Patent ID: 8534938
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer, comprising: a motor; a roller configured to be turned by the motor to discharge a backing sheet-attached label from a roll wound with the backing sheet-attached label, or a liner-less label from a roll wound with the liner-less label with an adhesive surface on one side of the liner-less label; a print unit configured to perform printing on the backing sheet-attached label or the liner-less label discharged from the roll; a switching unit configured to switch the printer to a standard mode in which the print unit performs printing on the backing sheet-attached label or a liner-less mode in which the print unit performs printing on the liner-less label; a control unit configured to control the operation of the motor in response to the switching of the printer to the standard mode or the liner-less mode; and a paper outlet arranged at the downstream side of the print unit along the discharging direction of the backing sheet-attached label or the liner-less label to cut the backing sheet-attached label or the liner-less label upon completion of printing, wherein the roller is turned by the motor in the direction opposite to the direction in which the backing sheet-attached label or the liner-less label is discharged from the roll, to thereby back-feed the backing sheet-attached label or the liner-less label positioned in the paper outlet, and wherein the control unit is configured so that in the liner-less mode, the liner-less label is back-fed to the print unit a shorter length than the length that the backing sheet-attached label is back-fed to the print unit in the standard mode.