Printer
There is disclosed a hand-held labeler for printing and applying labels and for printing tags. The labeler has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing handle. The labeler is user-friendly and compact. The labeler can be easily loaded with label and tag webs of different widths. The labeler has a discharge chute for the carrier web which can be slid to a position outside the labeler for easy cleaning.
1. A printer, comprising:
a housing having a space for a supply roll of a printable web,
a print head,
a platen roll cooperable with the print head, and
a guide roller having pairs of annular guide edges to guide printable webs of different widths from the supply roll to between the print head and the platen roll.
2. A printer as defined in claim 1 , wherein there are three pairs of annular guide edges.
3. A printer as defined in claim 2 , wherein any pair of guide edges can guide a correspondingly-sized printable web in center-justified alignment with the print head.
4. A printer as defined in claim 1 , wherein any pair of guide edges can guide a correspondingly-sized printable web in center-justified alignment with the print head.
5. A printer as defined in claim 1 , wherein the supply roll is mounted on the housing center-justified with respect to the print head.
6. A printer, comprising:
a print head,
a mounting member for the print head,
a housing section for the mounting member,
a platen roll cooperable with the print head,
another housing section for the platen roll, the housing sections being relatively movable between a printing position and an open position, a guide roller rotatably mounted on the mounting member, and wherein the guide roller is stepped at pairs of guide edges corresponding to printable webs of different widths.
7. A printer as defined in claim 6 , including a delaminator adjacent the platen roll to delaminate printed labels from the web, and wherein the platen roll is below the print head.
8. A printer as defined in claim 6 , wherein the other housing section is connected to a handle.
9. A printer as defined in claim 6 , the other housing section having space to mount a supply roll, wherein the supply roll is mounted center-justified with respect to the print head.