Patent ID: 8545218

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 that controls driving of the thermal head and the transporting means based on a set heating pattern and that selectively controls operation of 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 comprises means for determining if heating based on a last row of the heating pattern is completed before a trailing end portion in a transporting direction of the heat sensitive adhesive sheet reaches the position contacting with the heating elements of the thermal head; means for driving the transporting means so that, when the determining means determines that the heating based on the last row of the heating pattern is completed, the heat sensitive adhesive sheet is transported until the trailing end portion passes through the position contacting with the heating elements of the thermal head; and means for driving the thermal head so that, when the determining means determines that the heating based on the last row of the heating pattern is completed, the heating based on the last row of the heating pattern is repeated until the trailing end portion passes through the position contacting with the heating elements of the thermal head.