Patent ID: 6817795
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A device for imprinting a strip (1) or labels (2) adhering to a strip, in which the strip is unwound from a supply roll (3) and fed to a printing unit (4), the supply roll being held by a receiving device (14) and the printing unit can be opened for loading a strip and closed for imprinting the strip or labels adhering to the strip,characterized in that the printing unit (4) is provided with an automatic actuating device which automatically opens the printing unit as a function of a signal, and a holding device, which secures the supply roll (3) on the receiving device (14) during the printing procedure, is automatically actuated by the automatic actuating device or another automatic actuating device as a function of the said signal or another signal, so that the holding device releases the supply roll (3).