Cassette for label printer

摘要

A label printing apparatus, comprising a cassette-receiving bay adapted to receive a cassette, said cassette-receiving bay having a base, an opening opposite the base, and side walls extending between the base and the opening; a cassette locking mechanism comprising at least one locking element having a locking position for engagement with a cassette inserted into said cassette-receiving bay; and cassette detection means operable to determine whether said at least one locking element is engaged with a cassette inserted into the cassette-receiving bay.

主权项

1. A cassette configured to substantially enclose a supply of image receiving medium between a base surface, a top surface, and at least one side surface extending between said base surface and said top surface of the cassette, and comprising an outlet for the supply of image receiving medium, the cassette further comprising at least one locking portion, said locking portion comprising an elongate conductive bar extending along the side surface of the cassette and having an elongate contact surface for conductively engaging with a cooperating conductive locking element of a label printer to indicate when said cassette is correctly locked in said printer.