CN217294009U - Label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a label printer, which comprises a shell, a paper bin and a driving force output piece which are positioned in the shell, and a paper feeding roller which is rotatably positioned on a paper feeding channel, wherein the label printer also comprises a transmission mechanism which is used for transmitting the driving force output piece to the paper feeding roller; when viewed from the left and right directions of the label printer, at least a part of the transmission mechanism is overlapped with the paper bin, so that the space inside the label printer can be fully utilized, and the whole size of the label printer can be effectively controlled.

Description

Label printer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a label printer.

Background

Label printers are widely used in the fields of warehouse logistics, cash register, etc., and generally form images or characters on thermal paper in a thermal manner, and then take out the imaged paper. The conventional label printer generally uses a built-in battery as a driving source, and a paper feeding roller is further provided in the label printer to be driven by the driving source so that the paper is smoothly output.

A driving force transmission mechanism is also provided between the paper feed roller and the driving source, and is typically a set of gears mounted inside the label printer, the overall size of which should be effectively controlled for a hand-held label printer, and is one of the options that can be optimized.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the utility model provides a label printer further optimizes through the drive mechanism to lieing in label printer inside for the inside space of label printer can obtain make full use of.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

the label printer comprises a shell, a paper bin and a driving force output piece which are positioned in the shell, and a paper feeding roller which is rotatably positioned on a paper feeding channel, and further comprises a transmission mechanism for transmitting the driving force output piece to the paper feeding roller; viewed in the left-right direction of the label printer, at least a portion of the drive mechanism coincides with the paper bin.

The drive mechanism includes a drive shaft coaxial with the paper feed roller, and the label printer further includes a paper cutting mechanism for cutting paper supplied from the paper hopper, the drive shaft being mounted on the paper cutting mechanism.

The paper storehouse is including being formed with the frame in the paper chamber of upwards opening, being located the marginal part in paper chamber top and being located two bellying in paper chamber the place ahead, two bellying along left and right direction interval distribution have the opening that exposes the paper feed roller between the two.

The rim portion extends along a periphery of the opening of the paper chamber for coupling the paper deck with the housing.

The transmission mechanism comprises an intermediate transmission assembly and a driving member, wherein the intermediate transmission assembly transmits the driving force to the driving member, and the driving member drives the paper feeding roller to rotate.

The intermediate transmission assembly comprises a plurality of gears which are meshed in sequence, a plurality of limiting protrusions are arranged on the surface of the frame, and each limiting protrusion corresponds to one gear and is used for limiting the radial movement of the gear.

The intermediate transmission assembly includes a first gear for receiving the driving force and a belt between the first gear and the driver.

The driving part is a driving gear combined with the transmission shaft, or the driving part is a transmission wheel combined with the transmission shaft and provided with a rough surface.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention after hiding an upper cover assembly.

Fig. 3A is a state diagram of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention after partial disassembly.

Fig. 3B is a schematic structural diagram of an inner portion of a right end cover of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4A and 4B are perspective views of a push block in a paper cutting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a paper pressing assembly in the paper cutting mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6A and 6B are perspective views of a cutter holder in a paper cutting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the paper cutting mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention after the cutter assembly and the paper pressing assembly are combined.

Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the paper cutting mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which the cutter assembly, the paper pressing assembly, and the holder are combined and cut along a plane passing through the center of the left support column and perpendicular to the left and right directions.

Fig. 9 is a side view of the driving mechanism and the paper bin viewed in the left-right direction after the housing is hidden in the label printer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a state diagram of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which parts of a transmission mechanism are disassembled.

Fig. 11 is a state diagram of a label printer according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which parts of a transmission mechanism are disassembled.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[ EXAMPLES one ]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 2 is a perspective view of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention after hiding an upper cover assembly.

The label printer 100 comprises a main assembly 10 and a cover assembly 20 which are mutually combined, a paper outlet 21 is positioned between the main assembly 10 and the cover assembly 20, a gripping part 22 is connected with any one of the main assembly 10 or the cover assembly 20, so that a user can conveniently take the label printer, the cover assembly 20 is hinged with the main assembly 10 and can overturn relative to the main assembly 10, a mechanical locking mode and a magnetic locking mode can be adopted between the main assembly 10 and the cover assembly 20, and when the mechanical combination mode is adopted, the cover assembly 20 is also provided with an unlocking device which is operated by the user to release the locking between the main assembly 10 and the cover assembly 20.

For convenience of description, the label printer 100 will first be defined such that in a normal set state of the label printer 100, the height direction of the label printer is the up-down direction, the width direction is the left-right direction, and the direction perpendicular to both the up-down direction and the left-right direction is the front-back direction, which are also perpendicular to each other, the side where the main assembly 10 and the upper cover assembly 20 are hinged to each other is the rear, and the side opposite to the rear is the front.

Fig. 3A is a state diagram of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention, with parts broken away; fig. 3B is a schematic structural view of an inner portion of a right end cover of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 4A and 4B are perspective views of a push block in a paper cutting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The main assembly 10 includes a housing 11, and a paper deck 30 and a paper cutting mechanism 50 mounted on the housing 11, at least a part of the paper deck 30 and at least a part of the paper cutting mechanism 50 being located in a cavity 12 defined by the housing 11, preferably, the housing 11 includes a first housing 11a and a second housing 11b combined in the left-right direction, the cavity 12 being located between the first housing 11a and the second housing 11b, the paper required for the label printer to operate is placed in the paper deck 30 in a roll shape, and the paper cutting mechanism 50 is used to cut the paper supplied to the paper outlet 21; the first housing 11a includes a main housing 11a1 extending in the up-down direction and the front-rear direction and an extension housing 11a2 connected to the main housing 11a1, a notch 11a3 is formed at least on the extension housing 11a2, the second housing 11b has substantially the same structure as the first housing 11a, and also includes a main housing 11b1 extending in the up-down direction and the front-rear direction and an extension housing 11b2 connected to the main housing 11b1, the notch 11b3 is formed at least on the extension housing 11b2, when the first housing 11a and the second housing 11b are joined, the notch 11a3 and the notch 11b3 are opposed in the left-right direction, the paper cutting mechanism 50 is mounted in the cavity 12, and a part of the paper cutting mechanism 50 is exposed from the notches 11a3/11b 3.

The cutting mechanism 50 includes a force application assembly 60 and a cutting assembly 70 coupled to each other, and a user causes the cutting assembly 70 to perform a cutting action by applying a force to the force application assembly 60. A portion of the force applying assembly 60 is exposed through the notch 11a3/11b 3. as shown in the figure, the force applying assembly 60 includes a slide block 61 and a push block 62 which are coupled to each other, and when the push block 62 is pushed upward, the slide block 61 is driven to slide upward, and at the same time, the cutting assembly 70 is also pushed upward to perform a cutting operation.

As shown in fig. 4A and 4B, the slide block 61 includes a main plate 611 having a plate shape and a support portion 612 formed to protrude from the rear surface of the main plate 611, and the cutting assembly 70 may be supported by the support portion 612 so that the cutting assembly 70 may move upward along with the main plate 611; further, the left and right ends of the main plate 611 are bent backward gradually, and the thickness of the left and right ends 613 of the main plate 611 is reduced gradually, so that the main plate 611 is formed substantially in a shape that the middle of the main plate 611 is thick and the two sides are thin in the left and right direction, and therefore, the main plate 611 can be mounted to the inner side (the side where the cavity 12 is located) of the housing 11, the thickness of the housing 11 does not need to be changed, the thickness of the housing near the notch 11a3/11b3 can be kept unchanged, and the sliding grooves do not need to be formed on the housing near the notch 11a3/11b3 to affect the strength of the housing.

As shown in fig. 3A and 3B, the first housing 11a is provided with at least one protrusion 11c on the inner side (the side where the cavity 12 is located) close to the notch 11a3, a chute 11d is formed between the protrusion 11c and the first housing 11a and distributed in the up-down direction, the left/right end 613 of the main plate 611 enters the chute 11d, and similarly, the protrusion 11c and the chute 11d are provided on the inner side of the second housing 11B, and the right/left end 613 of the main plate 611 enters the chute 11 d; it should be noted that the "middle thickness" herein does not mean that the thickness of the middle portion in the left-right direction of the main plate 611 is larger than the thicknesses of both ends, and in general, the sliding of the slide block 61 is not affected even if the thickness of the middle portion in the left-right direction of the main plate 611 is the same as or smaller than the thicknesses of both ends, as long as the thicknesses of both ends in the left-right direction of the main plate 611 are such that both left and right ends of the main plate 611 can be guided by the slide grooves 11 d.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a paper pressing assembly in a paper cutting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 6A and 6B are perspective views of a cutter holder in a paper cutting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 7 is a perspective view of a combined cutter assembly and a combined paper pressing assembly in a paper cutting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the paper cutting mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which the cutter assembly, the paper pressing assembly, and the holder are combined and cut along a plane passing through the center of the left support column and perpendicular to the left and right directions.

The cutting assembly 70 includes a cutter assembly and a paper pressing assembly 73 that are coupled to each other, the paper pressing assembly 73 can move a first distance with the cutter assembly, then the paper pressing assembly 73 does not move any more, and the cutter assembly continues to move a second distance to complete the cutting action. The cutter unit includes a cutter holder 71 and a cutter blade 72 which are coupled to each other, the cutter blade 72 is fixedly mounted on the cutter holder 71, and the platen 730 is coupled to the cutter holder 71, so that the cutter unit and the platen 73 can be integrally formed, and can be pre-assembled and then coupled to other components of the label printer, and the problem of the components in the cutter unit and/or the components in the platen 73 being scattered during the assembly of the paper cutting mechanism 50 can be effectively prevented.

The paper pressing assembly 73 comprises a paper pressing plate 730, a paper pressing block 76 combined with the paper pressing plate, a guiding protrusion 731 connected with the paper pressing plate 730 and a first positioning column 732 combined with the guiding protrusion 731, wherein the paper pressing block 76 can be integrally formed with the paper pressing plate 730 or separately formed, the material of the paper pressing block 76 is not limited here as long as the paper at the paper outlet 21 can be pressed, preferably, the paper pressing block 76 is made of a flexible material, so that the situation that a user is suddenly jacked to cause jamming when pushing the force application assembly 60 can be avoided, the pressure of the paper pressing block 76 on the other hand is gradually increased, and the situation that the paper is wrinkled or worn can be avoided.

The blade holder 71 includes a plate-shaped main body 711, a front side plate 713 and a bottom plate 712 extending forward and backward from the main body 711, respectively, a stopper groove 719 for restricting the blade 72 is formed between the front side plate 713 and the main body 711, the main body 711 is further provided with a support surface 715 for supporting the blade 72, and a second positioning post 714 is formed to protrude upward from the bottom plate 712. Furthermore, the main body 711 is further provided with a mounting hole 717 and a guiding groove 716 which are communicated with each other, the guiding protrusion 731 and the first positioning column 732 on the paper pressing plate 730 enter from the front to the rear of the main body 711 through the mounting hole 717, the guiding protrusion 731 enters the guiding groove 716 again, the size of the second positioning column 714 or the second positioning column 714 is larger than the size of the guiding groove 716 in the left-right direction, finally, the front-back direction and the left-right direction of the paper pressing assembly 73 are limited by the cutter assembly, the paper pressing plate 730 is limited by the guiding groove 716 and can only slide in the up-down direction, the paper pressing plate 730 cannot fall off from the main body 71, and the cutter frame 71 and the paper pressing plate 730/paper pressing assembly 73 are formed into a whole.

Further, the paper cutting mechanism 50 further includes an elastic member 74 provided between the cutter holder 71 and the paper pressing plate 730, the elastic member 74 serving as an example of a force transmission member for transmitting the acting force of the force application member 60 to the paper pressing member 73 so that the paper pressing member 73 moves together with the cutter member; preferably, the elastic member 74 is a compression spring, as shown in fig. 7, one end of which is coupled to the first positioning post 732 and the other end of which is coupled to the second positioning post 714.

As shown in fig. 6A and 6B, the supporting surface 715 is located above the guiding groove 716 in the up-down direction, the dimension of the blade 72 in the up-down direction can be controlled, and further, the bottom plate 712 is located below the mounting hole 717, that is, the mounting hole 717 and the guiding groove 716 are located between the supporting surface 715 and the bottom plate 712, which not only facilitates the increase of the dimension of the mounting hole 717 so that the paper pressing plate 730 can be quickly mounted, but also allows the movement of the paper pressing plate 730 in the up-down direction not to be interfered. When the label printer is assembled, the base plate 712 is supported by the support part 612, and in particular, the front side of the base plate 712 is supported by the support part 612.

As shown in fig. 3A, the paper cutting mechanism 50 further includes a bracket 80, the bracket 80 is fixed in the cavity 12 with the paper bin 30 and/or the housing 11 by means of pin coupling or snap coupling, and the paper cutting assembly 70 is further supported by the bracket 80, specifically, the bracket 80 supports the rear side of the base plate 712, and thus, both the front side and the rear side of the base plate 712 are supported so that the paper cutting mechanism 70 is stably placed. The holder 80 includes a holder body 81, and a support arm 83 and a stopper plate 82 provided on the holder body 81, the base plate 712 is supported by the support arm 83 (as shown in fig. 8), and the blade holder main plate 711 is restricted by the stopper plate 82 to move only in the up-and-down direction, so that the cutting assembly 70 in the cutting mechanism 50 can be positioned to the holder 80, and the cutting assembly 70 can move relative to the holder 80 and perform a cutting action after being pushed upward by the urging assembly 60, and during the upward movement of the cutting assembly 70, the blade holder 71, the blade 72, and the paper pressing assembly 73 move upward together first, and then the paper pressing assembly 73 remains stationary, and the blade holder 71 and the blade 72 continue to move upward relative to the paper pressing assembly 73 until the cutting action is completed.

The blade 72 includes a blade body 721 and a tip 722 at the upper end of the blade body 721, the tip 722 being provided in a tapered shape to cut the sheet more easily; when the paper cutting mechanism 50 is assembled, the tip 722 of the blade 72 is lower than/does not exceed the uppermost position of the paper pressing member 73, that is, the blade 72 is lower than the paper pressing member 73, which not only protects the blade 72 from being broken, but also prevents the blade 72 from contacting the paper before the paper pressing member 73 and causing irregular cutting of the paper. Preferably, the distance between the tip 722 of the blade and the uppermost part of the paper pressing assembly 73 is 0.5mm to 2mm in the up-down direction, and more preferably, the distance is 1mm, so that the blade 72 can cut after the paper pressing assembly 73 completes the paper pressing action, the distance that the blade needs to move upwards is reduced while the paper cutting action is kept continuous, and correspondingly, the distance that the user pushes the force application assembly 60 to move is also shortened.

The paper cutting process of the paper cutting mechanism 50:

the user makes the sliding block 61 slide upwards along the sliding slot 11d by pushing the push block 62, at the same time, the sliding block 61 drives the knife rest 71 to slide upwards along the limit plate 82 of the bracket 80, the paper pressing plate 730 is pushed upwards by the elastic piece 74, the pressing block 76 gradually presses the paper and keeps static, at the same time, the blade 72 continues to move upwards along with the knife rest 71, the elastic piece 74 elastically deforms, the tip 722 of the blade punctures the middle part of the paper and gradually spreads towards the two sides until the paper is completely cut off, and the blade 72 then enters into the accommodating cavity (not shown) of the upper cover component corresponding to the blade.

As shown in fig. 3A, the paper cutting mechanism 50 further includes a reset piece 75 combined with the cutter holder 71 or the paper pressing plate 730, and the reset piece 75 is also combined with the housing 11. During the upward movement of the push block 62, the reset piece 75 is elastically deformed, and when the user no longer applies a pushing force to the push block 62, the components of the paper cutting mechanism 50 are reset by the elastic reset force of the reset piece 75. Preferably, the elastic member 74, the first positioning column 732, the second positioning column 714 and the supporting arm 83 are disposed at two positions spaced apart in the left-right direction, so that the movement of the paper cutting mechanism 50 is more stable.

The label printer 100 conveys the paper in the paper deck 30 to the paper outlet 21 by the paper feeding roller 13, the paper feeding roller 13 is positioned on the paper feeding path of the paper and rotatably mounted, and thus, the label printer 100 further includes a driving mechanism 40 for driving the paper feeding roller 13 to rotate.

Fig. 9 is a side view of the driving mechanism and the paper bin viewed in the left-right direction after the housing is hidden in the label printer according to the first embodiment of the present invention; fig. 10 is a state diagram of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which parts of a transmission mechanism are disassembled.

As shown in fig. 3A, the paper deck 30 includes a frame 31 formed with a paper chamber 39 that opens upward, a rim portion 32 located above the paper chamber 39, and two projecting portions 33 located in front of the paper chamber 39, the two projecting portions 33 being spaced apart in the left-right direction with an opening between them that exposes the paper feed roller 13; the rim 32 extends along the outer surface of the frame 31, preferably the rim 32 extends around the opening of the paper cavity 39 for engaging the paper bin 30 with the housing 11; further, the paper deck 30 is also provided with a locking portion 34, and the locking portion 34 is used to lock the upper cover assembly 20 with the main assembly 10.

The driving mechanism 40 is for transmitting a driving force output from a motor/driving force output member (not shown) installed in the chamber 12 to the sheet feeding roller 13, and as shown in fig. 3A, the driving mechanism 40 includes an intermediate transmission member 41 and a driving gear 42, and the intermediate transmission member 41 transmits the driving force to the driving gear 42 and the sheet feeding roller 13 is driven to rotate by the driving gear 42.

The intermediate transmission assembly 41 includes a first gear 411, a second gear 412 and a third gear 413 which are engaged in sequence, wherein the first gear 411 receives a driving force, and the third gear 413 is engaged with the driving gear 42; when the paper feeding roller 13 is a hollow cylindrical roller body, the transmission mechanism 40 further comprises a transmission shaft 43 combined with the driving gear 42, the paper feeding roller 13 is coated on the outer surface of the transmission shaft 43, and the driving gear 42 drives the transmission shaft 43 to rotate so as to drive the paper feeding roller 13 to rotate; when the paper feeding roller 13 is a roller body having a transmission shaft 43, the transmission shaft 43 may be directly coupled to the driving gear 42, or an intermediate member may be installed between the driving gear 42 and the transmission shaft 43 to transmit a driving force; the two ends of the paper feeding roller 13 and the two ends of the transmission shaft 43 are opposite to the convex part 33 and are clamped and fixed by the clamping part 84 of the bracket 80, namely, the paper feeding roller 13 and the transmission shaft 43 are clamped between the convex part 33 and the clamping part 84 of the bracket, so that the mounting mode is simple, and the paper feeding roller 13 and the transmission shaft 43 can be stably fixed.

As shown in fig. 9, when viewed in the left-right direction, at least a portion of the transmission mechanism 40 overlaps with the paper cavity 39/paper bin 30, which is beneficial to reduce the overall size of the label printer 100, or increase the volume of the paper bin 30 while maintaining the overall size of the label printer 100, so as to reduce the frequency of replacing paper, or increase the available space in the cavity 12 while maintaining the overall size of the label printer 100 and the volume of the paper bin 30, so as to increase the design freedom of the label printer 100, for example, increase the battery capacity of the label printer 100, increase more functions, and so on.

As shown in fig. 10, the surface of the paper bin frame 31 is further provided with a plurality of limiting protrusions 35, each limiting protrusion 35 corresponds to a gear, the movement of the gear in the radial direction is limited, further, as shown in fig. 9, the first gear 411 and the second gear 412 are both duplicate gears, the large gear part of the first gear 411 is closer to the frame 31 than the small gear part, the large gear part of the second gear 412 is farther from the frame 31 than the small gear part, when the transmission mechanism 40 is completely assembled, the large gear part of the second gear 412 is located farthest from the frame 31, and a part of the large gear part of the first gear 411 and a part of the third gear 413 are located between the large gear part of the second gear 412 and the frame 31 and are protected.

As shown in fig. 3B, the first housing 11a further includes a concave portion 11a4 depressed from the inner side (the side facing the cavity 12) toward the direction away from the cavity 12, the concave portion 11a4 is opposite to the large gear portion of the second gear 412, and finally, the second gear 412 is restricted by the first housing 11 a.

[ EXAMPLE II ]

Fig. 11 is a state diagram of a label printer according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which parts of a transmission mechanism are disassembled.

The present embodiment is different from the above-described embodiment in that the structure of the transmission mechanism 40 is modified, as shown in fig. 11, the intermediate transmission assembly 41 of the transmission mechanism includes the first gear 411 for receiving the driving force and the belt 414 between the first gear 411 and the driving gear 42, so that the intermediate transmission assembly 41 in the present embodiment no longer transmits the driving force by means of gear engagement, but directly transmits the driving force from the first gear 411 to the driving gear 42 by using the belt 414, and not only can a plurality of gears of the intermediate transmission assembly 41 be omitted, the cost of the label printer 100 be reduced, but also the efficiency of the transmission of the driving force is higher. At least a part of the intermediate transfer assembly 41 coincides with the sheet chamber 39 when viewed in the left-right direction.

It can be understood that, the surface of the belt 414 may be provided with teeth, and may not be provided with teeth, when the surface of the belt 414 is not provided with teeth, the driving force is transmitted between the belt 414 and the first gear 411 and between the belt 414 and the driving gear 42 by means of static friction, in this case, the first gear 411 may also be provided as a driving wheel with a rough surface, when the surface of the belt 414 is provided with teeth, the belt 414 and the first gear 411 are combined in a manner of inter-tooth meshing, and the belt 414 and the driving gear 42 are also combined in a manner of inter-tooth meshing, and similarly, the first gear 411 may also be replaced by a driving wheel with a rough surface, and this combination manner is favorable for further improving the transmission efficiency; the drive wheel and the first gear 411 may be collectively referred to as a drive.

As described above, the cutter assembly 70 and the platen assembly 73 may be combined with each other and installed as a single body in a subsequent assembly step, thereby reducing the difficulty of assembling the label printer having the paper cutting mechanism 50.

Claims (9)

1. A label printer comprising a housing, a paper deck and a driving force output member in the housing, and a paper feed roller rotatably disposed on a paper feed path,

the label printer further includes a transmission mechanism for transmitting the driving force output member to the sheet-feeding roller;

at least a portion of the drive mechanism coincides with the paper bin as viewed in the left-right direction of the label printer.

2. The label printer according to claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism includes a driving shaft coaxial with the paper feeding roller, and the label printer further includes a paper cutting mechanism for cutting the paper supplied from the paper hopper, the driving shaft being mounted on the paper cutting mechanism.

3. The label printer according to claim 2, wherein the paper deck includes a frame formed with a paper chamber opened upward, a rim portion located above the paper chamber, and two projecting portions located in front of the paper chamber, the two projecting portions being spaced apart in the left-right direction with an opening therebetween to expose the paper feed roller.

4. A label printer according to claim 3, wherein the rim portion extends around the opening of the paper cavity for engaging the paper cartridge with the housing.

5. A label printer according to claim 3, wherein the driving mechanism comprises an intermediate transmission member and a driving member, the intermediate transmission member transmitting the driving force to the driving member and driving the sheet feeding roller to rotate by the driving member.

6. A label printer according to claim 5, wherein the intermediate transfer assembly comprises a plurality of gears which mesh in sequence, and the frame surface is provided with a plurality of restraining projections, one for each gear, for limiting radial movement of the gears.

7. A label printer according to claim 5, wherein the intermediate transfer assembly comprises a first gear for receiving the driving force and a belt between the first gear and the drive member.

8. A label printer according to claim 5, wherein the drive member is a drive gear coupled to the drive shaft.

9. A label printer according to claim 5, wherein the drive member is a rough surfaced drive wheel coupled to the drive shaft.

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