Patent ID: 7998294

Claim:
A label manufacturing method for heating at least a part of a heat sensitive adhesive sheet to develop adhesive properties by using a thermal head having a plurality of heating elements and by using transporting means for transporting the 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, the method comprising the steps of: generating image data on an image area of the heat sensitive adhesive sheet and performing an image editing process so as to divide the image area into at least two types of parts and to set one of the two types of parts as a heated part and the other part as a non-heated part; inputting an edited image obtained as a result of the image editing process as a heating pattern; and driving the thermal head and the transporting means based on the input heating pattern and selectively operating the plurality of heating elements of the thermal head in timed synchronization with 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 in the generating step, the image area is displayed as a binary image including a colored part and a non-colored part on a display means; and wherein the image editing process arbitrarily adjusts shapes, sizes, and positions of the colored part and the non-colored part, and sets one of the colored part and the non-colored part as the heated part and the other part as the non-heated part.