ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,681, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SATO Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printer" was invented by Takashi Shioya (Tokyo) and Kazuyuki Hoshi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present invention is a printer in which peeling issuing and continuous issuing can be switched. Peeling issuing allows a label to be issued after being peeled from a liner of a print medium with the label releasably attached on the liner. Continuous issuing allows the label to be issued without being peeled from the liner. The printer includes a feed roller configured to feed the print medium and also includes a peeling unit including a peeling rolle...