Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090309945 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a thermal head in which a plurality of heating elements are provided in a width direction of paper, an analyzing unit which analyzes whether an input print layout contains any bar code, a calculating unit which calculates a print ratio of a bar code portion in the paper for each line of the print layout in the case where the analyzing unit analyzes that at least the print layout contains a bar code, a setting unit which sets a printing velocity corresponding to the print ratio for one line in the bar code portion calculated by the calculating unit in the case where the analyzing unit analyzes that the print layout contains the bar code and a changing unit which changes a velocity at which the thermal head performs printing on the paper for one line to the printing velocity set by the setting unit. | 12-17-2009 |
20090309948 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a pulse motor which operates to carry a recording medium, a thermal head to print on the recording medium, a pulse motor control unit which controls the pulse motor so that the pulse motor is operated at a carrying velocity based on a print ratio of input print data, a head control unit which controls the thermal head in a first or second head control mode, a head detection unit which detects the type of thermal head attached in the printing apparatus and a judgment unit which judges on the basis of the type of head detected by the head detection unit whether to control the thermal head by the first head control mode or the second head control mode. | 12-17-2009 |
20090309950 | PRINTER AND PULSE MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - In a portable printer that uses a pulse motor for feeding a recording medium and includes a printing head that prints the recording medium, a printer controller that controls the printing head, and a pulse motor controller that controls the pulse motor, rest level setting information having rest levels and rest times set in correspondence to one another is previously stored, the elapsed time after a printing process is started is counted, the operating time of the pulse motor is counted, a rest level is determined based on the elapsed time after the printing process is started and the operating time of the pulse motor, a rest time is set by referring to the rest level setting information based on the determined rest level and a rest process is performed based on the thus set rest time. | 12-17-2009 |
20110052295 | LABEL PRINTING DEVICE AND LABEL PRINTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a label printing device connected to an external device includes a reading unit, a printing unit, and a controller. The reading unit is configured to read management data. The printing unit is configured to print a label image on a recording medium based on printing data corresponding to the management data. The controller is configured to determine whether the printing data corresponding to the management data exists in a storage region. If the printing data exists in the storage region, the controller is further configured to control the printing unit to print the label image on the recording medium using the printing data. | 03-03-2011 |
20110069131 | THERMAL PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A thermal printing apparatus includes a thermal head having a plurality of heating elements arranged in a line. The thermal printing apparatus may further includes a control unit configured to determine conduction times of the heating elements based on print rates respectively assigned to the plurality of heating elements. The control unit may be further configured to compensate each of the determined conduction times based on the conduction times of the heating elements other than the respective heating element to determine a plurality of compensated conduction times. The control unit may control each of the plurality of heating elements based on the respective one of the plurality of compensated conduction times to enable the thermal head to perform printing on a recording medium. | 03-24-2011 |
20110205261 | PRINTER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a first reading module that reads product information indicating a product from an unspecified product tag located in the vicinity of the first reading module. The printer may further include an acquisition module that acquires related information of a product indicated by the product information, which is read by the first reading module, from a server which stores related information regarding respective products, and a storage module that stores the related information acquired by the acquisition module. Further, the printer may include a second reading module that reads the product information from a particular product tag located in the vicinity of the second reading module, and a read-out module that reads out the related information, from among the related information stored in the storage module. | 08-25-2011 |
20110205570 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a sensing unit configured to detect biometric information of a user, and an authentication unit configured to authenticate the user identified by the detected biometric information. The printer further includes a determination unit configured to determine product-related processes which the authenticated user is authorized to execute, and an execution unit configured to execute the determined product-related processes. | 08-25-2011 |
20120007935 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a pulse motor which operates to carry a recording medium, a thermal head to print on the recording medium, a pulse motor control unit which controls the pulse motor so that the pulse motor is operated at a carrying velocity based on a print ratio of input print data, a head control unit which controls the thermal head in a first or second head control mode, a head detection unit which detects the type of thermal head attached in the printing apparatus and a judgment unit which judges on the basis of the type of head detected by the head detection unit whether to control the thermal head by the first head control mode or the second head control mode. | 01-12-2012 |
20120057197 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a printing system including a printing device and a server device is disclosed. The printing device includes a memory unit configured to store usage information. Further, the server device includes a communications unit configured to communicate with the printing device; an aggregation unit configured to obtain the usage information from the printing device via the communications unit and aggregate the obtained usage information; and a recommendation information generation unit configured to generate recommendation information for the printing device based on the usage information aggregated by the aggregation unit and provide the recommendation information to the printing device via the communications unit. | 03-08-2012 |
20130286140 | THERMAL PRINTER AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE WINDING DIRECTION OF THE INK RIBBON - According to one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a thermal printer having a feeding motor that rotates the feeding shaft forward/backward depending on the winding configuration of the ink ribbon attached to the printer, an input part allowing the winding direction of the ink ribbon to be designated, a thermal head for transferring ink from the ribbon to a print medium, a wind-up motor that rotates the wind-up shaft of the ink ribbon after printing, a storage part for storing target rotating quantities for the wind-up motor and other target rotating quantities for the feeding motor in each winding direction, and a control part that extracts a target rotating quantity for the direction of tension for an ink-surface-outward winding ink ribbon or an ink-surface-inward winding ink ribbon and controls each motor. | 10-31-2013 |