Patent ID: 9718279
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B31D,B41J,G09F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A label manufacturing apparatus configured to form an image on a label medium, the label medium comprising a release sheet and an adhesive sheet temporarily adhered to the release sheet, the adhesive sheet having a base layer and an adhesive layer provided on the base layer, the label manufacturing apparatus comprising: a feeding mechanism configured to convey the label medium; a printing head configured to print an image on the base layer to form a plurality of label parts; a cutting mechanism configured to cut the adhesive sheet along an outline of each of the label parts such that only a frame part which is provided outside the label parts of the label medium is peeled off from the release sheet in a state where the label parts of the adhesive sheet are temporarily adhered to the release sheet, and a controller configured to control the feeding mechanism and the cutting mechanism to form a peeling direction indicating portion on the frame part, the peeling direction indicating portion indicating a peeling direction in which the frame part is peeled off from the release sheet, wherein the peeling direction indicating portion is determined based on a shape of each of the label parts and is formed substantially perpendicular to a leading side of each of the label parts, the leading side of each of the label parts being the side that is positioned closest to the peeling direction indicating portion and that first separates from the frame part when the frame part is peeled off from the release sheet, wherein a central axis extending in the peeling direction and passing through a center of the peeling direction indicating portion in a width direction intersects the leading side of at least one of the label parts, the controller further configured to control the feeding mechanism and the cutting mechanism to form extension lines extending from the frame part toward a leading side of the label medium, wherein the plurality of label parts includes rows and columns of label parts, wherein the frame part is a unitary portion of the adhesive sheet provided outside of the rows and columns of label parts, wherein the peeling direction indication portion is a tab formed on the frame part and extending toward the leading side of the label medium, and wherein the central axis extending in the peeling direction and passing through a center of the peeling direction indicating portion in a width direction passes through a center of the label medium in the width direction.