Printer
The ridge part T projecting from an interior surface of an opening and closing cover 3 of a printer 1 is provided at part of a head 3 b that make contact with a mountless label continuous body P including an adhesive agent layer on one surface thereof. The head 3 b is located at a free end of the opening and closing cover 3 . A third ridge part T 3 is provided on a third surface S 3 , which is located in vicinity of an intersecting line between a first surface S 1 and a second surface S 2 . The third ridge T 3 has a longer projecting length than a ridge part T 1 projecting from the first surface S 1 , and has a longer projecting length than a ridge part T 2 projecting from the second surface S 2.
1. A printer, comprising:
a housing provided with an opening;
a print medium container built in the opening of the housing, the print medium container being capable of containing a print medium, the print medium including an adhesive agent layer on one surface thereof;
an opening and closing cover configured to open and close the print medium container with respect to the housing;
a feed roller configured to feed the print medium; and
a print head mounted opposing the feed roller, the print head being configured to perform printing on the print medium,
wherein the opening and closing cover is provided with a head on a free end thereof, the head gradually reducing in thickness toward a tip thereof,
wherein the head includes:
a first surface configured to face the print medium container when the opening and closing cover is set in a closed state;
a second surface configured to face the adhesive agent layer of the print medium when the print medium is fed from the print medium container toward the feed roller, the second surface provided with a ridge part projecting therefrom; and
an end surface disposed at a tip of the opening and closing cover and configured to face a feeding path of the print medium, the feeding path located between the print medium container and the feed roller, the end surface provided with a ridge part for projecting therefrom toward the adhesive agent layer of the print medium, and
wherein the ridge part projecting from the end surface has a longer projecting length than the ridge part projecting from the second surface.
2. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the end surface is a surface defined by an end of the first surface and an end of the second surface, the end of the first surface being located on a side of the free end of the opening and closing cover, the end of the second surface being located on a side of the free end of the opening and closing cover.
3. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the ridge part projecting from the end surface and the ridge part projecting from the second surface continuously extend in a feeding direction of the print medium.
4. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the end surface, the first surface, and the second surface is coated with a non-adhesive material.
5. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the first surface of the head is provided with a ridge part having a shorter projecting length than the ridge part projecting from the end surface.