Patent · US Expired

Tape printer

US5496117A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
9References
13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 25, 1994
Grant dateMar 5, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K1/12
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tape print device for printing bar codes on a print tape includes: an input unit for inputting data indicative of a bar code desired to be printed on a tape; a data storage unit for temporarily storing the inputted data; an increment unit for serially incrementing at least a part of the data stored in the data storage means at least one time, in accordance with a predetermined order, to thereby produce at least one incremented data indicative of at least one incremented bar code, the thus produced at least one incremented data being stored in the data storage means; a print data generating unit for producing print data for the desired bar code and the at least one incremented bar code, based on the data stored in the data storage means; and a printing unit for receiving the print data and for printing images of the desired bar code and the at least one incremented bar code on a print tape.

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