movable blade are supported on a first stud and second stud, respectively, near the distal ends of the edge of the blade part of the stationary blade so that the paths of the blade tips overlap when cutting the sheet material. The movable blade drive mechanism drives the first movable blade and second movable blade with the first movable blade leading and the second movable blade following.

Abstract: In order to reliably and promptly release bite of a fixed blade and a movable blade with a simple manipulation without being influenced by a state of paper jam of a recording sheet, provided is a printer capable of performing printing on a recording sheet and then cutting the same, including: a fixed blade (11); a movable blade (30); a movable blade drive system (31) including a rack (40) attached to the movable blade, and a rack gear (42) which gears with the rack, rotates in accordance with rotation of a drive gear (41) coupled to a forward/reverse rotatable motor, and linearly moves the rack; a manipulatable lever portion (32); a cooperative mechanism (13) including a pushing portion (12) for moving the fixed blade in a direction of moving away from the movable blade in conjunction with manipulation of the lever portion, and for releasing a contacting pressure of both the blades; a first unit mainly incorporating the fixed blade and the cooperative mechanism; and a second unit (4) mainly incorporating the

Abstract: A material cutter for producing a selected cutting profile. The material cutter includes a cutter frame and a cutter button. The cutter frame has a stationary blade. The cutter button, which is slidably mounted in the cutter frame, has a moving blade with a cutting edge. The cutter button preferably includes a profile selector, so that when a driving force is applied to the cutter button, the moving blade slides past the stationary blade to the extent allowed by the profile selector. The profile selector may be a knob and the cutting profile may be set manually or automatically. It is preferred that at least one of the selectable cutting profiles is a partial cut.

Abstract: A web printer for printing patterns on continuous print media the web printer comprising a cabinet one or more print media cartridges mounted in a releasable manner within the cabinet and each carrying a wound length of print media one or more ink reservoirs mounted in a releasable manner within the cabinet and each storing ink to be printed a data capture device configured to capture the identity of an identifier carried by a printed sample and a stationary printhead mounted within the cabinet to extend transverse to the print media and configured to print a pattern upon the print media with the ink subsequent to the capture of the identity of the printed sample whereby the printed pattern corresponds to the printed sample.

Abstract: The present invention provides a printer that prints on a rolled recording paper, cuts the printed recording paper to a predetermined length, and ejects the cut recording paper. The printer includes storage means 30b that stores a print status wherein, at power-on time, the printer references a previous print status based on the print status stored in the storage means and, if the previous print operation is not completed, ejects the recording paper for a maximum print length and cuts the ejected recording paper.

Abstract: A printing apparatus which prints one image by sequentially transferring a set of a plurality of color inks to roll paper from an ink ribbon cyclically coated with the plurality of color inks, the apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit which acquires image data; a print processing unit which prints an image on the roll paper based on the image data acquired by the acquisition unit; a cutting unit which cuts the roll paper after the print processing unit prints the image; and a setting unit which sets a cutting position, the setting unit displaying an image to be printed on a display unit together with the cutting position, and changing the cutting position in accordance with an operation to an operation member, wherein the cutting unit cuts the roll paper in accordance with the cutting position set by the setting unit.

Abstract: In a printer for printing a rolled printing paper, a front panel is attached to a frame that houses a print unit and a paper holder unit. When the front panel is opened, the print unit and the paper holder unit project on the front side of the frame in association with the action of the front panel.

Abstract: A system automatically cuts recording media into non-standard sizes and shapes. The system includes a support for supporting recording media, a feeder mechanism for transporting recording media onto the support, a cutting head having at least one cutting member, and a controller for actuating reciprocation of the cutting member so that the reciprocating cutting member cooperates with the support to pierce the recording media. The cutting head and feeder mechanism are controlled so that the cutting head is moved to positions for cutting the recording media as the recording media is advanced on the support.

Abstract: Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of different widths in center-justified relationship with respect to a print head. The printer has a spindle for mounting an ink ribbon core with a detent for center-justifying the ink-ribbon with respect to the print head.

Abstract: A method of printing an image on an image receiving tape comprising advancing the tape in a first direction such that a predetermined portion of the tape is downstream of the printing location, printing an image while advancing the tape in a second direction cutting the tape when at least the predetermined portion of tape is downstream of the cutting location, and cutting the tape again when the end of the image is a predetermined distance upstream of the cutting location.

Abstract: There are disclosed embodiments of a decurler system for tag webs used for example in printers and stackers to automatically remove curl from tag webs to promote further tag handling and better tag appearance. The decurler system may determine the current diameter of a stock roll and gradually adjust parameters such as resistance and back bend so as to compensate for increased set in tag webs as the diameter of the stock roll decreases. In an embodiment, the decurler system may include different sets of parameters for different stock roll diameters depending on the material used for the tag webs.

Abstract: an object of the present invention is to provide a printer with a cutter, which has a compact structure to allow for the reduction in size and is capable of performing printing while eliminating an unprinted area as much as possible and of easily performing recovery without wasting a recording sheet even if a paper jam occurs during the printing.

Abstract: A paper cutting device for cutting sheet material from the lengthwise edges of the material toward the middle comprising a stationary blade and first and second movable blades with the sheet material placed between the stationary blade and the first and second movable blades. The paper cutting device enables the spacing between the stationary blade and the first and second movable blades to be opened by moving the stationary blade frame and the movable blade frame relative to each other. The first movable blade and second movable blade are supported on a first stud and second stud, respectively, near the distal ends of the edge of the blade part of the stationary blade so that the paths of the blade tips overlap when cutting the sheet material. The movable blade drive mechanism drives the first movable blade and second movable blade with the first movable blade leading and the second movable blade following.

Abstract: A rotary printing press is usable for producing a newspaper product in tabloid format. The printing press has at least one printing unit which is configured so that it prints a web with printed pages in a horizontal tabloid format. A part web, which is formed by slitting a web, is provided with a fold by a plough folder and that is arranged in the path of travel of the web. The web is folded with a first edge region, which is printed with a narrow printed image section, as a folded portion, along a first folding line by the plough folder. A fold former is arranged after the plough folder. The part web is printed with only one horizontal page in tabloid format and is also printed with a narrow printed section on an adjacent edge region. The part web and the fold former are arranged in the partial web travel direction so that the part web, which is folded along one side by the plough folder, runs into the folding former offset.

Abstract: There is provided a tape printing device capable of using long tape-like print media such as label tape having a plurality of label areas as targets of printing arranged on a long support tape along the length of the support tape and normal tape allowing printing at any position on a long tape-like image receiving medium, comprising judgment means for judging whether the print medium currently used is label tape or normal tape and feed cut control means for performing a feed cut operation of feeding the print medium and thereafter cutting the print medium. The feed cut control means includes feeding distance control means for controlling feeding distance before the cutting in the feed cut operation depending on the judgment by the judgment means.

Abstract: Printing paper is cut by moving the lower one of a pair of upper and lower cutting blades with the upper one fixed. A protective member for preventing the printed surface of the printing paper being conveyed from coming into contact with the cutting edge of the upper cutting blade is disposed upstream of the upper cutting blade in the direction of paper conveyance.

Abstract: A proposed printer device drives a conveyance unit to forward the end position of a medium by an amount of feed corresponding to a first boarding pass length from a cutting position, moves a cutter up and down to attempt a cutting operation. When the cutting operation is successfully performed, the boarding pass length of one boarding pass of a series of boarding passes to be processed is set as the first boarding pass length. When the cutting operation is unsuccessfully performed, the conveyance unit is driven to forward the end position of the medium by an amount of feed corresponding to the difference between the first boarding pass length and a second boarding pass length longer than the first boarding pass length, and the cutting operation is attempted again by moving a cutter up and down in the cutting position.

Abstract: To provide a sheet material cutting unit which can retain the posture of a sheet material when the sheet material is cut such that a movable blade can bite the sheet material with stability. A sheet material fixedly holding portion provided in parallel with a fixed blade and a sheet material movably holding portion linked with a movable blade are provided downstream from a sheet material cutting position in a sheet material transfer direction to retain a sheet material from both sides of the sheet material when the sheet material is cut.

Abstract: A rolled sheet is accommodated in an accommodating section. A cover is movable between an open position for opening the accommodating section and a closed position for covering the accommodating section. A part of the rolled sheet fed from the accommodating section is transported through the transporting path. A print head is disposed in a first side relative to the transporting path and operable to perform printing on the part of the rolled sheet in the transporting path. A cutter is disposed in the first side and movable between an operable position at which the cutter is operable to cut the part of the rolled sheet and a covered position at which the cutter is not operable to cut the part of the rolled sheet. The cutter is moved to the operable position when the cover is moved from the open position to the closed position, and is moved to the covered position when the cover is moved from the closed position to the open position. A cutter cover covers the cutter in the covered position.

Abstract: A portion of a paper guide member (5) formed of single thin elongated plate bent at two or three places in the middle section thereof is inserted into a gap in a joint between two components (4, 2) located upstream and downstream along a paper path, formed in the vicinity of a paper discharging slot (3) of a printer, and another portion of the paper guide member (5) is left in the paper path. The portion left in the paper path is held in a position protruding into the paper path with respect to the downstream component (2) so as to guide the recording paper to be ejected toward the paper discharging slot (3).

Abstract: A cutter device includes: a first cutter provided on a front surface side of a medium being fed to be cut; a second cutter that is provided on a back surface side opposite the front surface side and cuts the medium in cooperation with the first cutter; a carriage that retains the first and second cutters and moves in a width direction of the medium; a guide portion that guides the carriage in the width direction; and a post-cut guide portion that is provided on the carriage and comes into contact with the back surface to guide the medium on the downstream side of the first and second cutters in a medium feed direction after cutting to the front surface side.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a sheet processing apparatus capable of cutting a sheet and recording information on the back surface of the sheet without enlarging the size of the apparatus and dropping productivity. The sheet processing apparatus which executes a predetermined processing on a sheet in which an image is recorded includes: a cutter for cutting a sheet; and a print unit for recording an information about recording to the front surface the sheet on the back surface of the sheet, wherein an action of cutting the sheet with the cutter and an action of recording on the back surface of the sheet with the print unit are executed in parallel.

Abstract: A method for printing wallpaper onto a web of media is provided. In the method one or more collections of patterns are provided, a selection of a pattern from the one or more collections by an operator is captured, the selection being communicated by input of a symbol of the selected pattern, and the wallpaper is produced, on demand, according to the captured pattern selection by utilizing an printer configured to print onto the web of media to produce the wallpaper.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for printing labels with reduced waste. The method includes printing a label on an end-portion of a label roll and advancing the label roll such that the end-portion passes a cutter mechanism. The cutter mechanism cuts the end-portion, thereby defining a new end-portion. The method further includes reversing the label roll to align the new end-portion with a printer head. The apparatus may be a drive mechanism that includes a roller for feeding label material in a forward feed mode and in a reverse feed mode. The drive mechanism has a drive clutch configured to engage with a take-up printer ribbon spool. The drive clutch may be operated to (i) transfer a driving force to the take-up printer ribbon spool in a forward feed mode and (ii) allow a release of printer ribbon in a reverse feed mode. The drive mechanism further includes a reverse clutch having a return spring.

Abstract: A cutter device includes a cutter configured to cut a material to be cut; a carriage having a cutter and moving in a widthwise direction with respect to a feeding direction of the material to be cut; and a guide unit configured to guide the carriage in the widthwise direction and, assuming that the movement of the carriage when the cutter cuts the material to be cut is an outward route, a homeward route of the cutter of the carriage is different from the outward route of the cutter, and is shifted from the outward route toward one material to be cut which moves first in the direction away from the other material to be cut in the feeding direction immediately after the cutting from between the materials to be cut divided into two parts.

Abstract: In the tape printing apparatus 1, in the state that the back cover 11 is not attached to the apparatus body 2, the coil spring member 22 urges the stopper member 15 so as to rotate and the cutter lever 5 becomes inoperable based on that the engagement portion 15A of the stopper member 15 is engaged with the difference portion 19 of the cutter lever 5, and in the state that the back cover 11 is attached to the apparatus body 2, the stopper member 5 is rotated against the urging force of the coil spring member 22 based on that the engagement lib 14 of the back cover 11 is engaged with the engagement portion 15B of the stopper member 15 and the cutter lever 5 becomes operable based on that the engagement portion 15A of the stopper member 15 is released from the difference portion 19 of the cutter lever 5.

Abstract: The invention provides for a wallpaper printer having a cabinet built around a frame, the cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper. The printer also includes pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper fed from the cartridges via a media path defined in the cabinet past a pagewidth printhead for printing images onto the blank wallpaper, and a dryer module configured to dry the printed wallpaper. The printer also has a cutter module for cutting the printed wallpaper before the printed wallpaper is fed into a container which stores the wallpaper in a roll.

Abstract: A cutter device includes a medium supporting surface that supports a recording medium being transported, and a cutter carriage that has a cutter blade for cutting the recording medium and that is movable in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the recording medium. An opening that forms a passage region for the cutter carriage is provided in the medium supporting surface so as to extend in the moving direction of the cutter carriage. The opening is provided with a cover capable of switching between a first state in which the cover covers the opening and forms part of the medium supporting surface and a second state in which the cover is retracted to form the passage region for the cutter carriage.

Abstract: A printer includes a fragment receiving section provided below a cutter and receiving a non-printing area cut off as a fragment falling thereinto, and a printed matter receiving section provided below the cutter and receiving a printing area cut off as a piece of printed matter and falling thereinto. The fragment receiving section includes a rocking plate rocked by a rocking mechanism between a first rocking position, where an upper end of the rocking plate resides on the downstream side in a paper conveying direction with respect to a cutting position so as to allow the fragment to fall into the fragment receiving section, and a second rocking position, where the upper end of the rocking plate resides on the upstream side in the paper conveying direction with respect to the cutting position so as to guide the piece of printed matter into the printed matter receiving section.

Abstract: A cartridge that is detachable from a printing apparatus that includes a printing unit that prints onto a print medium and a cutter member that cuts the print medium, the cartridge comprises a print medium containment portion that contains print medium that are consumed along with printing operations performed by the printing unit, a cut piece collection portion that collects cut pieces of the print medium resulting from cutting operations performed by the cutter member are formed integrally in the cartridge and a partition member that separates the print medium containment portion from the cut piece collection portion, wherein the partition member is movable.

Abstract: A cutting device cuts and discharges a recording material on which a plurality of images is formed, and includes cutting portion and a container. The cutting portion cuts the recording material. The container contains a remaining part generated from the cut recording material and a blank sheet portion the recording material cut by the cutting portion and on which no image is formed.

Abstract: In a label printer, a top cover made of transparent resin is attached to a housing at a rear upper edge to cover a roll sheet holder storage part and to be freely opened and closed. A roll sheet of a roll sheet holder removably mounted in the roll sheet holder storage part is visible through the transparent resinous top cover. The roll sheet is provided with a plurality of medium information marks by printing. The medium information marks are visible through the top cover.

Abstract: An ejection assembly for a printer is provided, the ejection assembly being disposed downstream of a print head in order to receive web from the print head. The ejection assembly can include an ejection roller and a door having a closed configuration and an open configuration. The door can be biased toward the closed configuration and toward the ejection roller. Upon rotation of the ejection roller, the ejection roller can force the door from the closed configuration to the open configuration and can eject web past the door from the printer. In some embodiments, the ejection roller is rotated one full cycle, the ejection roller permits accumulation of web received from the print head and subsequently forces the door from the closed configuration to the open configuration and ejects the accumulated web past the door from the printer. Also provided are a corresponding printer and method.

Abstract: A slitting mechanism for a roll media printer is provided. The slitting mechanism has a rotatable carousel of rotatable slitting shafts which extend across the width of a media web arranged to pass the slitting shafts along a path. Each slitting shaft has at least one slitter misaligned with at least one of the slitters of the other slitting shafts. Each slitter has a cutting edge. The slitting mechanism is selectively movable and the carousel is selectively rotatable to a plurality of cutting positions within the path. Each cutting position results in a different width of roll media being output from the printer.