Patent ID: 11897257
Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A printer configured to perform printing on a printing medium having an RFID, the printer comprising:
a communication unit that includes a communicator provided to be movable in a predetermined area along a conveyance surface of the printing medium, and is configured to communicate with an IC chip of the RFID; and
a detection unit configured to detect the printing medium using detection light, wherein:
the detection unit includes:
a light emitter configured to emit the detection light;
a light guiding member configured to guide the detection light, emitted from the light emitter, to the printing medium; and
a light receiver configured to receive the detection light through the printing medium,

wherein the light guiding member is provided between the light receiver and the communication unit, and is provided at a position in a vicinity of the communication unit.