Patent ID: 8545217

Claim:
A label manufacturing apparatus, comprising: a thermal head having a plurality of heating elements; transporting means for transporting a heat sensitive adhesive sheet so as to pass the heat sensitive adhesive sheet through a position contacting with the heating elements of the thermal head; and a control device configured to control driving of the thermal head and the transporting means and to selectively operate the plurality of heating elements of the thermal head in synchronization with timing of transporting of the heat sensitive adhesive sheet by the transporting means, to thereby heat at least a part of the heat sensitive adhesive sheet to develop adhesive properties; wherein the control device controls driving of the transporting means and the thermal head so that, when a trailing end portion of the heat sensitive sheet in a transporting direction of the heat sensitive adhesive sheet reaches a position that is a predetermined distance before the position contacting with the heating elements of the thermal head, heating by the thermal head is stopped so that the trailing end portion of the heat sensitive sheet is not heated and remains in a non-adhesive state, and the transporting of the heat sensitive adhesive sheet is continued until at least the trailing end portion in the non-heated state passes through the position contacting with the heating elements of the thermal head.