Patent ID: 8813646

Claim:
A label printer, comprising: a conveyance unit configured to convey a label paper, wherein the label paper comprises a label attached to a backing paper; a printing unit configured to print on the label; a peeling unit configured to include a pair of peeling members separated in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the label paper, and to peel the label from the backing paper through a structure, wherein a distance between a plane formed by a convey path and surfaces of the members, which are opposite to a convey path, increases gradually along the direction from a center to side ends of the label paper; a backing paper conveyance unit configured to convey the backing paper in a conveyance direction; and a moving unit configured to move at least one of the peeling members in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the backing paper, the moving unit is provided with screw threads around a drive shaft, and screws the drive shaft with the screw threads arranged in holes of the peeling unit.