Patent ID: 6190066
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printing device for use with a continuous sheet of printing paper, wherein the front side of said printing paper is a printing surface on which a desired print is printed, and the back side thereof is an already printed surface in which regular-form print areas printed with a given print are successively provided, with positional references provided in said regular-form print areas, said printing device comprising,a feeding mechanism for feed-driving said printing paper,a printing mechanism provided to face the front side of said printing paper in a path in which said printing paper is fed, for printing said desired print,a cutter provided on a paper-discharge side for said printing paper off from said printing mechanism,a sensor provided in said path for sensing said positional reference, andcontrol means for controlling said feeding mechanism, said printing mechanism, and said cutter on the basis of a sense output from said sensor,wherein said printing mechanism prints the front side of said printing paper corresponding to said regular-form print area through control by said control means, andsaid cutter cuts off a boundary between said regular-form print areas on said printing paper through control by said control means, thereby producing a piece of paper having the desired print on the front side and the regular-form print on the back side.