Printer control system for a sheet cutter
US5188470A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H43/00
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printer having a cutter 6 including: program storage 2 for storing printer control programs such as a data edition program, a printing control program and a cutter control program, where the program storage has a random access memory for storing the predetermined length of each of plural sheet divisions arranged on the web to be cut out, the total length of a printing zone in each of the sheet divisions and a blank distance between adjacent two printing zones of the sheet divisions; and a central processing unit 1 for operating the cutter 6 to cut the sheet division according to the data and the programs read out from the program storage, to cut out a sheet in the predetermined length with a printed zone where the central processing unit 1 precalculates the continued travel length L of the web from a travel reference position, where any predetermined point in the sheet or a subsequent sheet division is placed in a predetermined relative position to the printer after printing of the printed zone, to a travel end position where a cross line of the web to be a rear edge of the sheet is aligned with a cutting line of the cutter 6.
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