US Patent Issued to Toshiba Tec on Sept. 16 for "Printer having sensor to detect remaining wound amount of label paper" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,372, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).

"Printer having sensor to detect remaining wound amount of label paper" was invented by Satoshi Iwamoto (Mishima Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with an embodiment, a printer prints on labels attached to rolled paper at predetermined intervals. The printer includes a sensor that outputs a detection signal where a diameter of the rolled paper is a predetermined value or less. The printer detects, on the basis of the detection signal output from the sensor, a near-end state during an issuing operation of one label. Further, the printer dete...