US Patent 7284922 Label printer

A label printer has an on-board peeling mechanism that easily replaces label paper and removing paper jams with limited space for opening and closing the printer. The label printer has a printing mechanism for printing labels while conveying label paper having a plurality of label affixed to a continuous web liner, and a peeling unit for peeling printed labels from the web liner conveyed through a curved transport path by bending the printed label paper acutely from the back side of the web liner. The peeling unit is attached to a printer cover which is mounted openably and closably to the label paper compartment in the printer housing.