Patent ID: 6182565
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B41J,G11B

Abstract:
A label printer arrangement comprising:an attribute information request generator that, to a control block of a disc playback system which reads main information stored in a disc in response to a main information readout request generated by external operating means, and reads attribute information concerning said main information in response to an attribute information readout request generated by said external operating means, said attribute information being formed of text data, read out from said disc and stored in a predetermined area of a main unit of said system, makes said attribute information readout request in place of said external operating means or in combination with said external operating means, the external operating means including a remote controller for externally operating said disc playback system, the disc playback system including remote control communication means for outputting attribute information in response to an attribute information readout request from said remote controller, to said remote controller, the remote control communication means comprising means for communicating with said remote controller by wire, and the attribute information request generator transmitting said attribute information readout request via said remote control communication means;a printer for printing on a label to be affixed to a disc cartridge accommodating said disc, the printer being connected to said disc playback system via said remote control communication means in a wired manner; anda printer controller for causing said attribute information read out in response to said attribute information readout request made by said attribute information request means to be converted to dot pattern data for print and causing said print means to print said dot pattern data, the print controller converting said attribute information received via said remote control communication means to said dot pattern data;wherein the disc playback system has a remote controller connecting block with a connector terminal for inputting or outputting of data, the printer has a printer cable removably connected to the connector terminal of the remote controller connecting block, and the printer controller is capable of being in communication with the control block of the disc playback system via the printer cable and the connector terminal of the remote controller connecting block.