JP2008241955A - Label tape, tape cassette and printer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label tape which is convenient as a word card, a tape cassette for preparing the label tape, and a printer. <P>SOLUTION: A tape printer can prepare a word tape 80 by superposing a red film tape 83 on the surface of a paper tape 82 on which words are printed out by red ink and sticking both the tapes by an adhesive part 92. An identification mark 91 and the adhesive part 92 are formed on the red film tape 83. The red film tape 83 is superposed on the printed paper tape 82 and conveyed to a tape discharge port. When the identification mark 91 of the red film tape 83 is detected by a photosensor, the red film tape 83 is cut off by a cutting mechanism arranged at the downstream side vicinity of the photosensor. Since the identification mark 91 and the adhesive part 92 can be arranged on the top side of one word tape 80, the convenient word tape 80 can be prepared without being disturbed by the adhesive part 92. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a label tape, a tape cassette, and a printing apparatus, and more particularly, to a label tape that can be used as a word card, a tape cassette that stores the label tape, and a printing apparatus that detachably mounts the tape cassette.

  Traditionally, learners often make word cards to learn English words. For example, an English word is handwritten on the surface of a commercially available word card, and a Japanese translation of the English word is handwritten on the back side. If you want to create beautiful characters, you can either stick a tape made with a well-known tape printer on a word card, or stick it with a word processor on a commercially available word card. In addition, in order to avoid troublesomeness such as checking the meaning of English words using a dictionary, for example, when a first language (English) is input, it is translated into a second language (Japanese) and input. A tape printing apparatus that can print the first language and the second language on a tape has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this tape printer, the input first language and the translated second language are printed in parallel on the tape. The produced tape can be folded in half and used as a single word card.

As another learning method for memorizing English words and the like, there is a method using a colored (for example, red) transparent sheet. This is used when learning English words, etc.For example, the meaning of the word is printed in red with a tape printer, and the red transparent sheet is placed on the part so that it cannot be read. You can try to remember the meaning of a word.
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  However, in order to carry out such a learning method in the middle of commuting to school, there is a problem that it is very troublesome because it is necessary to always carry a red transparent sheet in addition to the word book. In addition, each time a word card is flipped one by one, a red transparent sheet must be placed on the character portion of the word card, which is very troublesome.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a label tape that is easy to use as a word card, a tape cassette for producing the label tape, and a printing apparatus.

  In order to achieve the above object, a label tape of the invention according to claim 1 is opposed to a tape-shaped base material, a colored transparent film superimposed on one surface of the base material, and the base material of the transparent film. An adhesive portion provided on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the opposing surface, and the opposing surface of the transparent film is bonded to the one surface of the base material via the adhesive portion, Characters, figures or symbols of the same color as the transparent film are printed on one surface.

  Moreover, the tape cassette of the invention according to claim 2 is a tape-shaped base material, a colored transparent film superimposed on one surface of the base material, and the same color as at least the transparent film on the one surface of the base material. An ink ribbon for printing characters, figures or symbols is accommodated, and the facing surface of the transparent film is bonded via an adhesive portion provided on the facing surface of the transparent film facing the substrate. A tape cassette provided with a delivery port for sending out the label tape produced by the above, and detachably attached to a printing apparatus, wherein the adhesive portion is formed on the opposite surface of the transparent film on the opposite surface of the transparent film. A plurality of base material support means, which are provided at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction and wind and support the base material, ink ribbon support means for winding and supporting the ink ribbon, and the transparent Film supporting means for winding and supporting the film, and guiding the opposing surface of the transparent film drawn out from the film supporting means to the one surface of the base material drawn out from the base material supporting means, And a guide member for bonding via the adhesive portion.

  The tape cassette of the invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in addition to the configuration of the invention of claim 2, a surface of the transparent film opposite to the facing surface is coated with a fluororesin. .

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the printing apparatus according to the second or third aspect, wherein a mark for detecting the position of the label tape along the longitudinal direction of the transparent film is the predetermined tape. A printing apparatus in which a plurality of tape cassettes provided at intervals are detachably mounted, and printing means for printing characters, figures or symbols on the one surface of the base material via the ink ribbon, The opposite surface of the transparent film is bonded to the one surface of the base material printed by the printing means via the adhesive portion, and the label tape delivered from the delivery port is discharged to the outside. A mark detecting means for detecting the mark of the transparent film, and a mark detecting means for detecting the mark on the transparent film on the transport path of the label tape from the outlet to the outlet. And a cutting means for cutting the label tape in the width direction, provided on the downstream side in the conveyance direction of the label tape, and when the mark detection means detects the mark, the label tape is attached to the cutting means. A cutting instruction means for instructing cutting is provided.

  According to a fifth aspect of the invention, in addition to the configuration of the fourth aspect of the invention, the mark is provided in the vicinity of the adhesive portion.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the printing apparatus according to the second or third aspect, wherein the adhesive cassette is detachable from the tape cassette that functions as a mark for detecting the position of the label tape. A printing device mounted on the substrate, wherein the one surface of the substrate is printed with characters, figures or symbols via the ink ribbon, and the one surface of the substrate printed by the printing device. In contrast, the opposed surface of the transparent film is bonded via the adhesive portion, and includes a discharge port for discharging the label tape delivered from the delivery port to the outside. In the conveyance path of the label tape to the outlet, an adhesive part detecting means for detecting the adhesive part of the transparent film and a downstream side in the conveyance direction of the label tape from the adhesive part detecting means. Cutting means for cutting the label tape in the width direction, and instructing the cutting means to cut the label tape when the adhesive portion detecting means detects the adhesive portion. It has.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the ink ribbon includes at least a portion of the same color as the transparent film, and the printing means The color designation means for designating the color of characters, figures or symbols printed by the same color as the transparent film, and when the same color as the transparent film is designated by the color designation means, Printing position control means for controlling the position of the character, figure or symbol printed by the printing means on one side to a position facing the same color portion as the transparent film on the ink ribbon.

  In the label tape of the invention according to claim 1, a transparent film is bonded to one surface of the base material via an adhesive portion, and characters, figures or symbols of the same color as the transparent film are printed on the one surface of the base material. Therefore, the characters printed on the substrate can be prevented from being read through the transparent film. Furthermore, since the transparent film is bonded to the base material via the adhesive portion, the troublesomeness of having the colored transparent film separately from the label tape can be eliminated. Furthermore, since the transparent film is overlaid on one surface of the substrate, the characters printed on the one surface of the substrate can be read by turning the transparent film.

  The tape cassette of the invention according to claim 2 is detachably attached to the printing apparatus. The substrate is pulled out from the substrate support means, and the ink ribbon is pulled out from the ink ribbon support means. This ink ribbon prints at least characters, figures or symbols of the same color as the transparent film. Therefore, the character, figure, or symbol of the same color as a transparent film can be printed on a base material with a printing apparatus. Moreover, since the opposing surface of the transparent film drawn out from the film supporting means is guided by the guide member to one surface of the base material drawn out from the base material supporting means, the adhesive portion provided on the opposing surface of the transparent film is Adhere to one side of the substrate. Thereby, the label tape with which the base material and the transparent film were integrated via the adhesion part can be sent out from a delivery port. Moreover, since the adhesive part is provided with two or more by predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the transparent film on the opposing surface of the transparent film, by cutting the label tape sent from the delivery port at predetermined intervals A label tape in which the front end side of the transparent film is bonded to the front end side of one surface of the substrate can be prepared and used as a word card.

  Further, in the tape cassette of the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 2, since the opposite surface of the opposite surface of the transparent film is coated with a fluororesin, the film cassette is wound around the film support means. In the rotated state, it can prevent that the adhesion part provided in the opposing surface of the transparent film adheres to the opposite surface which contacts the opposing surface. Therefore, the transparent film can be easily pulled out from the film support means.

  Moreover, in the printing apparatus of the invention which concerns on Claim 4, the tape cassette of Claim 2 or 3 is mounted | worn so that attachment or detachment is possible. Furthermore, the transparent film accommodated in the tape cassette is provided with a plurality of marks for detecting the position of the label tape at predetermined intervals. And in this printing apparatus, a character, a figure, or a symbol can be printed with respect to one surface of the base material pulled out from the base material support means of a tape cassette by a printing means via an ink ribbon. Furthermore, a label tape produced by bonding the opposite surface of the transparent film to one side of the printed base material via an adhesive portion is sent out from the outlet of the tape cassette. The label tape delivered from this delivery port is conveyed along the conveyance path to the discharge port, and is cut in the width direction by the cutting means. And in this conveyance path, the mark provided on the transparent film of the label tape is detected by the mark detection means. Then, the cutting means cuts the label tape in accordance with an instruction from the cutting instruction means. Here, the adhesion part and the mark are respectively provided at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the transparent film. Accordingly, when the mark is detected by the cutting means every time the mark is detected by the mark detecting means, one adhesive portion can be arranged on one label tape. Thereby, the label tape with which the base material and the transparent film were adhere | attached by one adhesion part can be created.

  In the printing apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the fourth aspect of the invention, since the mark is provided in the vicinity of the adhesive portion, cutting is performed when the mark is detected by the mark detection means. By being cut by the cutting means according to an instruction from the instruction means, it is possible to create a label mark in which the adhesive portion is disposed on the cut end side. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the adhesive portion from being applied to characters or the like printed on the base material.

  Moreover, in the printing apparatus of the invention which concerns on Claim 6, the tape cassette of Claim 2 or 3 is mounted | worn so that attachment or detachment is possible. And in this printing apparatus, a character, a figure, or a symbol can be printed with respect to one surface of the base material pulled out from the base material support means of a tape cassette by a printing means via an ink ribbon. Furthermore, a label tape produced by bonding the opposite surface of the transparent film to one side of the printed base material via an adhesive portion is sent out from the outlet of the tape cassette. The label tape delivered from this delivery port is conveyed along the conveyance path to the discharge port, and is cut in the width direction by the cutting means. And in this conveyance path, if the adhesion part provided in the transparent film of a label tape is detected by the adhesion part detection means, a cutting means will cut | disconnect a label tape by the instruction | indication of a cutting | disconnection instruction | indication means. Here, the adhesion part is each provided for every predetermined space | interval along the longitudinal direction of a transparent film. Therefore, when the adhesive part is detected by the adhesive part detection means and cut by the cutting means, one adhesive part can be arranged for one label tape. Thereby, the label tape with which the base material and the transparent film were adhere | attached by one adhesion part can be created. Further, when the adhesive portion is detected by the adhesive portion detecting means, the label tape in which the adhesive portion is arranged on the cut end side can be created by being cut by the cutting means according to the instruction of the cutting instruction means. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the adhesive portion from being applied to characters or the like printed on the base material.

  Further, in the printing apparatus according to the seventh aspect of the invention, in addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of the fourth to sixth aspects, the ink ribbon includes at least a portion having the same color as the transparent film. On the other hand, characters of the same color as the transparent film can be printed. Further, when the same color as that of the transparent film is designated by the color designation means, the printing position control means sets the position of the character, figure or symbol printed by the printing means on one surface of the substrate to be the same as that of the transparent film on the ink ribbon. It is possible to control the position relative to the color portion. Thereby, only when designated by the color designation means, it is possible to print characters and the like of the same color as the transparent film on one surface of the substrate.

  Hereinafter, a tape printer 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings to be referred to are used for explaining the technical features that can be adopted by the present invention, and the configuration of the apparatus described, the flowchart of various processes, etc., unless otherwise specified. It is not intended to be limited to that, but merely an illustrative example.

  The tape printer 1 according to the present embodiment can create a word tape 80 that can be used as a learning word card. Specifically, a transparent red film tape 83 is superimposed on the surface of a paper tape 82 on which a word is printed in red, and the paper tape 82 and the red film tape 83 are bonded together at one end in the longitudinal direction to form an integrated word. It is characterized in that the tape 80 can be produced.

  First, a schematic configuration of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 and 11. 1 is a plan view of the tape printer 1, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the tape cassette 51, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the lower case 53 with the upper case 52 removed. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the detection switch 6 of the cassette detection unit 5 and the identification hole 66A of the identification unit 66, and FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the creation mechanism of the word tape 80.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the tape printer 1 includes a cassette housing portion 2 for housing a tape cassette 51 (see FIG. 2) at the rear, and a keyboard 3 on which a plurality of keys 3A are arranged at the front. ing. Key 3A is a character key for inputting alphabets, hiragana, katakana, numbers, symbols, etc., a line feed key for a line feed command, a block block key for a block break command, a conversion key, a translation instruction key, a confirmation key, It consists of a plurality of function keys for inputting various function commands such as print format setting, document data creation, and print execution. Further, a liquid crystal display device 4 for displaying characters input with the keyboard 3 is provided between the cassette housing 2 and the keyboard 3.

  A cassette detection unit 5 is provided at the rear right corner inside the cassette storage unit 2. The cassette detection unit 5 is provided with a plurality of through holes 19, and the switch terminal shaft 6 </ b> A of the detection switch 6 provided on the detection sensor substrate 16 (see FIG. 4) protrudes from each through hole 19. . As will be described later, the detection switch 6 detects the tape cassette 51 housed in the cassette housing portion 2 in combination with the identification hole 66A (see FIGS. 3 and 4) of the tape cassette 51.

  On the other hand, a printing mechanism for printing on the printing surface of the paper tape 82 housed in the tape cassette 51 is provided on the front left side inside the cassette housing portion 2. As shown in FIG. 11, the printing mechanism includes a thermal head 11, a platen roller 17 provided so as to be able to contact and separate from the thermal head 11, and a tape feed roller 62 of a tape cassette 51 described later (FIG. 3). , Refer to FIG. 4), and is mainly composed of a pressure contact roller 18 provided so as to be able to contact and separate. Further, a photo sensor for detecting an identification mark 91 (see FIG. 9) provided on the red film tape 83 of the word tape 80 on the downstream side in the transport direction of the word tape 80 printed and created by this printing mechanism. 20 is provided to face the red film tape 83 which is the surface of the word tape 80. A cut mechanism 22 that cuts the word tape 80 in the width direction is provided downstream of the photosensor 20 in the transport direction. Furthermore, a tape discharge port 10 for discharging the word tape 80 cut by the cut mechanism 22 to the outside is provided on the downstream side of the cut mechanism 22.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the photosensor 20 is a reflective photosensor including a light emitting element and a light receiving element (not shown). In this photosensor 20, the light receiving element detects the reflected light that is irradiated from the light emitting element and reflected by the red film tape 83 that is the surface of the word tape 80, and the voltage value corresponding to the reflected light level is controlled from the light receiving element. It is output to the circuit unit 100 (see FIG. 5). And since the reflected light level reflected on the red film tape 83 of the word tape 80 passing through the front side of the photosensor 20 is abruptly lowered at an identification mark 91 described later, the identification mark 91 is detected by providing a predetermined threshold value. can do. As will be described later, the identification mark 91 provided on the red film tape 83 is a mark for detecting the position of the word tape 80.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the cutting mechanism 22 includes a fixed blade 22a disposed on the rear side of the conveyance path of the word tape 80 and a movable blade 22b disposed on the front side of the conveyance path. The movable blade 22b is supported so as to be movable in the front-rear direction facing the fixed blade 22a, and is moved in the front-rear direction by a cut motor 38 (see FIG. 5). Thereby, the word tape 80 can be cut | disconnected in the width direction.

  Next, the configuration of the tape cassette 51 stored in the cassette storage unit 2 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the tape cassette 51 includes an upper case 52 and a lower case 53. The upper case 52 has a support hole 55 for rotatably supporting a film tape spool 68 (see FIG. 3), a paper tape spool 69 (see FIG. 3), and a ribbon take-up spool 71 (see FIG. 3), which will be described later. A hole 56 and a support hole 57 are provided. The lower case 53 is similarly provided with support holes (not shown) facing the support holes 55, 56, and 57 of the upper case 52.

  Then, the paper tape 82 drawn from the paper tape spool 69 (see FIG. 3) and the ink ribbon 85 drawn from the ribbon spool 70 are guided to the front side (lower right side in FIG. 2) of the tape cassette 51, and the opening 58A. The arm part 58 which sends out outward is provided. Further, a head mounting portion 59 to which the thermal head 11 (see FIG. 11) of the tape printer 1 is mounted is provided behind the arm portion 58.

  In the head mounting portion 59, a first fitting portion 60 that enters toward the rear (upper left in the drawing) of the tape cassette 51 is formed on the wall portion 59 </ b> A that faces the inner surface of the arm portion 58. A second fitting portion 61 is formed on the left side wall of the head mounting portion 59 so as to enter a direction perpendicular to the first fitting portion 60 (a direction along the wall portion 59A). Then, two protrusions formed on a head holder (not shown) that supports the thermal head 11 are fitted to the first fitting portion 60 and the second fitting portion 61. Thereby, the thermal head 11 can be reliably mounted on the head mounting portion 59 without interfering with the paper tape 82 and the ink ribbon 85.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a support hole 63 for rotatably supporting a tape feed roller 62 described later is provided on the downstream side of the head mounting portion 59 in the transport direction of the paper tape 82 and the ink ribbon 85. Yes. The tape feed roller 62 draws out the paper tape 82 from the paper tape spool 69 and also draws out the red film tape 83 from the film tape spool 68 and guides it to the printing surface of the paper tape 82 in cooperation with the pressure roller 18 facing it. It is to be glued. Further, a pair of upper and lower restricting members 64 and 65 are provided in the vicinity of the tape feed roller 62. These regulating members 64 and 65 regulate the paper tape 82 on which the characters are printed on the downstream side of the thermal head 11 and the red film tape 83 is overlapped in the width direction.

  Next, the internal configuration of the tape cassette 51 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, on the left side of the rear portion of the lower case 53, a film tape spool 68 wound with a red film tape 83 is rotatably supported through a support hole 55 (see FIG. 2). Further, on the right side of the film tape spool 68, a paper tape spool 69 around which the paper tape 82 is wound is supported through a support hole 56 (see FIG. 2) so as to be rotatable. A ribbon spool 70 around which an ink ribbon 85 is wound is rotatably supported on the front right side of the lower case 53. Further, a ribbon take-up spool 71 for pulling out the ink ribbon 85 from the ribbon spool 70 and taking up the ink ribbon 85 already used in printing is provided between the film tape spool 68 and the ribbon spool 70. 57 (see FIG. 2) is rotatably supported.

  In addition, an identification unit 66 is formed at the right rear edge of the lower case 53 at a position where the tape cassette 51 contacts the cassette detection unit 5 when the tape cassette 51 is set in the cassette storage unit 2 of the tape printer 1. The identification section 66 includes the type of tape cassette 51 (the type of tape cassette 51 is a normal type or a word card creation type, the type of normal type tape is a receptor type or a laminate type, and the tape can be recycled) A plurality of identification holes 66A are provided for detecting whether or not. The formation pattern of the identification holes 66 </ b> A provided in the identification unit 66 is different depending on the type of each tape cassette 51. As shown in FIG. 4, the switch terminal shafts 6 </ b> A of the plurality of detection switches 6 disposed in the cassette detection unit 5 of the tape printer 1 are inserted into each identification hole 66 </ b> A. For example, the detection switch 6 facing the location where the identification hole 66A is provided is turned off. Further, the detection switch 6 facing the portion where the identification hole 66A is not provided is turned on because the switch terminal shaft 6A is pushed in by the substrate of the identification unit 66. The type of the tape cassette 51 is detected based on the combination of ON / OFF of the plurality of detection switches.

  Next, the transport path of the paper tape 82, the ink ribbon 85, and the red film tape 83 in the tape cassette 51 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the paper tape 82 is formed by the cooperation of the tape feed roller 62 provided on the downstream side of the head mounting portion 59 and the pressure contact roller 18 (see FIG. 11) provided in the tape printer 1. It is pulled out from the paper tape spool 69. The drawn paper tape 82 passes through the front side (lower side in the figure) of the head mounting portion 59 from the opening 58A of the arm portion 58 and is sent out of the tape cassette 51 from the tape delivery port 27.

  Further, the ink ribbon 85 is drawn from the ribbon spool 70 by the ribbon take-up spool 71. Then, after passing through the front side of the head mounting portion 59 from the opening 58A of the arm portion 58, it is guided by the guide portion 75 formed inside the restricting members 64 and 65 (see FIG. 2 for the restricting member 64), and the ribbon winding It is wound around the take-up spool 71. A clutch spring (not shown) is attached to the lower portion of the ribbon take-up spool 71 to prevent the ink take-up ribbon 85 taken up by the reverse rotation of the ribbon take-up spool 71 from loosening.

  Further, the red film tape 83 is formed on the film tape spool by the cooperation of the tape feed roller 62 provided on the downstream side of the head mounting portion 59 and the pressure contact roller 18 (see FIG. 11) provided in the tape printer 1. Pulled from 68. Then, the drawn red film tape 83 is overlapped on the printing surface of the paper tape 82 and adhered via an adhesive portion 92 described later while being guided and wound between the tape feed roller 62 and the pressure contact roller 18. The

  Next, the electrical configuration of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the tape printer 1. The tape printing apparatus 1 includes a control circuit unit 100 formed on a control board. The control circuit unit 100 mainly includes a CPU 101 that controls each device, and includes a ROM 102, a CGROM 103, a RAM 104, a flash memory 105, and an input / output interface 106 connected to the CPU 101. The input / output interface 106 includes an LCDC (display controller) having the above-described detection switch 6, keyboard 3, photosensor 20, and video RAM (not shown) for outputting display data to the liquid crystal display device 4. 107, a drive circuit 108 for driving the thermal head 11, a drive circuit 109 for driving the tape feed motor 37, and a drive circuit 110 for driving the cut motor 38 are connected to each other. The CGROM 103 stores dot pattern data for display corresponding to code data for each of a large number of characters.

  The ROM 102 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the ROM 102. The ROM 102 is provided with a CG data storage area 121, a program storage area 122, and other data areas 123. In the CG data storage area 121, for each of a large number of notation symbols such as alphabets, kanji, hiragana, katakana, numbers, symbols, etc., dot pattern data for printing is classified for each typeface such as Gothic, Mincho, etc. For each typeface, six types (16, 24, 32, 48, 64, and 96 dot sizes) of print character sizes are stored corresponding to the code data. In addition, graphic pattern data for printing a graphic image is also stored. In the program storage area 122, the display drive control program for controlling the LCDC 107 in correspondence with the character code data input from the keyboard 3 and the data in the print buffer 142 (see FIG. 7) are sequentially read out to feed the thermal head 11 and the tape. Stores a print drive control program for driving the motor 37, a tape print control program for performing print control in accordance with the type of the tape cassette stored in the cassette storage unit 2, and various other programs necessary for controlling the tape printer 1. Has been. The CPU 101 performs various calculations based on various programs stored in the ROM 102.

  The RAM 104 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the RAM 104. The RAM 104 is provided with a text buffer 141, a print buffer 142, and other data areas 143. In the text buffer 141, code data of English words inputted from the keyboard 3 and Japanese code data which is a translation thereof are stored as document data. The print buffer 142 stores print dot patterns for a plurality of characters, the number of applied pulses that are the amount of energy for forming each dot, and the like as print data. The thermal head 11 is stored in the print buffer 142. Printing is performed according to the printing data.

  The flash memory 105 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the flash memory 105. The flash memory 105 is a non-volatile storage medium. The flash memory 105 is provided with an English-Japanese conversion dictionary storage area 151, a Japanese-English conversion dictionary storage area 152, and the like. In the English-Japanese conversion dictionary storage area 151, Japanese words corresponding to the English words are stored using English words as keys. The English words are stored in a form in which character strings constituting the words are encoded for each character, and Japanese words are stored at addresses determined based on the English words. The English-Japanese conversion dictionary storage area 152 stores English words corresponding to Japanese words in the same manner as the English-Japanese conversion dictionary storage area 151 described above. In the above-described Japanese-English / English-Japanese dictionary, conversion is performed in units of words. However, the conversion is not limited to this, and simple daily conversations, idioms, and the like can also be converted.

  Next, the red film tape 83 stored in the tape cassette 51 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a plan view seen from the back side of the red film tape 83. On the back surface of the red film tape 83, black identification marks 91 detected by the photosensor 20 of the tape printer 1 are printed at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the red film tape 83. The distance between the identification marks 91 adjacent to each other corresponds to the length of one word tape 80 (see FIG. 14) created by the tape printer 1. Therefore, in order to make the length of the word tape 80 so that one English word can be printed, the distance between the identification mark 91 and the identification mark 91 adjacent to each other may be adjusted. Further, in the conveyance direction of the red film tape 83, an adhesive portion 92 to which an adhesive is applied in the width direction is provided in the vicinity of the upstream side of each identification mark 91. Thereby, the one word tape 80 can be made into the state (refer FIG. 14) in which the paper tape 82 and the red film tape 83 were adhere | attached by the one adhesion part 92. FIG.

  Further, as described above, the red film tape 83 is supported by being wound around the film tape spool 68 with its back surface facing outward. Therefore, since the back surface and the surface on which the adhesive portion 92 is provided are opposed to each other, the surface of the red film tape 83 is coated with a fluororesin. Thereby, since it can prevent sticking part 92 sticking on the surface, red film tape 83 can be pulled out smoothly from film tape spool 68.

  Next, the ink ribbon 85 housed in the tape cassette 51 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a plan view of the ink ribbon 85. The transfer surface of the ink ribbon 85 used in this embodiment includes a red transfer region 85a in which red ink is impregnated on one end in the width direction and a black transfer in which black ink is impregnated on the other end in the width direction. And an area 85b. Then, such a transfer surface of the ink ribbon 85 is overlaid on the printing surface of the paper tape 82. At this time, the red transfer area 85a is arranged on the upper side of the printing surface of the paper tape 82, and the black transfer area 85b is arranged on the lower side of the printing surface of the paper tape 82. For example, when printing “book” in red on the upper side of the print surface of the paper tape 82 and printing “BOOK” in black on the lower side, “book” code data and “BOOK” code data are stored in the text buffer 141 of the RAM 104. Are stored as document data in this order. The print data is developed in the print buffer 142 based on the document data stored in the text buffer 141. Then, in the thermal head 11, “BOOK” is transferred to the lower side of the paper tape 82 in the black transfer region 85 b of the ink ribbon 85 based on the print data stored in the print buffer 142 of the RAM 104, and the red color of the ink ribbon 85. The “book” is transferred to the upper side of the paper tape 82 in the transfer area 85a. In this manner, the red “book” and the black “BOOK” are printed on the printing surface of the paper tape 82 in a form arranged in two upper and lower stages (see FIG. 14).

  Next, print control processing by the CPU 101 of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a print control operation by the CPU 101, and FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG. FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the word tape 80 created by the tape printer 1. In this description, as an example, a case where an English word “BOOK” is input with the keyboard 3 and a word tape 80 in which “BOOK” and its Japanese translation “book” are lined up and down will be described. First, a start switch (not shown) of the tape printer 1 is turned on, and the tape cassette 51 is loaded in the cassette storage unit 2. Then, the identification part 66 of the tape cassette 51 is detected by the cassette detection part 5 (S1). That is, the type of the tape cassette 51 is detected based on the combination of ON / OFF of the plurality of detection switches 6 in the cassette detection unit 5.

  Then, it is determined whether or not the tape cassette 51 for creating a word tape is stored in the cassette storage unit 2 (S2). Here, when the cassette cassette 2 stores a tape cassette for storing a receptor type or laminate type printing tape (S2: NO), a general printing process of the printing tape is performed by the printing mechanism according to the normal mode. (S3). And it cut | disconnects by desired length by the cutting mechanism 22, is discharged | emitted outside from the tape discharge port 10, and a process is complete | finished.

  On the other hand, when the tape cassette 51 for creating a word tape according to the present invention is stored in the cassette storage unit 2 (S2: YES), the word “word” is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4 to prompt the user to input English words. "Input?" Message is displayed (S4). The user who sees the message displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4 presses the keyboard 3 to input English words (for example, “BOOK”) one by one. Therefore, input acceptance processing of the keyboard 3 by the user is performed (S5). Further, it is determined whether or not the confirmation key on the keyboard 3 has been pressed (S6). Until the confirmation key is pressed (S6: NO), the word input by the user is not completed, so the process returns to S5 and enters a standby state.

  Next, when the user presses the confirmation key (S6: YES), the English words input with the keyboard 3 are displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4 (S7). Thereby, the user can confirm whether there is no mistake in the English word input with the keyboard 3. Next, it is determined whether or not the translation instruction key on the keyboard 3 has been pressed (S8). Until the translation instruction key is pressed (S8: NO), the process returns to S7 and remains in a standby state with a message displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4 as it is.

  Then, when the translation instruction key is pressed by the user (S8: YES), Japanese word candidates corresponding to the English words stored in the English-Japanese conversion dictionary storage area 151 of the flash memory 105 are called, and one of them is called. Two Japanese words are displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4, for example, “book” (S9). Here, the Japanese translation of “BOOK” includes “book” and “volume” in addition to “book”. Therefore, the next candidate selection key is provided on the keyboard 3 in order to select a desired Japanese translation from the plurality of Japanese translations. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the next candidate selection key has been pressed (S10). If it is not the desired Japanese translation, the user selects the next candidate selection key (S10: YES), so the next candidate Japanese translation is displayed (S11), and the next candidate selection key is subsequently pressed. It is monitored whether it has been done (S10). When a Japanese word “book” is input from the keyboard 3, English word candidates corresponding to the English words stored in the Japanese-English conversion dictionary storage area 152 of the flash memory 105 are called out. Two English words are displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4.

  By the way, if the Japanese translation of “BOOK” should be “book”, it is not necessary to press the next candidate selection key on the keyboard 3 (S10: NO), and then the confirmation key on the keyboard 3 is pressed. It is determined whether or not (S12). If the confirmation key is not pressed (S12: NO), the process returns to S10 to monitor again whether or not the next candidate selection key has been pressed. That is, it cannot be said that the Japanese translation is confirmed by the user until the confirmation key is pressed.

  Next, when the confirmation key is pressed (S12: YES), the Japanese translation of the English word “BOOK” is confirmed to be “book”. For example, “black: BOOK, red: book” is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4. Is displayed (S13). Further, it is determined whether or not the selection key on the keyboard 3 is pressed to select a word to be printed in red (S14). That is, the user can switch between a word printed in red and a word printed in black by pressing the selection key. For example, if the word that the user wants to make unreadable via the red film tape 83 is “BOOK”, the user presses the selection key to change “BOOK” to red and “BOOK” to black. Therefore, when the selection key is pressed (S14: YES), a message of “black: book, red: BOOK” is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4 (S15), and then whether or not the selection key is pressed is determined. It is judged again (S14).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the confirmation key on the keyboard 3 has been pressed (S16). Until the confirmation key is pressed (S16: NO), the process returns to S14 to monitor again whether the selection key is pressed. When the user presses the enter key (S16: YES), the character strings “BOOK” and “BOOK” are arranged in the print buffer 142 of the RAM 104 according to the contents displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4. (S17). That is, a dot pattern of a printing area corresponding to a predetermined printing range of the paper tape 82 is developed in the print buffer 142. The character string “BOOK” is developed into dot pattern data at a predetermined font and character pitch below the print area, and the character string “book” is displayed in a predetermined font above the print area. Expands to dot pattern data.

  Next, it is determined whether or not these dot pattern data fit in the print area (S18). If the dot pattern data does not fall within the print range (S18: NO), the printing cannot be performed within one line, so the set font size is changed to a smaller size and the print buffer 142 is entered. Is expanded again (S19). On the other hand, when these dot pattern data enters the print area (S18: YES), a message “Do you want to print?” Is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4 (S20). Then, it is determined whether or not the confirmation key on the keyboard 3 has been pressed (S21). Until the confirmation key is pressed, the process returns to S21 to monitor the pressing of the confirmation key.

  If the confirmation key is pressed (S21: YES), the tape feed roller 62 rotates to start conveying the word tape 80 (S22). The paper tape 82 is pulled out from the paper tape spool 69, the ink ribbon 85 is pulled out from the ribbon spool 70, and the red film tape 83 is pulled out from the film tape spool 68 by the cooperation of the tape feed roller 62 and the pressure roller 18. Next, based on the dot pattern data stored in the print buffer 142 of the RAM 104, the printing process by the thermal head 11 is executed on the printing surface of the paper tape 82 (S23).

  Here, in the print buffer 142, “BOOK” dot pattern data is arranged below the print area, and “BOOK” dot pattern data is arranged above the print area. Further, in the thermal head 11, the ink ribbon 85 is superimposed on the printing surface of the paper tape 82 so as to face the printing surface. Then, the red transfer area 85a of the ink ribbon 85 faces the upper side of the printing surface of the paper tape 82, and the black transfer area 85b of the ink ribbon 85 faces. Accordingly, by performing the transfer process by the thermal head 11 in this state, “BOOK” is printed in black on the lower side of the printing surface of the paper tape 82, and “BOOK” is printed in red on the upper side.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the paper tape 82 printed by the thermal head 11 is transported to the tape feed outlet 27 by the cooperation of the tape feed roller 62 and the pressure contact roller 18. Further, the ink ribbon 85 is separated from the printing surface of the paper tape 82 by the guide portion 75 and wound around the ribbon winding spool 71. Then, at the tape feed roller 62, the red film tape 83 drawn from the film tape spool 68 is wound. Further, the back surface of the red film tape 83 with the adhesive portion 92 is superimposed on the printing surface of the paper tape 82. Then, the tape feed roller 62 and the pressure contact roller 18 are brought into pressure contact with each other via the adhesive portion 92. Thus, a long word tape 80 before being cut by the cutting mechanism 22 is created.

  Next, the word tape 80 formed by bonding the paper tape 82 and the red film tape 83 to each other is sent out from the tape outlet 27 of the tape cassette 51 to the transport path to the tape outlet 10 of the tape printer 1. Conveyed along. Then, it is determined whether or not the identification mark 91 provided on the red film tape 83 has been detected by the photosensor 20 (S24). Although the identification mark 91 is provided on the back surface of the red film tape 83, since the red film tape 83 is a transparent film, it can be detected by the photosensor 20. Until the identification mark 91 is detected (S24: NO), since the identification mark 91 has not yet passed through the photosensor 20, the process returns to S24 and enters a standby state.

  Next, when the identification mark is detected (S24: YES), the conveyance of the word tape 80 is stopped by stopping the drive of the tape feed roller 62 (S25). Further, the cutting mechanism 22 cuts the word tape 80 (S26). In this way, the single word tape 80 shown in FIG. 14 is discharged from the tape discharge port 10, and the process ends. In this way, the word tape 80 is cut by the cutting mechanism 22 located in the vicinity of the downstream side of the photosensor 20, and therefore when the identification mark 91 is detected by the photosensor 20, the identification mark 91 is cut. Is arranged in the margin on the leading end side (cut end side) of the word tape 80. And since the adhesion part 92 is arrange | positioned in the vicinity of the identification mark 91, the adhesion part 92 can be arrange | positioned in the margin of the front end side (cut end side) of the one word tape 80. FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 14, a word tape 80 in which one end in the longitudinal direction of the red film tape 83 is bonded to one end in the longitudinal direction of the paper tape 82 via the adhesive portion 92 can be created. As a result, when the word tape 80 is used for learning, the adhesive portion 92 does not get in the way, so that the user-friendly word tape 80 can be created.

  Note that the length of the word tape 80 created in the present embodiment is set to about 70 to 100 mm, for example. A front margin for adhering the adhesive portion 92 is provided on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the surface of the paper tape 82, and a rear margin is provided on the other end side. A printing range by the thermal head 11 is between the front margin and the rear margin. In order to set the print range as wide as possible, the length of the back margin is set as short as possible. As an example, the length of the front margin is set to about 30 mm, and the length of the rear margin is set to about 4 mm.

  As described above, the tape printer 1 according to the present embodiment can create the word tape 80 that can be used as a learning word card. Specifically, a transparent red film tape 83 is superimposed on the surface of a paper tape 82 on which a word is printed in red, and the paper tape 82 and the red film tape 83 are bonded together at one end in the longitudinal direction to form an integrated word. Tape 80 can be created. The tape cassette 51 for creating the word tape 80 contains a paper tape 82, a red film tape 83, and an ink ribbon 85. An identification mark 91 and an adhesive portion 92 detected by the photosensor 20 are provided on the back surface of the red film tape 83 that is superimposed on the printing surface of the paper tape 82. In the tape printer 1, the paper tape 82 and the red film tape 83 are pulled out by driving the tape feed roller 62 and printed on the printing surface of the paper tape 82 by the thermal head 11.

  Further, the back surface of the red film tape 83 guided by the tape feed roller 62 is overlapped and bonded to the printing surface of the paper tape 82 to form a long word tape 80, and the tape feed port of the tape cassette 51. 27. Then, the word tape 80 delivered from the tape delivery port 27 is conveyed with the red film tape 83 side facing the photosensor 20. Further, when the identification mark 91 is detected by the photosensor 20, it is cut by the cutting mechanism 22 disposed in the vicinity of the downstream side of the photosensor 20. As a result, the identification mark 91 is arranged in the margin on the leading end side (cut end side) of the word tape 80.

  Further, since the adhesive portion 92 is disposed in the vicinity of the identification mark 91, the adhesive portion 92 can be disposed in the margin on the front end side (cut end side) of one word tape 80. In this way, the word tape 80 in which one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the red film tape 83 is bonded to one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the paper tape 82 via the adhesive portion 92 can be created. As a result, when the word tape 80 is used for learning, the adhesive portion 92 does not get in the way, so that the user-friendly word tape 80 can be created.

  Needless to say, the printing apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications, and various modifications are possible. For example, as in the word tape 180 which is a modified example shown in FIG. 15, a “◯” perforated position mark 88 indicating a perforated position may be printed on the printing surface of the paper tape 82. Accordingly, a word book can be easily created by making a hole in the hole position mark 88 and passing the ring through the plurality of word tapes 180.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the identification mark 91 for detecting by the photosensor 20 was provided in the back surface of the red film tape 83, for example, the adhesion part 92 is colored and the colored adhesion part 92 is made into photo. It may be detected by the sensor 20. In this case, since it is not necessary to provide the identification mark 91, the printing surface of the paper tape 82 can be made wider.

  Furthermore, in the said embodiment, although the word printed on the paper tape 82 was made into red and the transparent film tape was made into red, you may make it another color.

  The printing apparatus of the present invention can be applied to a printing apparatus that creates a word tape in which a colored film tape is bonded to a paper tape via an adhesive portion.

1 is a plan view of a tape printer 1. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a tape cassette 51. FIG. FIG. 6 is a plan view of the lower case 53 with the upper case 52 removed. It is explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the detection switch 6 of the cassette detection part 5, and the identification hole 66A of the identification part 66. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the tape printer 1. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a ROM 102. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a RAM 104. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a flash memory 105. FIG. FIG. 6 is a plan view seen from the back side of a red film tape 83. 3 is a plan view of an ink ribbon 85. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a creation mechanism of a word tape 80. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a print control operation by a CPU 101. 13 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a word tape 80 created by the tape printer 1. FIG. It is a partial fracture top view of word tape 80 which is a modification (red film tape 83 is partially fractured).

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tape printer 10 Tape discharge port 11 Thermal head 20 Photo sensor 22 Cut mechanism 27 Tape feed outlet 51 Tape cassette 62 Tape feed roller 68 Film tape spool 69 Paper tape spool 70 Ribbon spool 80 Word tape 82 Paper tape 83 Red film tape 85 Ink ribbon 85a Red transfer area 85b Black transfer area 91 Identification mark 92 Adhesive part 101 CPU

Claims (7)

A tape-shaped substrate;
A colored transparent film superimposed on one surface of the substrate;
An adhesive portion provided on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the facing surface of the transparent film facing the substrate;
The opposite surface of the transparent film is bonded to the one surface of the base material via the adhesive portion,
The label tape, wherein the one surface of the substrate is printed with characters, figures or symbols of the same color as the transparent film. A tape-shaped substrate, a colored transparent film superimposed on one surface of the substrate, and an ink ribbon for printing characters, figures or symbols of the same color as at least the transparent film on the one surface of the substrate; A label tape formed by adhering the facing surface of the transparent film to the outside via an adhesive portion provided on the facing surface of the transparent film facing the substrate. A tape cassette having an outlet and detachably attached to the printing apparatus,
A plurality of the adhesive portions are provided at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the transparent film on the facing surface of the transparent film,
A substrate support means for winding and supporting the substrate;
An ink ribbon support means for winding and supporting the ink ribbon;
Film supporting means for winding and supporting the transparent film;
A guide member for guiding the opposing surface of the transparent film drawn out from the film support means to the one surface of the base material drawn out from the base material support means, and adhering it through the adhesive portion; A tape cassette characterized by comprising:   The tape cassette according to claim 2, wherein a surface of the transparent film opposite to the facing surface is coated with a fluororesin. The tape cassette according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a plurality of marks for detecting the position of the label tape along the longitudinal direction of the transparent film are provided at a predetermined interval to be detachable. A printing device to be mounted,
Printing means for printing characters, figures or symbols on the one surface of the base material via the ink ribbon;
The opposite surface of the transparent film is bonded to the one surface of the base material printed by the printing means via the adhesive portion, and the label tape delivered from the delivery port is discharged to the outside. And an outlet for
In the transport path of the label tape from the delivery port to the discharge port,
Mark detection means for detecting the mark of the transparent film;
From the mark detection means, disposed on the downstream side in the transport direction of the label tape, provided with a cutting means for cutting the label tape in the width direction,
A printing apparatus comprising: a cutting instructing unit that instructs the cutting unit to cut the label tape when the mark detecting unit detects the mark.   The printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the mark is provided in the vicinity of the adhesive portion. The tape cassette according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the adhesive unit is detachably mounted with a tape cassette that functions as a mark for detecting the position of the label tape,
Printing means for printing characters, figures or symbols on the one surface of the base material via the ink ribbon;
The opposite surface of the transparent film is bonded to the one surface of the base material printed by the printing means via the adhesive portion, and the label tape delivered from the delivery port is discharged to the outside. And an outlet for
In the transport path of the label tape from the delivery port to the discharge port,
An adhesive part detecting means for detecting the adhesive part of the transparent film;
From the adhesive part detection means, disposed on the downstream side in the transport direction of the label tape, provided with a cutting means for cutting the label tape in the width direction,
A printing apparatus comprising: a cutting instructing unit that instructs the cutting unit to cut the label tape when the adhesive unit detecting unit detects the adhesive unit. The ink ribbon includes at least a portion having the same color as the transparent film,
Color designation means for designating the color of characters, figures or symbols printed by the printing means as the same color as the transparent film;
When the same color as the transparent film is designated by the color designation means, the position of the character, figure or symbol printed by the printing means on the one surface of the substrate is the same as the transparent film on the ink ribbon. The printing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a printing position control unit that controls the position relative to the color portion.

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