JP2000006472A - Tape printing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the amount of a tape to be discarded wastefully in a tape printing apparatus wherein laminated tapes are applied with half-cut. SOLUTION: In continuous printing, the first label is formed independently, and thereafter, pairs of two labels connected by the half-cut line is formed. Accordingly, compared with the case of applying the full-cut and the half-cut per one sheet, the portion to be discarded wastefully by the half-cut can be reduced drastically. Moreover, by applying the full-cut for two each labels, the printed labels can be handled easily compared with the case of a sheet of three or more labels connected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tape printer, and more particularly to a tape printer capable of half-cutting a laminated tape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A small-sized tape printer for printing a desired character string on a tape having a width of about 10 mm to 20 mm is known. As a tape that is a print medium of such a tape printing apparatus, a laminated tape in which, for example, a print-receiving tape and a release tape are laminated via an adhesive layer is often used so that the tape can be easily attached to an arbitrary location after printing. . In this way, the printed tape can be easily attached to a desired position only by peeling off the release tape. As a laminated tape, a tape laminated from the beginning may be housed and used in a tape printing apparatus, or a tape to be printed and a release tape may be housed separately in a tape printing apparatus, for example, these may be used in the apparatus after printing. May be laminated.

[0003] However, the operation of peeling the release tape from the laminated tape is a fine operation of separating the release tape having a thickness of less than 1 mm from the tape to be printed, and is time-consuming and very troublesome. Therefore, not only a full cutter that completely cuts and separates a laminated tape, but also a tape printing that has a half cutter that cuts only a print-receiving tape or a release tape of a laminated tape along a width direction of the tape (so-called half-cut). An apparatus has been proposed (for example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-286241). By performing such a half cut, it is possible to easily peel off the print-receiving tape or the release tape from the laminated tape in a short time only by bending the laminated tape in the vicinity of the half-cut line, for example.

Some tape printers capable of performing the above-described half-cut can only perform the half-cut on the tape to be printed due to the configuration of the device. Further, when printing on a tape by a tape printing apparatus, a user of the apparatus may be required to provide a margin of a predetermined length before and after a printed portion. Therefore, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, a half-cut laminated tape 100 (hereinafter, referred to as a predetermined length) discharged from the tape printing apparatus is discharged.
In the present specification, a printed laminated tape of a predetermined length discharged from a tape printer is referred to as a “label”).
A discarded peeling unit 102 that is a non-printed side with respect to the half cut line 101, a printed portion 106,
Normally, margin portions 104 and 108 each having a desired length are provided on both sides of the print portion 106.

[0005]

When a plurality of labels are continuously printed by a tape printer capable of performing the above-described half-cut, as shown in FIG. Will be applied. However, in this way, half-cut is applied to each label 1
When the label 10 is applied, the peeled portions 102 that are peeled and discarded wastefully are also formed on the individual labels 110.
Therefore, when a large number of labels are formed, the accumulated amount of the laminated tape that is wasted and discarded becomes so large as to be negligible, and the label can be formed by using a cassette in which a fixed length of tape is wound and stored. The number of sheets will be significantly reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a tape printer that performs a half-cut by a half-cutter so that the number of laminated tapes that are discarded when a plurality of labels are continuously printed can be reduced as much as possible. It is to provide a tape printing device.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tape printing apparatus, comprising: printing means for printing on a first tape; and at least the first tape and a second tape. First cutting means for cutting and separating a laminated tape on which the tape is releasably laminated, and the laminating tape in the middle of its thickness so that only the second tape of the laminated tape is not cut and separated. Cutting up to the second
And when performing printing of a plurality of labels, the laminated tape is made up of a 2n-1 (n is a natural number) label and a 2n-th label.
Control means for performing control so as to be cut by the first cutting means between the first label and the second label, and to be cut by the second cutting means between the 2nth label and the 2n + 1th label; It has.

[0008] The tape printing apparatus according to claim 2 is characterized in that
Printing means for performing printing on the tape, a first cutting means for cutting and separating a laminated tape in which at least the first tape and the second tape are releasably laminated,
A second cutting unit that cuts the laminated tape halfway through its thickness so that only the second tape of the laminated tape is not cut and separated, and a label number setting that sets the number of labels printed by the printing unit Means, a label number determining means for determining whether the number of labels set by the label number setting means is a plurality, and a printed label number storing means for storing the number of labels printed by the printing means, When it is determined by the label number determining means that printing of a plurality of labels is to be performed, the laminated tape is set to 2n-1 (n: n) based on the number of printed labels stored in the printed label number storing means. The first cutting means cuts between the (natural number) -th label and the 2n-th label,
Control means for controlling so as to be cut by the second cutting means between the second label and the (2n + 1) th label.

According to the tape printer of the first or second aspect, first, the laminated tape is cut by the first cutting means to form the first label, and then the laminated tape is cut by the first cutting means for every two labels. Is cut and connected 2
Since the so-called half-cut is performed between the two labels by the second cutting means, the first tape can be easily peeled from these two labels. Also, as compared with the case where the labels are cut and separated one by one by the first cutting means and the individual labels are half-cut by the second cutting means, waste of the first tape caused by the half-cut is greatly reduced. be able to.

Further, after the second label, the laminated tape is cut and separated by the first cutting means as a set of two labels, so that the labels are cut by the first cutting means, for example, as a set of three or more labels. Compared to the case where the label is separated, the label discharged from the tape printing apparatus is relatively short and is less likely to be curled, and the handling becomes easier.

Further, by forming the first label by itself and then forming a set of two labels, there are the following advantages. That is, when a plurality of new printings are started by the tape printing apparatus, the previously printed portion is located between the printing means and the first cutting means provided on the downstream side of the printing means in the feeding direction of the laminated tape. The unprinted laminated tape (including the tape in a stage before being laminated) already exists due to the cutting and separation by the first cutting means of the laminated tape including. So for the first label,
If the length of the blank portion set in front of the printed portion is less than or equal to the distance between the printing means and the first cutting means, it is necessarily longer than other labels. for that reason,
The control for forming a pair of the first label and the second label is different from the control for forming the second and subsequent pairs, and the control for forming a plurality of labels is complicated. That is, as in the present invention, the first label is cut and separated from the second label first, and then a pair of labels is formed sequentially. And the control can be made relatively simple compared to the case of forming a set of two labels from the first label.
In addition, since the lengths of the obtained two sets of labels are the same, when the formed label sets are overlapped, it does not occur that only one label protrudes. Also becomes easier.

Further, in the tape printing apparatus according to the third aspect, the control means is configured to control the first label of the laminated tape when the number of printed labels is an odd number, and the control of the laminated tape when the number of printed labels is an even number. Control is performed so that the first label and the last label are cut by the second cutting unit at a place other than the print portion.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a single label other than a pair of labels which are half-cut and connected to each other is half-cut, so that the first label is also used for these labels. The tape can be easily peeled off.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tape printing apparatus comprising:
Printing means for performing printing on the tape, a first cutting means for cutting and separating a laminated tape in which at least the first tape and the second tape are releasably laminated,
A second cutting unit that cuts the laminated tape halfway in its thickness so that only the second tape of the laminated tape is not cut and separated; and when performing printing of a plurality of labels, the laminated tape has a thickness of 2n. The (n is a natural number) label is cut by the first cutting means between the (n) th label and the (2n + 1) th label, and the second cutting means is cut between the (2n-1) th label and the (2n) th label. And control means for performing control so as to be cut by the control unit.

According to the tape printing apparatus of the present invention, the laminated tape is cut and separated by the first cutting means every two labels from the first label, and the second cutting is performed between the two connected labels. Since the two labels are half-cut, the first tapes of these two labels can be easily peeled off. Also, as compared with the case where the labels are cut and separated one by one by the first cutting means and the individual labels are half-cut by the second cutting means, waste of the first tape caused by the half-cut is greatly reduced. be able to.

Also, since the laminated tape is cut and separated by the first cutting means as a set of two labels, a comparison is made with the case where the labels are cut and separated by the first cutting means as a set of three or more labels. Then, the label discharged from the tape printing apparatus is relatively short and is hardly rounded, and the handling becomes easy.

The tape printer according to a fourth aspect can also include a label number setting means, a label number determination means, and a printed label number storage means, as in the second aspect. At this time, the control unit performs the above-described control based on the number of printed labels stored in the printed label number storage unit when the label number determination unit determines that printing of a plurality of labels is performed. Do.

In the tape printing apparatus according to a fifth aspect, when the number of labels printed is an odd number, the control section cuts the last label of the laminated tape by the second cutting section at a portion other than the printed portion. Control to be performed. With this, the same effect as that of the third aspect can be obtained.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a tape printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a keyboard 3 is provided at a front portion of a main body frame 2 of the tape printer 1. A printing unit 4 that creates a printed laminated tape 5 and discharges the laminated tape 5 is provided in the main body frame 2 behind the keyboard 3. Also,
Behind the keyboard 3, there is provided a liquid crystal display 6 capable of displaying printed contents such as characters, symbols and images. The keyboard 3 includes character keys and numeric keys for inputting alphabets, hiragana and katakana, a return key, a print key for executing printing, a tape feed key for feeding the laminated tape 5 to the tape, and a margin. A margin setting key or the like for selecting a setting mode is provided.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the printing unit 4 of FIG. 1 in detail. A tape cassette 7 containing a plurality of types of tapes, which will be described later, is removably mounted on a cassette storage frame 17 in the main body frame 2.
Inside the tape cassette 7, a tape spool 9 around which a transparent surface tape 8 (printed tape) such as a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) film is wound, a ribbon supply spool 11 around which an ink ribbon 10 is wound, A take-up spool 12 for winding the ink ribbon 10, and a double-sided adhesive tape 13 having the same width as the surface tape 8 and having an adhesive layer on both sides wound around with a peeling tape 14 (see FIG. 3) on the outside. A tape supply spool 15 and a joining roller 16 for overlapping and joining the double-sided adhesive tape 13 and the surface layer tape 8 are rotatably provided.

In the vicinity of the position where the surface tape 8 and the ink ribbon 10 overlap, a thermal head 18 in which heating elements (not shown) are arranged in a row is attached to the cassette housing frame 17. At a position facing the heating element of the thermal head 18, a platen roller 21 is provided on a roller holder 20 erected rotatably with respect to the cassette housing frame 17. The surface tape 8 passes between the thermal head 18 and the platen roller 21 in a state where the surface tape 8 overlaps the ink ribbon 10.
Is urged toward the thermal head 18 and the heating elements are selectively energized and driven, so that a desired pattern of ink is transferred from the ink ribbon 10 to the surface tape 8 and printing on the surface tape 8 is performed. Will be

The used ink ribbon 10 is taken up on a take-up spool 12 on the downstream side of the thermal head 18. Then, the printed surface tape 8 that has exited the thermal head 18 is superimposed on the double-sided adhesive tape 13 and passes between the feed roller 22 and the joining roller 16. At this time, the surface tape 8 and the double-sided adhesive tape 13 are adhered by urging the feed roller 22 mounted on the distal end side of the roller holder 20 toward the joining roller 16. Then, the surface tape 8 and the double-sided adhesive tape 13 are adhered to each other to form a laminated tape 24. The laminated tape 24 passes through the full cutter section 23 and the half cutter section 26, is cut into a predetermined length, is subjected to half cut, and is discharged from the paper discharge section 27 of the main body frame 2.
The take-up spool 12, the feed roller 22, and the joining roller 16 are synchronously driven to rotate by a tape feed motor 25 via a gear mechanism (not shown). By controlling the rotation of the tape feed motor 25, the surface tape 8 is rotated. The ink ribbon 10, the double-sided adhesive tape 13, and the laminated tape 24 are feed-controlled.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the printed laminated tape 24 discharged from the paper discharge section 27. Laminated tape 2
4 is a surface tape 8 and a double-sided adhesive tape 1 in order from the top.
3 and a release tape 14 are laminated.
On the back surface of a transparent surface tape 8 such as a PET film, a dot row of ink 29 printed by the thermal head 18 is adhered as a mirror image of a print pattern such as a character. The double-sided adhesive tape 13 includes a base tape 13a and two adhesive layers 13b and 13c provided on both sides thereof. The adhesive layer 13 b is formed of the ink 29 of the surface tape 8.
On the adhesive layer 13c, and a release tape 14
Is pasted. When half-cutting is performed on the laminated tape 24 using the tape printer 1 of the present embodiment, as described later, only the portion of the thickness T1 from the surface tape 8 to the adhesive layer 13c is cut. Thus, the release tape 14 having the thickness T2 is not cut. The background color of the surface tape 8 can be variously changed by coloring the surface of the base tape 13a facing the colorless and transparent surface tape 8 in various colors.

The full cutter portion 23 shown in FIG. 2 is a scissors type in which a fixed blade 23a and a rotary blade 23b that rotates about one end of the fixed blade 23a as a fulcrum are used for shearing. In the present embodiment, the cutting and separation of the laminated tape 24 by the full cutter unit 23 is automatically performed by a full cut motor 66 (see FIG. 6) in accordance with a command from the CPU, as described later. Alternatively, the full cutter unit 23 is manually operated by a user using a lever (not shown).
The laminated tape 24 may be cut and separated by rotating 3b.

Next, the half cutter section 26 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 4 and 5. FIG. FIG. 4 is a partial front view of the half cutter unit 26 in an opened state.
FIG. 5 is a partial rear view of the half cutter unit 26 in a closed state. As shown in FIGS. 2, 4, and 5, the half cutter portion 26 provided downstream of the full cutter portion 23 is a metal thick plate-shaped pedestal fixed to the cassette housing frame 17 and the like. 33, a support member 35 rotatably mounted on the base of the cradle 33 about a caulking pin 34, and a spot welded portion 37 on the support member 35.
And a drive means (half-cut motor 68 and half-cut motor drive circuit 69: see FIG. 6) for rotating the support member 35.

The cradle 33 has a depth of the release tape 14.
And a pair of end portions 3 provided on both sides of the step portion 39, the step portion 39 having a dimension H2 slightly smaller than the thickness T2 of the stepped portion and having a width larger than the width dimension of the release tape 14 (laminated tape 24).
3a and 33b. The supporting member 35 has a depth T3 (= T1 + T2) of the entire thickness of the laminated tape 24.
It has a step portion 40 that is deeper and wider than the width dimension of the laminated tape 24, and a foot portion 35a provided at one end of the step portion 40 so as to face the end portion 33a. Cutting blade 36
Are aligned so that when the foot 35a of the support member 35 contacts the end 33a, the feet 35a also contact the ends 33a and 33b.

When the laminated tape 24 is half-cut by the half cutter unit 26, the laminated tape 24 is
The four sides are arranged so as to contact the step 39 of the receiving base 33. Therefore, when the half cutter 26 is closed by rotating the support member 35 by the driving means, the portion of the laminated tape 24 that protrudes in the direction of the support member 35 from the line connecting the edge surfaces of the ends 33a and 33b, that is, Only the portion having the thickness T1 is cut. Thereby, half cutting of the laminated tape 24 is realized.

The half cutter section 26 is provided with the cutting blade 3.
6 is rotated about the caulking pin 34, which is the center of rotation, to cut the laminated tape 24 in half. Narrowing down. Therefore, the cutting edge of the cutting blade 36 is the crimping pin 3 of the laminated tape 24.
The laminated tape 24 can be cut like a pair of scissors by hitting the laminated tape 24 in order from the edge closer to the side 4. Therefore,
The driving force required for cutting the laminated tape 24 can be reduced as compared with the case of so-called push-cut, in which the cutting edge of the cutting blade 36 simultaneously hits and cuts over the entire width direction of the laminated tape 24. Therefore, the tape printer 1 according to the present embodiment
This has a remarkable effect that the driving means of the half cutter unit 26 can be made compact, the driving motor thereof can be made small, and the cost can be reduced.

FIG. 6 shows a tape printer 1 according to this embodiment.
It is a block diagram of. The operation of the tape printer 1 is controlled by the control unit 50. The control unit 50 includes a CPU (control means, label number determination means) 52, a ROM 53, an RA
An M (label number storage means) 54, a CGROM 55 and an input / output interface 56 are connected to each other via a bus 57. In a ROM (program memory) 53, a display control program for the liquid crystal display 6, a thermal head 18 and a tape feed motor 2 are stored.
5, a program necessary for operating the tape printing apparatus 1, such as a drive control program, and other necessary data are stored. The CGROM (pattern data memory) 55 stores dot pattern data for many characters. The RAM 54 has a print number buffer having a print number setting buffer area for storing the set number of labels to be printed and a print counter area for storing the number of printed labels, a print buffer for storing the print contents, and a calculation result of the CPU 52. A buffer for temporarily storing data is provided.

The input / output interface 56 includes a keyboard (label number setting means) 3, first and second sensors 60 and 61 for detecting the type of the tape cassette 7,
A cutter sensor 62 for detecting the position of the rotary blade 23b of the full cutter unit 23, a display controller (LCDC) 63 connected to the liquid crystal display 6, a head drive circuit 64 for driving the thermal head 18, and a tape feeder A tape driving motor driving circuit 65 for driving the tape feeding motor 25, a full cutting motor driving circuit 67 for driving a full cutting motor 66 of the full cutter unit 23, and a half for driving a half cutting motor 68 of the half cutter unit 26. The cutting motor drive circuit 69 is connected to each of them. The above-described members connected to the input / output interface 56 are not shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 except for the keyboard 3.

Next, the operation of the tape printer 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
9 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the tape printing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically illustrating a state in which printing, full cut, and half cut are performed on a tape corresponding to FIG. 9;
Here, a case where the text “ABC” is printed will be described as an example. In FIG. 10, white characters on the tape indicate characters to be printed that have not been printed yet. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a plurality of labels (here, eight labels) continuously printed by the tape printing apparatus according to the present embodiment. Further, Si (i = 1, 2, 3) in the following description
...) indicate each step in the flowchart.

The operation described below is performed by an instruction from the CPU 52 based on a program or the like supplied from the ROM 53 in FIG. 6, unless otherwise specified. In the following description, the laminated tape 24 or the surface tape 8 between the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 23 may be simply referred to as a “tape” in order to simplify the description. In the tape printing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, when a new printing is started, FIG.
As shown in (a), it is assumed that the leading end of the tape is located at a position facing the full cutter unit 23, and no printing is performed on the tape between the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 23. Such a state occurs, for example, when the previous printing is completed at a stage where the print content in the new printing operation has not been determined, or when the tape cassette 7 is newly mounted on the apparatus 1.

First, when the power switch of the tape printer 1 is turned on, the tape printer 1 always monitors the CPU 52 for a key input from the keyboard 3 as shown in step S1. If a key input has been made (S1: YES), it is determined in step S2 whether the key input is a character key. If there is an input of a character key (S2: YES), step S
3, the input text data (for example, “A
The character "A" at the beginning of "BC" is stored in the print content buffer area of the RAM 54, and character input processing such as being displayed on the liquid crystal display 6 is performed. When step S3 is completed, the process returns to step S1 to monitor key input from the keyboard 3. In addition,
Here, it is assumed that the character keys include not only characters to be printed, such as kanji, hiragana, numbers, and symbols, but also margins (spaces) formed on both sides of the characters to be printed to a length desired by the user. However, the length of the margin may be set in another step.

If it is determined in step S2 that the key input is not a character key input (S2: NO), step S2 is executed.
At 4, it is determined whether it is a print setting key. If the print setting key is input (S4: YE
S), In step S5, a print number setting subroutine is performed. In the print number setting subroutine of step S5, for example, a display prompting the user to input the number of prints is made on the liquid crystal display 6 in order to ask the user for the number of prints performed only once or continuously at the request of the user. When the user presses a numeric key on the keyboard 3 to input the number of continuous prints, the number of prints is stored in the RAM 5.
4 is stored in the print number setting buffer area. It should be noted that keys corresponding to a plurality of types of frequently used print sheets are prepared in advance on the keyboard 3, and the user may press any one of the keys to set the continuous print sheet number. When step S5 is completed, the process returns to step S1 to monitor key input from the keyboard 3.

In the present embodiment, "continuous printing" means that the next print content is known in advance and the printing operation is repeated one after another. For example, the same print content is repeatedly printed on a plurality of sheets. In addition to the case where the numbers are printed, the numbers are serially printed or printed with a certain regularity.

If it is determined in step S4 that the key input is not a print setting key (S4: NO), it is determined in step S6 whether the key input is a print key. If the entered key is not a print key (S
6: NO), a process corresponding to each key entry is performed in step S7. For example, if the input key is a delete key, one input character stored in the RAM 54 corresponding to the cursor position at that time is deleted, and the corresponding character is also deleted from the liquid crystal display 6 via the display controller 63. Character display is cleared. Other processes performed in step S7 include cursor movement on the liquid crystal display 6, back space, and the like. When step S7 ends, the process returns to step S1 to monitor key input from the keyboard 3 again.

If it is determined in step S6 that the key input is a print key input (S6: YES), in step S8, the print number data stored in the print number setting buffer area of the RAM 54 is read out, and is read out. It is determined whether two or more sheets are represented, that is, whether a plurality of continuous printings are performed.

If the number-of-prints data stored in the number-of-prints setting buffer area of the RAM 54 does not represent two or more, it is determined in step S8 that the print is not a plurality of prints, that is, that only one label is printed. And (S
8: NO), and in step S9, the thermal head 18 prints the text "ABC" (including the margin) corresponding to the print content stored in the print content buffer of the RAM 54. Next, in step S10, in order to form a half cut at the right end of the text in the next step S11, the tape is moved by the tape feed motor 25 by the same length as the distance between the thermal head 18 and the half cutter unit 26. Feed with.

Next, in step S11, the laminated tape 24 is half-cut by the half cutter unit 26. At this time, by driving the half-cut motor 68 by the half-cut motor drive circuit 69, the laminated tape 24 remains in the direction along the width direction thereof, leaving only the release tape 14 having the thickness T2 as described above. Be cut.

Then, in step S12, the full tape is cut by the full cutter unit 23 on the laminated tape 24. That is, by driving the full-cut motor 66 by the full-cut motor drive circuit 67, the laminated tape 24 is cut and separated in the direction along the width direction. As a result, one printed label is obtained in which the right end of the printed text is half-cut.

If it is determined in step S8 that a plurality of labels are to be printed, that is, two or more labels are to be continuously printed (S8: YES), in step S13,
Based on the contents stored in the print number setting buffer area of the RAM 54 and the contents stored in the print counter area, it is determined whether printing of the set number of labels has been completed. If the storage contents of the two areas match and printing of the set number of sheets has been completed (S13: YE
S), returning to step S1 again to monitor key input from the keyboard 3. If the storage contents of the two areas do not match and the set number of labels have not been printed (S13: NO), step S14 is performed.
Then, based on the contents stored in the print counter area of the RAM 54, it is determined whether or not the next printing is the printing for the first label, that is, whether or not it is the first continuous printing.

If the storage content of the print counter area is "0" and it is determined in step S14 that this is the first continuous printing (S14: YES), the text "ABC" is added to the first label in step S15. ”(Including margins)
Is printed. The state at this time is shown in FIG.

Next, in step S16, a full cutter section 23 and a half cutter section are formed at the right end of the text "ABC" (including the margin) printed on the tape in step S21 to form a half cut line. The tape is fed by the same length as the distance between the tape. The state at this time is shown in FIG.

Next, in step S17, the RAM 5
The data stored in the print counter area provided in No. 4, that is, the data indicating the number of printed labels is updated, that is, incremented by one. Then, the process returns to step S13, and it is determined again whether or not printing of all the sheets has been completed in the same manner as described above.

If it is determined in step S14 that the printing is not the first time of the continuous printing (S14: NO), the flow advances to step S18 in FIG. 8 to determine whether the next printing is the printing related to the final label, that is, It is determined whether or not the last time of the continuous printing set in step S5. This decision
This is performed based on whether or not the number of printed labels indicated by the storage content of the print counter area is smaller by “1” than the set number of times indicated by the storage content of the print number setting buffer area.

If the set number represented by the storage contents of the print number setting buffer area is larger than the number of printed labels represented by the storage contents of the print counter area by two or more, step S18
Is not the final print (S18: NO),
Proceeding to step S19, it is determined whether the next printing is printing for the second label. This determination is made based on whether or not the storage content of the print counter area is “1”. If the storage content of the print counter area is "1" and it is determined that the next printing is the second printing (S19: YES), the process proceeds to step S20. In step S20, the text "A
In order to cut and remove the tape by the full cutter unit 23 at a position apart from the right end by the distance between the full cutter unit 23 and the half cutter unit 26, a half cut is performed on the right end of the “BC” (including the margin). The second label is printed while the tape is fed by the tape feed motor 25 by the same length as the distance between the head 18 and the full cutter unit 23. This printing is temporarily stopped if the feed for all the text prints has not been completed at the time when the feed of the same length as the distance between the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 23 has been completed. The state at this time is shown in FIG. In this state, the right end of the first label text "ABC" (including the margin) faces the half cutter section 26, and the left end of the second label faces the full cutter section 23.

Next, in step S21, FIG.
Is cut by the half cutter unit 26 at the position shown in FIG. At this time, by driving the half-cut motor 68 by the half-cut motor drive circuit 69, the laminated tape 24 remains in the direction along the width direction thereof, leaving only the release tape 14 having the thickness T2 as described above. Be cut. Then, in step S22, a full cut is performed on the laminated tape 24 by the full cutter unit 23 at the position shown in FIG. That is, the full-cut motor drive circuit 67
By driving the full-cut motor 66, the laminated tape 24 is cut and separated in the direction along the width direction. As a result, as shown in FIG. 10 (e), a single first label having the text "ABC" printed thereon and a half cut at the right end thereof is obtained. At this time, the distance between the position of the half-cut line in the obtained label and the rear end of the tape is equal to the distance between the half-cutter portion 26 and the full-cutter portion 23. This is the length of the tape 8. Note that the full cut and the half cut may be performed simultaneously at the position shown in FIG.

Next, if it is determined in step S20 that all the text prints have not been fed, the process proceeds to step S20.
At 23, the unprinted text is printed and a necessary feed for the right margin is performed. The state at this time is shown in FIG.

After returning to step S17 and updating the storage contents of the print counter area, since the storage contents do not represent the first, second and last labels, steps S13, S14, S18 and In each step of S19, "NO" is determined, and in step S24, it is determined whether or not the next printing is printing on an odd-numbered label based on the stored contents of the print counter area. Then, it is determined from the contents of the print counter that the next print label is the third label, and if it is determined that the print is an odd-numbered print (S24: YES), the process proceeds to step S25 and proceeds to the next step S26. In order to form a half cut at the right end of the second label text "ABC" (including margins), the tape is fed by the same length as the distance between the thermal head 18 and the half cutter unit 26. The third label is printed while being fed by the motor 25. This printing is temporarily interrupted if the feeding of all the text prints has not been completed at the time when the feed of the same length as the distance between the thermal head 18 and the half cutter unit 26 has been completed. The state at this time is shown in FIG. In this state, the right end of the second label faces the half cutter 26.

Next, in step S26, FIG.
Is cut by the half cutter unit 26 at the position shown in FIG. That is, as described above, the laminated tape 24 is formed of the release tape 14 having the thickness T2.
Half-cut in the direction along the width direction leaving only

Next, if it is determined in step S25 that the feed of all texts has not been completed, the process proceeds to step S25.
At 27, the unprinted text is printed and the necessary feed for the right margin is performed. The state at this time is shown in FIG.

Next, returning to step S17, after the stored contents of the print counter area are updated, since the stored contents do not represent the first, second and last labels, steps S13, S14, S18 and In each step of S19, "NO" is determined, and in step S24, it is determined whether or not the next printing is printing on an odd-numbered label based on the stored contents of the print counter area. Then, from the stored contents of the print counter area, it is determined that the next print label is the fourth label, and if it is determined that the print is not the odd-numbered print (S24: NO), the process proceeds to step S28, where the third label is printed. In order to cut and remove the tape by the full cutter unit 23 at the right end of the text "ABC" (including the margin) printed on the label, the tape is the same length as the distance between the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 23. 4 while feeding the
Print the second label. This printing is temporarily suspended if the feed for printing all the text has not yet been completed at the time when the feed for the length of the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 23 has been completed. The state at this time is shown in FIG. In this state, the right end of the third label faces the full cutter unit 23.

Next, in step S29, FIG.
The full-cutter 23 makes a full cut on the laminated tape 24 at the position shown in FIG. As a result, as shown in FIG. 10 (j), a set of labels is obtained in which a half-cut is applied between the second and third labels on which the text “ABC” is printed.

Next, if it is determined in step S28 that the feed for all texts has not been completed, the process proceeds to step S28.
At 30, the unprinted text is printed and the necessary feed for the right margin is performed. Next, step S1
7, the stored contents of the print counter area are updated, and the same steps are repeated until the stored contents represent the label immediately before the last label.

Then, the difference between the set number of sheets indicated by the stored contents of the number-of-printed-sets buffer area and the number of printed labels indicated by the stored contents of the print counter area becomes "1".
If it is determined in step 18 that the label is final printing, that is, the label to be printed next is the last label set (S18: YES), the process proceeds to step S31 in FIG. In step S31, it is determined whether or not the last label is an odd-numbered label based on the storage content of the print counter. If the last label is an odd-numbered label (S31: YES), the tape is in the state shown in FIG. Therefore, in order to make a half cut between the final label and the label immediately before, the tape is fed by the tape feed motor 25 by the same length as the distance between the thermal head 18 and the half cutter unit 26. Print the final label while feeding. This print is
If the feed for all the text prints has not been completed at the time when the feed for the length of the thermal head 18 and the half cutter unit 26 has been completed, the operation is temporarily stopped.

Next, after half cutting is performed on the laminated tape 24 by the half cutter unit 26 in step S33, if the printing of all the texts is not completed in step S20, the unprinted texts are determined in step S34. Is printed and the necessary feed for the right margin is performed.

Next, in step S35, the tape is cut between the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 23 in order to cut and remove the tape at the right end of the text "ABC" (including the margin) of the final label. The tape is fed by the tape feed motor 25 by the same length as the distance. Then, in step S36, the full cutter 24 makes a full cut on the laminated tape 24. As a result, a set of two labels connected by the same half cut line as described above is obtained. After this,
After returning to step S17 and updating the print counter, it is determined that printing of all the labels set in step S13 has been completed, and the process returns to step S1 again.

If it is determined in step S31 that the last label is not an odd-numbered label, that is, an even-numbered label based on the stored contents of the print counter area, the flow advances to step S37. Then, in order to cut and remove the tape by the full cutter unit 23 at the right end of the text “ABC” (including the margin) of the label immediately before the final label, the distance between the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 23 is removed. The final label is printed while the tape is fed by the tape feed motor 25 by the same length as. This printing is performed when the feed for the printing of all the texts has not been completed yet when the feed for the length of the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 23 is completed.
Once suspended.

Next, in step S38, the full cutter unit 23 makes a full cut on the laminated tape 24. As a result, a set of labels is obtained in which a half-cut is applied between the labels immediately before and after the final label on which the text “ABC” is printed.

Next, if it is determined in step S37 that the feed of all texts has not been completed, the process proceeds to step S37.
At 39, the unprinted text is printed and the necessary feed for the right margin is performed.

Next, in step S40, the text "A
In order to cut and remove the tape by the full cutter unit 23 at a position apart from the right end by the distance between the full cutter unit 23 and the half cutter unit 26, a half cut is performed on the right end of the “BC” (including the margin). The tape is fed by the tape feed motor 25 by the same length as the distance between the head 18 and the half cutter unit 26.

Next, in step S41, the laminated tape 24 is half-cut by the half cutter unit 26. Then, in step S42, the full cutter unit 23
Thereby, the laminated tape 24 is subjected to a full cut. As a result, the final label of a plurality of continuous prints in which the text “ABC” is printed and the half cut is performed on the rear side of the right margin is obtained. At this time, the distance between the position of the half-cut line in the obtained label and the rear end of the tape is equal to the distance between the half-cutter portion 26 and the full-cutter portion 23. This is the length of the tape 8. The full cut in step S42 may be performed simultaneously with the half cut in step S41. Thereafter, the process returns to step S17, and after the print counter is updated, it is determined that printing of all the labels set in step S13 has been completed, and the process returns to step S1 again.

FIG. 11 shows eight labels obtained in the plural continuous printing process as described above. in this way,
The tape printing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment first
4 is cut by the full cutter unit 23 to form the first label, and then, for each two labels, the laminated tape is cut by the full cutter unit 23 and a half-cutter unit 26 is formed between the two connected labels. Therefore, the surface tape 8 can be easily peeled off from these two connected labels. Further, compared with the case where labels are cut and separated one by one by the full cutter unit 23 and individual labels are half-cut by the half cutter unit 26, waste of tape caused by half-cut can be significantly reduced.

Further, after the second label, the laminated tape is cut and separated by the full cutter unit 23 as a set of two labels, so that the labels are cut and separated by the full cutter unit 23 as a set of three or more labels. In comparison with the case where the label is ejected, the label ejected from the tape printing apparatus is relatively short and is less likely to be curled, and the handling is easy.

Further, the tape printer 1 of the present embodiment
According to the method described above, the first label is formed singly, and then a set of two labels is formed sequentially, so that the procedure for forming the set of two labels can be unified. This is because, when a plurality of new printings are started by the tape printer 1, the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 2 provided on the downstream side of the thermal head 18 with respect to the feeding direction of the laminated tape 24.
Between the full cutter unit 2 and the previously formed label.
An unprinted laminated tape already exists due to the cutting and separating at 3. So for the first label,
The length of the blank portion set in front of the text “ABC” is the length of the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 2.
If the distance is set to be less than or equal to the distance between the labels, the labels are inevitably longer than other labels. Therefore, the control for forming the pair of the first label and the second label differs from the control for forming the second and subsequent pairs due to the unavoidable difference in the length of the blank portion. The control for forming the label is complicated. That is, as in the present embodiment, the first label is cut and separated from the second label first, and then a set of two labels is sequentially formed. Is formed, and the control can be made relatively simple compared to the case of forming a set of two labels from the first label.

Further, since the length of each set of two labels obtained by the tape printing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is the same, when the formed set of labels is overlapped, the label becomes one.
It does not occur that only one sheet protrudes. Therefore,
The label printed and discharged from the apparatus 1 can be easily handled.

In the tape printing apparatus according to the present embodiment, for example, when eight labels are formed as shown in FIG. 11, the first label and the last label have the text "ABC".
Half-cutting is performed at places other than the part. Therefore,
The surface tape 8 can also be easily peeled off from these labels.

Next, a tape printing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described. The device configuration of the tape printing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as that described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6, and a description thereof will be omitted. The operation of the tape printing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with further reference to FIGS. 12 to 14 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the tape printing apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 15 is a flowchart corresponding to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the state of the operation. Here, a case where the text “ABC” is printed will be described as an example. Note that FIG.
In, the outline characters on the tape indicate the characters to be printed which have not been printed yet. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a plurality of labels (here, eight labels) continuously printed by the tape printing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

In the tape printing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, when a new printing is started, as shown in FIG. 15A, the leading end of the tape is located at a position facing the full cutter unit 23. , Thermal head 18 and full cutter unit 23
It is assumed that there is no printing on the tape between them. Further, the operation steps S101 to S114 of the tape printing apparatus according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 12 are the same operations corresponding to steps S1 to S14 in FIG. Therefore, the description starts here from step S114.

If it is determined in step S114 that this is the first time of continuous printing based on the stored contents of the print counter area (S114: YES), in step S115, the text “ABC” (white space is added to the first label). Including)
Is printed. The state at this time is shown in FIG.

Next, in step S117, the RAM
The data stored in the print counter area provided in 54, that is, the data representing the number of printed labels is updated, that is, incremented by one. Then, based on the stored contents of the print number setting buffer area and the print counter area, the process returns to step S113 to determine again whether or not printing of all the sheets has been completed.

If the storage content of the print counter area is not "0" and it is determined in step S114 that it is not the first time of continuous printing (S114: NO), the flow advances to step S118 in FIG. It is determined whether or not the printing is for the last label, that is, whether or not the last printing of the continuous printing set in step S105. This determination is the same as the determination in step S18 in FIG.

Based on the stored contents of the print number setting buffer area and the print counter area, if it is determined in step S1
18 is not the final print (S118: N
O), the process proceeds to step S124, and it is determined whether or not the next printing is printing on an even-numbered label based on the stored contents of the print counter area. If it is determined that the printing is the even-numbered printing (S124: YES),
Proceeding to step S125, in the next step S126, the thermal head 1 is used to form a half cut at the right end of the text "ABC" (including the margin) of the second label.
The second label is printed while the tape is fed by the tape feed motor 25 by the same length as the distance between the tape 8 and the half cutter unit 26. This printing is performed by the thermal head 1
If the feed for all the text prints has not been completed yet at the time when the feed of the same length as the distance between the half cutter 8 and the half cutter unit 26 has been completed, the operation is temporarily stopped. The state at this time is shown in FIG. In this state, the right end of the first label faces the half cutter unit 26.

Next, in step S126, FIG.
At the position shown in (c), half cut is performed on the laminated tape 24 by the half cutter unit 26. That is, the laminated tape 24 is half-cut in a direction along the width direction, leaving only the release tape 14 having the thickness T2 as described above.

Next, if the feed of all the printed texts is not completed in step S125, the unprinted text is printed and the necessary feed for the right margin is performed in step S127. The state at this time is shown in FIG.

Next, after returning to step S117 and updating the storage contents of the print counter area, if the storage contents do not represent the first or last label, step S117 is executed.
In each step of 113, S114 and S118, "N
"O" is determined, and in step S124, it is determined again whether or not the next printing is printing for an even-numbered label based on the stored contents of the printing counter area.
If it is determined that the printing is not the even-numbered printing (S12).
4: NO), the process proceeds to step S128, where the thermal head 18 and the thermal head 18 are used to cut and remove the tape at the right end of the text "ABC" (including the margin) printed on the second label by the full cutter unit 23. The tape feed motor 25 feeds the tape by the same length as the distance from the cutter unit 23.
Print the third label while feeding with. This printing is temporarily stopped if the feed for all the text prints has not been completed at the time when the feed of the same length as the distance between the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 23 has been completed. The state at this time is shown in FIG.
(E). In this state, the right end of the second label faces the full cutter unit 23.

Next, in step S129, FIG.
In the position shown in (e), the full cutter 23 makes a full cut on the laminated tape 24. As a result, as shown in FIG.
A set of labels having a half-cut between the first and second labels with "C" printed thereon is obtained. In addition,
The front margin of the text “ABC” of the first label is smaller than the corresponding part of the second label due to the tape already existing between the thermal head 18 and the full cutter unit 23 at the start of printing. Is also getting longer.

Next, if the feed of all the printed texts is not completed in step S128, the unprinted text is printed and the necessary feed for the right margin is performed in step S130. Next, returning to step S117, after the stored contents of the print counter area are updated, the same steps are repeated until the stored contents represent the label immediately before the last label.

Then, the difference between the set number indicated by the stored contents of the print number setting buffer area and the number of printed labels indicated by the stored contents of the print counter area becomes "1", and step S
If it is determined in step 118 that the label is final printing, that is, the label to be printed next time is the last label set (S118: YES), the process proceeds to step S131 in FIG. Step S based on the stored contents of the print counter area
At 131, it is determined whether or not the last label is an even-numbered label, and if it is an even-numbered label (S131: YE
S), the process proceeds to steps S132 to S136, and if the label is an odd-numbered label (S131: NO), the process proceeds to step S137.
Proceed to S142. These steps S132 to S136
Steps S137 to S142 are the same as steps S32 to S36 and steps S37 to S42 in FIG. 9, respectively, and thus description thereof is omitted here.

FIG. 16 shows eight labels obtained in the plural continuous printing process as described above. in this way,
In the tape printing apparatus of the present embodiment, the laminated tape 24 is cut by the full cutter unit 23 for every two labels from the first label, and the half cutter unit 26 cuts half the space between the two connected labels. Therefore, the surface tape 8 can be easily peeled off from these two connected labels. Further, compared with the case where labels are cut and separated one by one by the full cutter unit 23 and individual labels are half-cut by the half cutter unit 26, waste of tape caused by half-cut can be significantly reduced.

Further, since the laminated tape is cut and separated by the full cutter unit 23 with two labels as a set, the label is cut and separated by the full cutter unit 23 with, for example, three or more labels as a set. The label discharged from the tape printing apparatus is relatively short and is not easily curled, and the handling is easy. However, in the present embodiment, when the margin length set in front of the text “ABC” is shorter than the distance between the full cutter unit 23 and the thermal head 18, the first set including the first label Since the length is longer than the other sets, only the first set protrudes when they are stacked, which is inconvenient to handle.

In the tape printing apparatus of this embodiment, when forming an odd number of labels, the above-described step S
141, the last label is the text "A
Half-cut is performed at places other than the “BC” part. Therefore, the surface tape 8 can be easily peeled off from the final label.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, various design changes can be made to the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, the configuration is such that the surface tape 8 and the double-sided adhesive tape 13 are laminated after printing, but a configuration in which a tape laminated from the beginning may be used. In FIG. 11, the first label and the final eighth label may be half-cut in front of the printed text “ABC”.

In the above-described embodiment, the tape is automatically cut at a desired position by the full cutter unit 23 and the half cutter unit 26. However, when the tape is fed to a predetermined position, the tape is cut. The apparatus may provide a display or the like to prompt the user to cut the tape by the full cutter unit 23 or the half cutter unit 26, and the user may manually cut the tape accordingly.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the half cutter unit 26 is moved to the full cutter unit 2 in the tape feeding direction.
3 was provided on the downstream side. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to a tape printing apparatus in which the half cutter unit 26 is provided between the full cutter unit 23 and the thermal head 18, and in that case, the effects described above are also possible. Is played.

[0087]

As described above, claim 1 or claim 2
According to the tape printing apparatus of the first aspect, first, the laminated tape is cut by the first cutting means to form the first label, and then the laminated tape is cut and connected by the first cutting means for every two labels. Since the so-called half-cut is performed between the two labels by the second cutting means, the first tape can be easily peeled from these two labels. Also, as compared with the case where the labels are cut and separated one by one by the first cutting means and the individual labels are half-cut by the second cutting means, waste of the first tape caused by the half-cut is greatly reduced. be able to.

Further, after the second label, the laminated tape is cut and separated by the first cutting means as a set of two labels, so that the labels are cut by the first cutting means as a set of three or more labels, for example. Compared to the case where the labels are separated, the labels discharged from the tape printing apparatus are relatively short and are less likely to curl, and the labels printed and discharged from the apparatus are easier to handle.

Further, since the first label is cut and separated from the second label first, a set of two labels is formed sequentially, so that the same control is continuously performed to form a set of two labels. The control can be made relatively simple as compared with the case where a set of two labels is formed from the first label. In addition, since the lengths of the obtained two sets of labels are the same, when the formed label sets are overlapped, it does not occur that only one label protrudes. Also becomes easier.

According to the tape printing apparatus of the third and fifth aspects, a single label other than a pair of two labels cut and connected by half-cut is half-cut. Also, the first tape can be easily peeled.

According to the tape printing apparatus of the fourth aspect, the laminated tape is cut and separated by the first cutting means for every two labels from the first label, and is connected to the second label.
Since the space between the labels is half-cut by the second cutting means, the first tape of the two labels can be easily peeled off. Also, as compared with the case where the labels are cut and separated one by one by the first cutting means and the individual labels are half-cut by the second cutting means, waste of the first tape caused by the half-cut is greatly reduced. be able to.

Further, since the laminated tape is cut and separated by the first cutting means as a set of two labels, it is compared with the case where the labels are cut and separated by the first cutting means as a set of three or more labels, for example. Then, the label discharged from the tape printing apparatus is relatively short and is hardly rounded, and the handling becomes easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a tape printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing in detail an internal structure of the printing unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a printed laminated tape.

FIG. 4 is a partial front view of the half cutter shown in FIG. 2 in an open state.

FIG. 5 is a partial rear view of the half cutter unit shown in FIG. 2 in a closed state.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the tape printer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the tape printer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the tape printer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the tape printer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically illustrating a state in which a tape is printed and full cut and half cut are performed by the tape printing apparatus of FIG. 1;

11 is a diagram schematically showing eight labels continuously printed and discharged from the tape printing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the tape printing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the tape printing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the tape printing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram schematically showing a state in which a tape is printed and full cut and half cut are performed by a tape printing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a view schematically showing eight labels continuously printed and discharged from a tape printing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a plan view of a tape printed by a conventional tape printing apparatus.

FIG. 18 is a plan view of four labels continuously printed by a conventional tape printing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 tape printing device 3 keyboard 4 printing unit 7 tape cassette 8 surface tape 13 double-sided adhesive tape 18 thermal head 23 full cutter unit 24 laminated tape 26 half cutter unit

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A printing means for printing on a first tape, and a first cutting for cutting and separating a laminated tape in which at least the first tape and the second tape are releasably laminated. Means, a second cutting means for cutting the laminated tape to a middle of its thickness so that only the second tape of the laminated tape is not cut and separated, and when printing a plurality of labels, the laminated tape Is 2n
The first cutting means cuts between a -1 (n is a natural number) label and a 2n-th label and the second cutting means between a 2n-th label and a 2n + 1-th label And a control means for performing control so as to be cut by the tape printing apparatus. 2. A printing means for printing on a first tape, and a first cutting for cutting and separating a laminated tape in which at least the first tape and the second tape are releasably laminated. Means, second cutting means for cutting the laminated tape halfway in its thickness so that only the second tape of the laminated tape is not cut and separated, and setting the number of labels to be printed by the printing means Label number setting means, label number determination means for determining whether the number of labels set by the label number setting means is plural, and printed label number storage for storing the number of labels printed by the printing means Means, when it is determined by the label number determination means that printing of a plurality of labels is to be performed, the printed label stored in the printed label number storage means. Based on the number of labels, the laminated tape is cut by the first cutting means between a 2n-1 (n is a natural number) label and a 2n-th label, and the 2n-th label and 2n + 1
Control means for controlling so as to be cut by the second cutting means between the first label and the second label. 3. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the first label of the laminated tape is the first label when the number of labels printed is an odd number, and the first label and the last label of the laminated tape are the same when the number of labels printed is an even number. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein control is performed such that the second cutting unit cuts a portion other than a printing portion. 4. A printing means for printing on a first tape, and a first cutting for cutting and separating a laminated tape in which at least the first tape and the second tape are releasably laminated. Means, a second cutting means for cutting the laminated tape to a middle of its thickness so that only the second tape of the laminated tape is not cut and separated, and when printing a plurality of labels, the laminated tape Is 2n
(N is a natural number) the label is cut by the first cutting means between the (n) th label and the (2n + 1) th label, and the second cutting means is cut between the (2n-1) th label and the (2n) th label And a control means for performing control so as to be cut by the tape printing apparatus. 5. The control device according to claim 1, wherein when the number of printed labels is an odd number, control is performed such that the last label of the laminated tape is cut by the second cutting device in a portion other than a printed portion. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein