JPH11157138A - Printing tape-storing cassette and tape printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing tape-storing cassette enabling printing on a magnetic tape and a tape printer for printing on the magnetic tape. SOLUTION: A cassette 25 is mounted in a cassette mount part of a printer. A tape 50 taken out from a reel 31 is overlapped and delivered with an ink ribbon 33 at a recessed part 34, guided by a guide plate of a printer main body and transferred while held between a head and a platen. A magnetic layer 45' is layered at a rear face (opposite to a print face) of the tape 50 with a direction of a magnetization line 57 set in a breadthwise direction of the tape. A shift in the breadthwise direction is accordingly prevented. A fluorine coating or embossing is provided at a front face 56, whereby blocking to a print face 44 because of the winding and layering is prevented. The tape 50 is transferred in a correct attitude, so that good-quality images without printing failures are printed. The printer may be provided with a magnetic auxiliary roller to rotate in slide contact in a direction opposite to a travel direction of the printing tape.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing tape housing cassette housing a magnetic tape and a tape printer for printing on the housing tape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, office equipment (or household stationery) commonly called a tape printer or a label printer for printing on a tape has been marketed and widely used.

FIG. 13 schematically shows the configuration of such a printing tape and the internal configuration of a tape printer. As shown in FIG. 1, the tape printer 1 feeds a long printing tape 2 to a printing section where a platen roll 3 and a thermal head 4 are pressed against each other, and also transfers an ink ribbon 5 from a supply roll 6 to a take-up roll 7. The tape is printed by the thermal head 4 on the tape-shaped paper 2 while being moved while being wound. This is cut to a predetermined length by the cutters 8a and 8b to create a tape (or label) 9 as shown in a circle A in the figure.

The printing tape 2 is supplied as a tape-shaped printing paper in a state where a release paper 9c is laminated on a printing layer 9a via an adhesive layer 9b as shown by a label 9 in an enlarged circle in the figure. Then, the desired print is given and cut into a predetermined length. The release paper 9c of the label 9 is peeled off and removed, and is fixed to a desired symmetric object by the adhesive layer 9b.

Conventionally, such a print label has been firmly adhered once attached to an object and cannot be easily peeled off. That is, it is not designed to peel off and reattach.

In recent years, sheet-like magnet materials have been known. This magnet sheet is cut out to an appropriate size, and, for example, is filled with appropriate contents using a felt-tip pen or the like, and is used by being attached to a white board (iron plate) or other magnetic material. Therefore, it has been proposed to print such a magnet sheet by using a tape printing apparatus and use it (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-64743).

[0007]

However, in examining the gazette, there is no attempt at specifically applying the present invention to a tape printer that has been put into practical use in recent years. No suggestion was given.

In general, a commercially available tape printer employs a form in which a tape main body is housed in a cassette and used for printing, and is a small, portable device as a whole. For this reason, the tape transport path is also complicatedly configured for miniaturization, and therefore, simply incorporating the technical concept described in the above-mentioned gazette into a tape printer of a type that is now widely marketed and used, It does not mean that it can be put into practical use immediately. In applying a magnetic tape to a tape printer, it is necessary to give due consideration to the thickness and magnetic force of the tape and the ink used.

That is, when a test for practical application is performed by applying a magnet tape to a commercially available tape printing apparatus, it is found that the magnetized layer of the magnet tape is composed of a synthetic resin layer and a rubber-like member. There is no waist as a whole tape,
For this reason, it has been found that the posture during conveyance becomes unstable, and as a result, there is a problem that a printing shift occurs.
Therefore, it has been found that the tape needs to be devised in the printing section during the printing conveyance.

Further, in this type of printing apparatus, a thermal transfer system is generally adopted for printing. However, since it is not assumed that the ink of the conventional ink ribbon is printed on a magnetic tape, the magnetic tape is not used. A new problem has arisen in that the printed characters and images are blurred when printed on.

Ink ribbons are generally made of capacitor paper,
It is formed by applying an ink layer on glassine paper or a resin film such as polyester or polyimide as a base (base film). The ink layer is formed by mixing a coloring agent such as a pigment with waxes or resins. When the ink layer is transferred to a print-receiving medium, the surface of the ink layer is illuminated, which is a phenomenon particularly manifested by the thermal transfer method. In order to suppress this shine, there are a type in which an additive for suppressing shine is mixed into the ink layer, and a type in which a gloss control layer is disposed between the base film and the ink layer.

As the pigment mixed as a colorant in the ink layer, for example, in the case of black ink, carbon black or an iron oxide pigment is often used. In addition, an iron oxide pigment is often blended in the gloss control layer for matting effect (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-8428).
7).

In the above-mentioned test for practical use, the above-mentioned “blur” of the printing which occurs when printing is performed on the magnetic tape is caused by the iron oxide pigment contained in the ink layer and the gloss control layer and the magnetic tape. It has been discovered that it is manifested by the action of magnetic forces.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing tape cassette and a tape printing apparatus which realize printing on a magnetic tape without any trouble.

[0015]

The construction of the printing tape cassette and the tape printing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below. First, the printing tape cassette according to the first aspect of the present invention accommodates a long printing medium wound around a holding reel so as to form a print, and is detachably mounted to a mounting portion of the printing apparatus. A printing tape cassette, wherein the print-receiving medium is a magnetic tape formed by laminating a printing tape layer having a surface subjected to an ink receptivity improving surface treatment and a magnetic layer in which a magnetic substance is dispersed and magnetized. It is configured as follows.

The magnetic force layer is formed, when the magnetic force tape is wound on the holding reel and comes into contact with the print tape layer, as a part of the magnetic force layer. The surface is subjected to a binding-reducing treatment in order to prevent the transfer by bonding to the surface.

The bonding-reducing treatment is, for example, a fluorine resin coating treatment as described in claim 3, and is, for example, a wrinkle (grain) processing treatment as described in claim 4. In the wrinkle processing, for example, the irregularities formed by the treatment are formed to be larger than the irregularities formed by the ink receptivity improving treatment on the surface of the print tape layer. I have.

The magnetic tape may be, for example,
As described above, the magnetic force is magnetized in a direction along a width direction orthogonal to the tape conveying direction.
As described in the description, the end portion of the tape transport direction wound around the holding reel is formed of an auxiliary tape that does not stack the magnetic force layer, and for example, as described in claim 8, the end portion of the tape transport direction is formed of the auxiliary tape. The tape reel is weakly bonded to the holding reel, or the tape transport direction end portion is strongly bonded to the holding reel, for example, as described in claim 9, and further, at least one end in the width direction, for example, as described in claim 10. A non-magnetized region is formed along the line.

The printing tape storage cassette may further include a printing ink ribbon, wherein the ink formed on the ink ribbon is a non-magnetic ink. Is done.

Next, a tape printing apparatus according to a twelfth aspect of the present invention provides a printing tape cassette containing a magnetic tape, which is a long medium to be printed, wound on a holding reel so as to form a print. A mounting section for detachably mounting the printing tape cassette, and printing characters and symbols that can be confirmed from one side of the magnetic tape while transporting the magnetic tape from the printing tape cassette, and cutting into a predetermined length. A printing device capable of producing a printed magnetic tape, and a magnetic material transfer auxiliary roller that rotates in contact to urge the magnetic tape in the rewind direction when the magnetic tape is conveyed and printed. Be composed.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tape printer (tape printing device) relating to a printing tape cassette according to the first embodiment. In the figure, a printing tape cassette is shown above, and a tape printer to which this printing tape cassette (hereinafter, simply referred to as a tape cassette) is attached is shown below.

As shown in FIG. 1, the tape printer 10 has a key input unit 12 below the upper surface of a housing 11, and the key input unit 12 has a cursor key, a format setting key, a print key, a cancel key, and a function. A plurality of operation keys 13 including keys, printing magnification keys, upper and lower case selection keys, shift keys, single kanji keys, conversion keys, non-conversion keys, execution keys, character input keys for both kana input and alphanumeric input are provided. Have been.

A display section 14 comprising a liquid crystal display is disposed at the upper left of the key input section 12, and a tape cassette storage section 15 is formed to the right thereof. In FIG. 1, the tape cassette storage unit 15 is shown without a cover member so that the inside can be seen. A thermal head 16 is disposed in the tape cassette storage section 15 so as to be rotatable up and down, and a platen roller 17 is disposed facing the thermal head 16 and urged toward the thermal head 16.

The guide plate 18, the tape transport assist drive shaft 20, the tape reel support pin 19, and the ink ribbon take-up drive shaft 2 surround the thermal head 16.
1. A tape cutter 22 (22a, 22b) is provided. A tape outlet 23 is formed on the right side of the tape cutter 22.

When the tape cassette 25 is stored in the tape cassette storage section 15, the tape reel support pins 19 engage with the reel holes 27 in the tape cassette 25 around which the magnetic printing tape 26 is wound. Cassette 2
The ink ribbon take-up drive shaft 21 is engaged with the ink ribbon take-up reel hole 28 in 5.

When the tape cassette 25 is mounted in the tape cassette accommodating section 15 as described above, the tip of the magnetic force printing tape 26 is pinched with a finger, inserted into the slit of the tape discharge port 23, and the printed portion is thermally The initial mounting state is set by inserting the head 16 and the platen roller 17 into the gap facing each other.

The allowable thickness of the magnetic printing tape 26 is preferably 50 to 100 μm, and at most 3 μm.
The thickness is preferably up to 50 μm, but may of course be thicker. In any case, the magnetic printing tape 26 does not have a backing like a conventional printing tape with release paper,
There is no. However, if there is too much waist, it cannot be wound around a reel and held. Since the magnetic force printing tape 26 originally has no rigidity, as described above, the posture during conveyance may be unstable, which may cause a problem of printing misalignment. In addition, a defect caused by the magnetized tape is expected.

However, in the present embodiment,
Such a problem is all configured to be solved. This will be described later. FIG. 2A shows the tape cassette 25 containing the magnetic printing tape 26.
2 (b) shows the tape cassette 25 in the cassette storage section 15 of the tape printer 10. As shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view in a state of being mounted on the hologram. Same figure
As shown in (a) and (b), a groove 36 for cassette type recognition indicating that the cassette is a magnetic tape cassette is formed in the tape cassette 25 at a predetermined position on the bottom (the center in the example in the figure). Have been. As shown in FIG. 2B, the tape cassette 25 is inserted into the tape cassette storage section 15 of the tape printer 10.
, The sensor (not shown) of the tape printer 10 detects the cassette groove 36 and recognizes that the magnetic tape cassette is mounted.

The tape cassette 25 has a magnetic printing tape 26 wound around a tape reel 31, and an ink ribbon 33 having a non-magnetic ink layer formed around an ink ribbon reel 32. The magnetic printing tape 26 is provided in the opening of the concave portion 34 formed in the upper portion of the tape cassette 25.
And the ink ribbon 33 are overlaid and passed.

The tape printer 10 is positioned below the magnetic printing tape 26 and the ink ribbon 33 inserted into the recess 34.
The platen roller 17 is disposed so as to face the thermal head 16 and sandwich the magnetic printing tape 26 and the ink ribbon 33 between the thermal head 16 and the thermal head 16.

In the ink ribbon 33, mixing of magnetic metal powder or the like into the ink and the binder is excluded. In other words, an ink ribbon that has been widely used so far generally uses an iron oxide (magnetic material) -based pigment in order to prevent illuminance, but in the present embodiment, the problem of blurred printing is caused. In order to solve the problem, prioritizing non-magnetization, such a magnetic pigment is deleted and a colorant is mixed. In addition, from the viewpoint of the use of the printing tape in the present embodiment, for example, such as attaching to a whiteboard, there is no visual problem even if some shine appears on the printing surface, but rather matte printing. It has been experienced in tests that the displayability is higher than the ones.
Of course, if necessary, matting may be performed by adding a dye in place of an iron oxide pigment or a non-magnetic additive.

The ink ribbon 3 having the above structure shown in FIG.
In No. 3, the unused portion is pulled out from the ink ribbon reel 32 and supplied to the printing unit by winding the ink transferred portion 33 ′ around the ink ribbon take-up reel 35.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show the tape cassette 2 described above.
5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing two examples (26-1, 26-2) of the configuration of a magnetic printing tape 26 housed in a magnetic tape 5; Same figure
(a) The magnetic printing tape 26-1 shown in FIG.
And a magnetic part 42. On the other hand, the print-receiving surface body portion 41 is formed on a surface (lower surface in the figure) of a film layer 43 such as a PET resin having a thickness of about 40 μm by surface treatment for improving printability (ink receptivity), that is, a polyester resin. The surface treatment layer 44 is formed by coating.

The other magnetic body portion 42 is made of a resin such as polyethylene chloride or a rubber-based polymer such as natural rubber, neoprene, isoprene, NBR (nitrbutadiene rubber) or SBR (styrene butadiene rubber). , A sheet-like magnetic layer 45 of 100 to 300 μm mixed with a ferromagnetic powder such as magnetite, ferrite, and cobalt oxide, and a fluorine coating layer 46 is formed on the surface (the upper surface in the figure). .

Then, the printing surface body portion 41 and the magnetic material portion 42 are adhered through the acrylic adhesive layer 47 with the above-mentioned surface outside, and magnetized in a strong magnetic field to thereby form the magnetic printing tape 26. -1 is completed.

The magnetic material layer 45 itself may be formed in a sheet shape in advance, cut out as a magnetic printing tape, and adhered to the back surface of the resin film layer 43 by the acrylic adhesive layer 47. For example, a resin-based magnetic tape can be formed using a composite resin magnet material using a thermoplastic resin such as nylon, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene chloride, or vinyl acetate as a binder. That is, these are heated and rolled by a rolling roller or the like, and the magnetization direction of the ferromagnetic material powder contained therein is aligned in a direction perpendicular to the sheet surface to form a magnetic tape. As the strong magnetic powder, known powders such as ferrite powder such as Ba ferrite and Sr ferrite, alnico magnet (Fe—Cr—Co) magnet powder, rare earth cobalt magnet powder, and rare earth iron magnet powder can be used. .

More specifically, for example, 30 ° C. at 200 ° C.
A polyamide resin having a melt viscosity of 50 to 50 poise and 80 to 90% by weight of barium ferrite powder and 0.1 to 1% by weight of zinc stearate or polyethylene wax added thereto are heated to 150 to 180 ° C. After kneading, rolling and forming to a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5, an orientation magnetic field of 10,000 Oersted is applied by a magnetizer immediately after rolling, and the magnetic field is cooled to obtain a magnetic sheet. The magnetic flux sheet has a surface magnetic flux density of 700 to 1600 G (gauss), and any of them can be used as the magnetic tape for printing of the present invention.

The magnetic printing tape 26 shown in FIG.
-2: PET resin film layer 43, surface treatment layer 4
4, the acrylic adhesive layer 47 and the magnetic layer 45 are the same as the magnetic printing tape 26-1 in FIG. 7A, but the surface thereof is not wrinkled, but wrinkled. A surface 48 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the wrinkles are formed in advance from a PET resin film layer 43, a surface treatment layer 44, an acrylic adhesive layer 47, and a magnetic layer 45. The tape 49 is formed by rolling with a pair of rolling rollers 51. One rolling roller 51a of the rolling roller pair 51
Consists of a grain roller having wrinkles formed on the peripheral surface. By such rolling, the smooth surface 52 of the tape 49
Is formed on the wrinkled surface 48. The wrinkled tape 53 thus obtained is wound around the tape reel 31 and stored in the tape cassette 25 as shown in FIG.

It is to be noted that, instead of forming the tape 49 in advance as described above and then performing the rolling wrinkle processing, it may be performed in the finishing step following the tape 49 laminating step. Before laminating the members, only the magnetic material sheet (the magnetic material layer 45) may be subjected to rolling wrinkling, and then the other members may be laminated as shown in FIG. 3 (b).

Further, the wrinkle processing is not limited to the above-mentioned rolling, but can also be formed by treating the surface of the magnetic layer 45 with an appropriate chemical to roughen the surface. As shown in FIG. 3 (a) or FIG. 3 (b), the surface of the magnetic layer 45 is coated with fluorine or wrinkled.
As shown in FIG. 2B, this is to prevent the problem of the blocking that has been found by an experiment to occur after the magnetic printing tape 26 is wound around the tape reel 31 by small winding and accommodated in the tape cassette 25.

The blocking is performed by winding the magnetic printing tape 26 around the tape reel 31 so that the magnetic layer 45 is formed.
The magnetic layer 45 is wound on the printing surface (ink-receptivity-enhancing surface-treated layer 44) which is sequentially wound around the outside and comes into contact with the magnetic layer 45.
This means that the magnetic powder dispersed and contained therein binds and transfers. When such blocking occurs, the printed surface becomes dirty, and a printed image is not formed correctly and the image quality is remarkably deteriorated.

In the present example, it was found that there was such a problem, and in order to solve the problem, the magnetic printing tape was subjected to various treatments and tested. As a result, the surface of the magnetic material layer 45 was fluorinated as described above. By coating and enclosing the magnetic powder in the magnetic layer 45, an extremely good result of preventing the occurrence of blocking has been obtained.

Further, it has been found that even if the surface of the magnetic material layer 45 is only wrinkled (grained) without the fluorine coating, the occurrence of blocking can be prevented in the same manner as described above. The roughness of the unevenness of the wrinkle (grain) processing is determined by the surface treatment layer 44 for improving the ink receptivity of the printing surface.
It has been found that it is better to form the surface rougher than the surface irregularities.

By the way, in preparing the magnetic force printing tape 26 used as a printing tape, first, a magnet sheet (magnetic sheet) was prepared or an existing one was purchased and processed into a tape shape. Will be used. This magnet sheet has a magnetized surface,
An S pole and an N pole of a magnet are alternately adjacent to each other, and there is a direction (direction) of a magnetization line provided with a certain width.

If the magnet sheet is processed into a tape shape without paying attention to the above-mentioned magnetized wire, the completed magnetic printing tape 26 is also wound small around the tape reel 31 in this case as well. It was found that the following problems occurred before and after the tape cassette 25 was stored in the tape cassette 25.

FIG. 4 (a) shows the cross section of the prototype magnetic force printing tape 55 wound small on the tape reel 31 so that the cross section of the lower (n-1) th winding and the upper (n + 1) th winding around the nth winding is easy to understand. Only three layers are shown. Figures (b) and (c) show
This indicates a problem that may occur in this case. Same figure
As shown in (c), in this example, the entire tape is formed such that the direction (direction) of the magnetized line of the magnet sheet coincides with the longitudinal direction of the magnetic printing tape 55.

When the magnetic printing tape 55 is wound on the tape reel 31 as shown in FIG. 7A, the S and S poles and the N and N poles inside and outside each winding are shown. The same poles will be overlapped, and these will repel each other,
As shown in FIG. 3B, a gap occurs in the winding. Then, as shown in FIG. 5C, during the conveyance of the magnetic force printing tape 55, if the tape is shifted to one side around the tape core as shown by an arrow B in FIG. The more the tape is outside, the more it shifts to the opposite side as shown by the arrow C to form a mortar-shaped concave shape.

As described above, if the entire tape is configured so that the direction of the magnetized wire of the magnet sheet coincides with the longitudinal direction of the magnetic force printing tape, the small-wound tape is displaced, making it difficult to handle the tape cassette. A drawback arises in that it is not easy to withdraw from the device. This problem has been solved in the present invention in advance. This will be described below as a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 (a) is a perspective view showing a tape cassette according to the second embodiment, in which a side cover is removed to show the magnetic printing tape housed therein. FIG. 2B is a perspective view showing the configuration of the magnetic layer of the magnetic printing tape. The configuration of the magnetic printing tape 50 shown in FIG. 5 (b) is the same as that of the magnetic printing tape 26 shown in FIG. 3 (b) except for the magnetic layer 45 '. Are given the same numbers as in FIG. 3 (b). Since the configuration of the tape cassette shown in FIG. 5A is the same as that of the tape cassette shown in FIG. 2B, the same reference numerals as in FIG. I have.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the magnetic printing tape 5
On the magnetized surface 56 of the 0 magnetic layer 45 ', magnetized lines 57 are formed at intervals of 2 mm. In the magnetic printing tape 50, the direction of the magnetized lines 57 is made to coincide with the width direction of the tape. It is formed. As a result, even if the magnetic printing tape 50 is wound up in a tape pancake shape, the winding diameter of each layer is sequentially increased and the layers are wound up, and as shown in FIG. The same pole rarely overlaps outside, and even if there is, the repulsion is
It does not work in the width direction of the tape as in the case of FIG. 4B, but works in the longitudinal direction of the tape.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5A, after the magnetic printing tape 50 is wound up on the tape reel 31 and stored in the tape cassette 25, the ink ribbon 3
3, the pancake-shaped tape, which should have been wound correctly as shown in FIG. 4 (c), is displaced conically in the width direction even if it moves inside. Such inconvenience is eliminated.

Next, the drive mechanism of the tape printer shown in FIGS. 1 and 2B will be described. Fig. 6 (a)
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a driving mechanism for driving each part of the tape printer shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 (b), and FIG.
FIG. 3C is a top view. The drive mechanism shown in these figures corresponds to the tape cassette housing 15 of the housing 11 shown in FIG.
Is disposed below and around the bottom of the. FIG.
(a), (b), and (c) show the thermal head 16, platen roller 17, tape reel support pin 19, and tape transport auxiliary drive shaft 20 shown in FIG. And a drive shaft 21 for winding the ink ribbon.

The thermal head 16 is supported at its rear end by a fulcrum shaft 62 which rotatably supports the upper end of a head arm 61 disposed substantially vertically.
Locked to 1. A long slot 63 is formed in the head arm 61 along the longitudinal direction, and a cam pin (not shown) is slidably fitted in the long slot 63. A pull spring 64 is interposed between the lower end of the head arm 61 and the main body frame to urge the head arm 61 counterclockwise. On the other hand, another pulling spring 65 is interposed between the vicinity of the upper end of the head arm 61 and the main body frame to urge the head arm 61 clockwise.

When the cam (not shown) is driven and the pin fitted in the slot 63 moves to the left in the figure, the head arm 6
1 means that the thermal head 16 is rotated clockwise about the fulcrum shaft 62 and positioned at the non-printing position, while the cam pin (not shown) moves to the right in FIG. That is, the thermal head 16 is
Is rotated in the counterclockwise direction with the fulcrum as the fulcrum, and the printing portion (heating element array) at the tip is
3 (see FIG. 2 (a)).

The tape reel support pin 19 is rotated by being engaged with a tape rewinding gear 66 which is also connected to a drive system (not shown). It is rotationally driven by engaging with an ink ribbon winding gear 67 connected to a drive system (not shown).

The platen roller 17 has a platen gear 68, which meshes with a small diameter gear of the transmission gear 69. The large-diameter gear of the transmission gear 69 meshes with the drive gear 72 of the tape feed motor 71.
Thus, when the stepping motor 71 rotates in both the forward and reverse directions, the platen roller 17
Are driven to rotate in both forward and reverse directions.

Then, a cutting drive mechanism is arranged between the above devices and the main body frame. As this cutting drive mechanism, a DC motor (may be a stepping motor) 73 is provided, a worm gear 74 is fixed to this drive shaft, and a worm wheel 7
5 mesh. The large-diameter gear of the reduction gear 77 meshes with the small-diameter gear 76 integral with the worm wheel 75, and the small-diameter gear of the reduction gear 77 engages a spur gear 79 integrated with the bevel gear 78.
Meshes. Another bevel gear 81 meshes with the bevel gear 78. Thereby, the lateral direction of the bevel gear 78 driven by the DC motor 73 (the plane direction of the printer body).
Is converted into rotation along the vertical direction of the bevel gear 81 (vertical direction of the printer body).

A cutter cam 82 is coaxially connected to the bevel gear 81. As shown in FIG. 3B, the left side of the cutter cam 82 is the upper surface of the printer main body, and the right side is the lower surface of the printer main body. 83 is provided on the frame of the printer main body. The micro switch 83 is connected to the cutter cam 82
An initial position of the cutter cam 82 is detected by a concave portion provided at a predetermined position on the circumferential surface of the camera, and the detection signal is output to a control circuit described later.

A pin 84 protrudes from the edge of the cutter cam 82 at the lowermost end when the cutter cam 82 is at the initial position. The pin 84 is connected to the movable blade 22a of the tape cutter 22.
The sliding arm 85 is slidably fitted in a long hole 86 integral with the rotating arm 85, and its tip is bent outside the long hole 86 so as not to deviate from engagement with the long hole 86. Cutter cam 8
As described above, the worm gear 74, the worm wheel 75, the small diameter gear 76, the reduction gear 77, the spur gear 79, the bevel gear 78, and the bevel gear 81 are driven by the DC motor 73 as described above.
When rotated counterclockwise through the
As a result, the rotating arm 85 of the tape cutter 22
7 is pivoted up and down with the movable blade 22 as a fulcrum.
a opens and closes with respect to the fixed blade 22b of the cutter 22.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control section for controlling the driving of the above-mentioned sections. As shown in the figure, the control unit includes a control device 90 including a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
It has. The display unit 14 and the key input unit 12 shown in FIG. 1 are connected to the control device 90.
M (read only memory) 91, RAM (readable and writable memory) 92, counter 93, image reader 94,
A cassette groove detecting circuit 95, a tape position detecting circuit 96, an ink ribbon detecting circuit 97, a head driving circuit 98, a motor driving circuit 99, a pressing mechanism driving circuit 100, and a cutter driving circuit 101 are connected.

The ROM 91 stores the tape printer 1
0 is stored. The control device 90 controls the operation of each unit based on the program read from the ROM 91. The RAM 92 includes an image data area, a print data area,
A flag area, a work area, and the like are provided. In these areas, predetermined data is temporarily stored and used by the control device 90. The counter 93 is used while sequentially incrementing an initially set numerical value, for example, when a serial number is automatically generated and printed.

The image reader 94 is constituted by a scanner composed of a CCD (solid-state imaging device, photoelectric conversion device) or the like.
When used as a normal tape printer, it is used when, for example, an image such as a face photograph for label printing is read from the outside and created. A cassette groove sensor 102 is connected to the cassette groove detection circuit 95.
The cassette groove sensor 102 is a cassette groove 3 formed in the tape cassette 25 containing the magnetic printing tape 26.
6 is detected and its detection signal is output. The cassette groove detecting circuit 95 notifies the control device 90 of the detection result.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, a tape position sensor 103 is connected to the tape position detection circuit 96. The tape position sensor 103 detects, for example, the width of a print tape, a print start position mark, and the like, and outputs a detection signal. The tape position detection circuit 96 notifies the control device 90 of the detection result. The ribbon position sensor 104 is connected to the ink ribbon detection circuit 97. The ribbon position sensor 104 detects a printing start position of an ink color such as magenta, cyan, and yellow of the ink ribbon during full-color printing, and outputs a detection signal. The ink ribbon detection circuit 97 notifies the control device 90 of the detection result. The head driving circuit 98 includes the thermal head 1
6 are connected. The head drive circuit 98 drives the thermal head 16 to generate heat under the control of the control device 90.

The motor drive circuit 99 is a driver for driving the tape feed motor 71 shown in FIG. Thus, the platen roller 17, the tape reel support pin 19, the tape transport auxiliary drive shaft 20, and the ink ribbon take-up drive shaft 21 are driven via the gear train and the clutch mechanism.

To the pressing mechanism drive circuit 100, a head pressing mechanism 105 composed of a motor or a solenoid is connected. The pressing mechanism drive circuit 100 includes the head pressing mechanism 1
05 is driven in both the forward and reverse directions, and during printing, the thermal head 16 is rotated in the direction of pressing against the platen roller 17, and when the printing tape is fed backward to complete the three primary colors in full-color printing, or when printing is completed, thermal printing is performed. The head 16 is rotated in a direction away from the platen roller 17.

The cutter driving circuit 101 is shown in FIGS. 6 (a), (b),
This is a driver for driving the DC motor 73 shown in FIG. The cutter drive circuit 101 responds to the progress of the printing process,
The tape cutter 22 is driven to open and close so as to cut the printed tape into a predetermined length via the drive transmission mechanism shown in FIGS. FIGS. 8A to 8F are operation state diagrams showing the tape cutting operation by the cutter cam 82 driven by the DC motor 73 and the movable blade 22a of the tape cutter 22. FIG. 6A is a reprint of FIG. 6B in a simplified form, and shows a state where the cutter cam 82 is at the initial position. The position of the cutter cam 82 is
The detection by the microswitch 83 has been described above. That is, at the time of assembly, the micro switch 83 is always assembled at this initial position such that the micro switch 83 comes into contact with the concave portion of the cutter cam 82. In this state, the pin 84 is stopped at a position substantially in the middle of the elongated hole 86, so that the pivot arm 85
Is stopped horizontally. Also, this allows the movable blade 22a
Open to the maximum with respect to the fixed blade 22b.

When the DC motor 73 starts to rotate, the pin 84 starts to move in a counterclockwise direction as indicated by an arrow A1 in FIG. 8A with the rotation of the cutter cam 82. Then, an arrow A2 in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, when the pin 84 reaches the right end of the elongated hole 86 as the circular movement proceeds, the movable blade 22a starts a shearing operation (cutting of the tape 26 ') with the fixed blade 22b.

With the continuous rotation of the cutter cam 82,
As shown by an arrow A4 in FIG. 4D, the pin 84 further moves circularly and returns to the left of the long hole 86 while further rotating the arm 85.
As a result, the rotation of the movable blade 22a in the counterclockwise direction further proceeds, and the movable blade 22a and the fixed blade 2a
2b is completely closed. Thereby, the cutter 22
Is completed. The completion position of the cutting by the cutter 22 is a position for completely cutting the tape having the maximum width of, for example, 50 mm.

Further, the cutter cam 82 continues to rotate, and the pin 84 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow A5 in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, by continuing the circular movement, the rotation arm 85 is pushed down and rotates downward. This allows
The movable blade 22a starts rotating clockwise and starts to open with respect to the fixed blade 22b. Then, from FIG.
Returning to the initial state of (a), the movable blade 22a is fully opened with respect to the fixed blade 22b, the position is detected by the microswitch 83, and stops at the initial position.

The tape printer 1 configured as described above
0, the operation of the printing process controlled and executed by the control device 90 will be described below. As shown in FIG.
The tape cassette 25 is mounted in the tape cassette storage unit 15 of the tape printer 10, and printing is executed by inputting a print execution instruction from the operation keys 13 of the key input unit 12.

First, when the magnetic head 16 is attached to the tape cassette storage section 15, the thermal head 16 is turned upward on the magnetic printing tape 26 drawn out of the tape reel 31 and overlapped with the ink ribbon 33 in the recess 34. The heating element disposed at the tip of the ink ribbon 33
The ink ribbon 33 and the magnetic printing tape 26 are pressed and held between the platen roller 17 and the ink ribbon 33.

As described above, the magnetic printing tape 26 pulled out from the tape reel 31 has no blocking on the printing surface, and is guided by the guide plate 18 while maintaining a correct posture without being shifted left and right. Is transported along with the rotation of the platen roller 17 in the transport direction.

The thermal head 16 causes the heating element array to generate heat in accordance with image information (print information),
The ink of No. 3 is thermally transferred to the printing surface of the magnetic printing tape 26. As described above, since the magnetic printing tape 26 is conveyed while maintaining a correct posture without blocking on the printing surface and without shifting from side to side, there is no transfer failure due to dirt on the printing surface, and problems such as misalignment. The printed portion 26 'of the magnetic printing tape 26 passes through the tape cutter 22 and is fed out of the tape discharge port 23 to the outside. The printed portion (see the printed portion 26 'in FIG. 2 (b) and the printed portion 50' in FIG. 5 (b)) fed out to an appropriate length from the tape discharge port 23 is the tape cutter 22 (22a, 22a, 22b). 22b).

As described above, the magnetic printing tape can be printed normally by the tape printing device without using special work procedures to be particularly noted as in the case of the plain paper, and the printed magnetic force can be obtained. The tape can be easily created without any inconvenience.

In general, the end portion of the printing tape is usually simply wound around the tape reel in a free state, the end portion of the printing tape is temporarily fixed to the tape reel with a weak adhesive or an adhesive tape, or the end portion of the printing tape is usually strong. There are various types such as those fixed with an adhesive. In any case, if the printing tape accommodated in the tape cassette is a normal printing tape that is not a magnetic printing tape as in the present invention, a small uncut portion is finally formed and falls into a gap on the printer body side. But it can be easily taken out.

However, when the printing tape accommodated in the tape cassette is a magnetic printing tape as in the present invention, if a small uncut piece falls into a gap or the like on the printer main body side, it is attracted to the apparatus main body by magnetic force. It is expected that it is not easy to remove. Needless to say, the end portion may be strongly adhered to the tape reel, but if it is used, the length of the relatively expensive magnetic printing tape from the cutter to the tape reel is discarded as unused and used together with the tape cassette. That is, it is unfriendly to the user.

Accordingly, a tape cassette in which the magnetic printing tape is wound in such a shape that there is no waste at the end of the magnetic printing tape and a small uncut portion does not cause trouble even if it falls into the printer body has been developed. This will be described below as a third embodiment.

FIG. 9A is a perspective view showing a magnetic printing tape accommodated in a tape cassette according to the third embodiment, and FIG. 9B is a view for explaining a state in which the end of the tape is left uncut. is there. As shown in FIG. 2A, an auxiliary tape 109 of the magnetic printing tape 107 is fixed to an end portion 108 on the side of the printing surface body 41 by an adhesive or the like. The other end 110 of the auxiliary tape 109 is connected to the tape reel 3.
Temporarily fixed to the tape reel with a weak adhesive or adhesive tape. Or it is fixed with a strong adhesive. The structure of the magnetic layer of the magnetic part 42 of the magnetic printing tape 107 may be the magnetic printing tape 26-1 shown in FIG. 3A, the magnetic printing tape 26-2 shown in FIG. This is the same as the configuration of the magnetic layer of the magnetic printing tape 50 shown in (b).

When the magnetic force printing tape 107 is cut by the tape cutter 22 (22a, 22b) after the printing on the last portion 107 'is completed, as shown in FIG. Because of this, the uncut end 107-1 of the magnetic material portion is extremely small and wasteful,
Further, since the sheet is held by the auxiliary tape 109 even after the cutting, it does not fall into a gap or the like on the printer main body side indicated by an arrow F as indicated by a broken line 107-2 in the drawing. Even if the tape cassette falls, it can be taken out together with the tape cassette when it is removed from the printer body.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the magnetic portion 42 of the magnetic force printing tape is magnetized over the entire surface. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It can also be. This will be described below as a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a partial view of a magnetic printing tape according to a fourth embodiment formed as described above, viewed from the back surface (magnetized surface). Magnetic printing tape 111 shown in FIG.
Has a width L portion excluding both ends 112a and 112b in the width direction of the tape as a magnetized region. The magnetized region having the width L can be formed by magnetizing only the region having the width L in a strong magnetic field, or by laminating the magnetic material-containing polymer in advance only on the portion having the width L with respect to the base film portion. Can also be formed. Further, the non-magnetized area is not set at both ends in the width direction of the tape, and only one end 112a or 112b
It may be just. In any case, when the print tape is attached to, for example, a white board or the like and then peeled off, the end in the width direction is easily pinched with a fingertip, which is convenient.

Although the above description has been made using a normal tape printer as a tape printer that executes printing using the above-described magnetic printing tape, the magnetic printing tape is particularly thin, for example, when the entire thickness is 150 μm. In the case of the following tapes, there is a possibility that the tapes may be conveyed while being folded by the magnetic force and may be displaced. Therefore, a mechanism for preventing this may be provided in the tape cassette, and a mechanism for driving and assisting this may be provided in the printer body. Hereinafter, this will be described as a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a tape printer (printing device) according to the fifth embodiment. FIG. 1 also shows a tape cassette containing a magnetic printing tape to be used by being mounted on the tape printer.

FIG. 12A is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the tape cassette is mounted in a cassette storage section of the tape printer, and FIG. 12B is a view showing a driving mechanism for driving each section of the tape printer. It is.

The constructions shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 (a) and (b) are the same as those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 (b) except for the newly added auxiliary mechanism. Since the configuration is the same as that shown in FIG. 6A, only the parts necessary for the description and the newly added parts are numbered, and the other parts are omitted from the numbers, and the description is omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 (a) and (b),
In this embodiment, a tape transport auxiliary roller 115 is provided inside the tape cassette 114. The tape transport auxiliary drive shaft 117 on the printer main body 116 side engages with the tape transport auxiliary roller 115. The tape transport auxiliary roller 115 is formed of an appropriate magnetic material, and is provided on the surface of the magnetic printing tape 26 (or 50 or 107, hereinafter, represented by 26) between the tape reel 31 and the concave portion 34. It is sliding. The tape transport auxiliary drive shaft 117 on the printer main body side is rotated by engaging with a transport auxiliary drive gear 118 connected to a drive system (not shown).

In the above configuration, the tape printer 11
The operation of the printing process performed by the control unit 6 shown in FIG. 7 under the control of the control device 90 will be described below. First, the tape cassette 114 is mounted in the tape cassette storage unit 15 of the tape printer 116, and the key input unit 12
The print is executed by inputting a print execution instruction from the operation keys 13 of FIG. When the tape cassette 114 is mounted in the tape cassette storage unit 15, the tape reel 3
The thermal head 16 is rotated upward by the magnetic printing tape 26 which is drawn out of the printer 1 and overlapped with the ink ribbon 33 in the concave portion 34, and a heating element disposed at the tip thereof is interposed via the ink ribbon 33. Thus, the ink ribbon 33 and the magnetic printing tape 26 are pressed and held between the platen roller 17 and the platen roller 17.

The tape transport assisting roller 115 rotates counterclockwise in the tape cassette 114 while sliding on the magnetic printing tape 26. Since the tape transport assisting roller 115 is a magnetic material, the tape transport assisting roller 115
Six magnetic forces act to urge the magnetic printing tape 26 to be pulled back in the direction opposite to the transport direction.

By the biasing force in the reverse transport direction, the magnetic force printing tape 26 is appropriately stretched without slack, and is guided by the guide plate 18 while maintaining the correct posture.
7 is conveyed as it rotates in the conveying direction. The thermal head 16 causes the heating element array to generate heat in accordance with the image information (print information) and thermally transfers the ink of the ink ribbon 33 to the print surface of the magnetic printing tape 26.

As described above, the magnetic printing tape 26 is stretched without slack in the printing portion (concave portion 34), and is conveyed while maintaining a correct posture, so that proper printing (transfer) without problems such as positional deviation can be performed. The printed portion 26 'of the magnetic force printing tape 26 is the tape cutter 22 (22a, 22a).
After passing through b), it is fed out from the tape discharge port 23 to the outside. The printed portion 26 ′ that has been fed out to an appropriate length from the tape discharge port 23 is cut off by the tape cutter 22.

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As described above in detail, according to the present invention, since the printing tape provided with the magnetic layer is accommodated in the tape cassette, the label tape with the backside magnet can be easily printed. It is convenient. In addition, since the surface of the magnetic layer is subjected to fluorine coating or wrinkle processing,
Problems such as blocking do not occur on the printing surface of the magnetic printing tape wound small on the tape reel, so that a high-quality image can always be printed. In addition, since the tape is created so that the direction of the magnetized wire of the magnetic layer matches the width direction of the tape, the magnetic printing tape wound small on the tape reel does not deviate in the width direction. It is possible to print a high-quality image without deviation. In addition, since the auxiliary tape is provided at the end of the tape, the uncut portion of the final print portion does not fall into the printer body,
Therefore, it is possible to prevent a problem that the falling small pieces are magnetically attracted and are difficult to be taken out.

Further, a tape transport auxiliary roller made of a magnetic material is disposed in the tape cassette, and a transport auxiliary roller drive shaft which is engaged with the roller and driven to rotate is provided on the tape printer main body side so that the print transport is performed. Rotates the tape transport auxiliary roller in the reverse transport direction, so the magnetic printing tape is urged in the reverse transport direction by the magnetic force of the magnetic printing tape acting on the magnetic material of the tape transport auxiliary roller, and the magnetic printing tape is loosened. It is possible to maintain a correct posture by appropriately stretching the tape, and therefore, it is possible to perform a correct printing without a displacement even when a magnetic printing tape having a weak waist is used.

Further, since a magnetic material such as iron oxide is not used as a mixing agent in the ink of the ink ribbon, the ink is not scattered by the action of the magnetic force of the magnetic printing tape when the ink is melted. The outline can be printed clearly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tape printer (tape printing device) according to a printing tape cassette (tape cassette) according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2A is a plan view showing an appearance of the tape cassette according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the tape cassette is mounted in a cassette storage section of the tape printer.

3 (a) and 3 (b) are enlarged sectional views showing two examples of the configuration of a magnetic printing tape accommodated in the tape cassette of FIG. 2;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining rolling wrinkle processing of a magnetic printing tape.

FIG. 4 (a) is a diagram showing only three layers for easy understanding of the cross section of a magnetic printing tape wound small on a tape reel, and FIGS. 4 (b) and 4 (c) are diagrams showing problems that may occur in this case. .

FIG. 5A is a perspective view illustrating a tape cassette according to a second embodiment, and FIG. 5B is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a magnetic layer of a magnetic printing tape accommodated therein.

6A is a diagram showing a driving mechanism for driving each part of the tape printer of FIG. 1, FIG. 6B is a side view, and FIG. 6C is a top view.

FIG. 7 is a configuration block diagram of a control unit that controls driving of each unit of the tape printer.

FIGS. 8A to 8F are operation state diagrams showing the basic operation of tape cutting by a cutter cam driven by a DC motor and a movable blade of the cutter.

FIG. 9A is a perspective view showing a magnetic printing tape housed in a tape cassette according to a third embodiment, and FIG. 9B is a diagram for explaining a state in which the end of the tape is left uncut.

FIG. 10 is a partial view of a magnetic printing tape as a fourth embodiment as viewed from the back surface (magnetized surface).

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a tape printer according to a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 12A is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which a tape cassette is mounted in a cassette storage unit of a tape printer according to a fifth embodiment, and FIG. 12B is a diagram illustrating a driving mechanism that drives each unit of the tape printer. It is.

FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a conventional printing tape and an internal configuration of a tape printer.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tape printer 2 Tape-shaped paper 3 Platen roll 4 Thermal head 5 Ink ribbon 6 Supply roll 7 Take-up roll 8a, 8b Cutter 9 Label 10 Tape printer 11 Housing 12 Key input unit 13 Operation key 14 Display unit 15 Tape cassette storage Unit 16 Thermal head 17 Platen roller 18 Tape guide roller 19 Tape reel support pin 20 Tape transport auxiliary drive shaft 21 Ink ribbon take-up drive shaft 22 Tape cutter 22a Movable blade 22b Fixed blade 23 Tape outlet 25 Tape cassette 26 (26-1) , 26-2) Magnetic printing tape according to the first embodiment 26 'Magnetic printing tape printed portion 27 Reel hole 28 Ink ribbon take-up reel hole 31 Tape reel 32 Ink ribbon reel 33 Ink ribbon 33' Ink ribbon transferred portion 34 Recess 35 Ink ribbon take-up reel 36 Cassette groove 41 Printed surface body portion 42 Magnetic body portion 43 Resin film layer 44 Ink receptivity improving surface treatment layer 45, 45 'Magnetic body sheet member layer (magnetic body) Layer) 46 Fluorine coating layer 47 Acrylic adhesive layer 48 Wrinkled surface 49 Tape before wrinkle processing 50 Magnetic force printing tape according to second embodiment 50 ′ Magnetic force tape printed portion 51 Rolling roller 51a Rolling roller (wrinkle roller) 52 Smooth surface 53 Wrinkled tape 55 Prototype magnetic printing tape 56 Magnetized surface 57 Magnetized wire 61 Head arm 62 Support shaft 63 Long slot 64, 65 Tension spring 66 Gear for tape rewinding 67 Gear for winding ink ribbon 68 Platen gear 69 Transmission gear 1 Tape Feeding Motor 72 Drive Gear 73 DC Motor (or Stepping Motor) 74 Worm Gear 75 Worm Wheel 76 Small Diameter Gear 77 Reduction Gear 78, 81 Bevel Gear 79 Spur Gear 82 Cutter Cam 83 Micro Switch 84 Pin 85 Rotating Arm 86 Slot 87 Support shaft 90 CPU (Central processing unit, control unit) 91 ROM (read only memory) 92 RAM (readable and writable memory) 93 Counter 94 Image reader 95 Cassette groove detection circuit 96 Tape position detection circuit 97 Ink ribbon detection circuit 98 Head drive circuit 99 Motor drive circuit 100 Pressing mechanism driving circuit 101 Cutter driving circuit 102 Cassette groove sensor 103 Tape position sensor 104 Ribbon position sensor 105 Head pressing mechanism 107 Third embodiment Magnetic printing tape 107 'according to the present invention 107' final printed portion 107-1 uncut portion 107-2 imaginary falling portion 108 tape end portion 109 auxiliary tape 110 tape other end portion 111 magnetic printing tape 112a according to the fourth embodiment , 112b Width end portion 114 Tape cassette 115 in the fifth embodiment 115 Tape transport auxiliary roller 116 Tape printer 117 in the fifth embodiment 117 Tape transport auxiliary drive shaft 118 Drive gear

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Masayuki Ikeda 3-2-1, Sakaemachi, Hamura-shi, Tokyo Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Hamura Technical Center (72) Inventor Kensaku Takeuchi 3-2-1, Sakaemachi, Hamura-shi, Tokyo No. Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Hamura Technical Center (72) Inventor Kenji 3-2-1 Sakaemachi, Hamura-shi, Tokyo Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Hamura Technical Center (72) Inventor Satoshi Kimura 3-2-2, Sakaemachi, Hamura-shi, Tokyo No. 1 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Hamura Technology Center (72) Inventor Koji 3-2-1 Sakaemachi, Hamura City, Tokyo Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Hamura Technical Center

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A printing tape cassette containing a long printing medium wound around a holding reel so as to form a print, and removably mounted on a mounting section of a printing apparatus. A printing tape storage cassette, wherein the printing medium is a magnetic tape formed by laminating a printing tape layer having a surface treated with ink receptivity improving surface and a magnetic layer in which a magnetic material is dispersed and magnetized. . 2. The magnetic force layer is configured such that when the magnetic force tape is wound around the holding reel, a part of the magnetic force layer is bonded and adhered to the surface of the print tape layer when the magnetic force layer comes into contact with the print tape layer. 2. The printing tape storage cassette according to claim 1, wherein the printing tape storage cassette is subjected to a connectivity lowering process to prevent the transfer. 3. The printing tape storage cassette according to claim 2, wherein the bonding lowering processing is a fluororesin coating processing. 4. The printing tape storage cassette according to claim 2, wherein the connectivity lowering processing is a wrinkle processing. 5. In the wrinkle processing, the unevenness formed by the processing is formed larger than the unevenness formed by the ink receptivity improving processing on the surface of the print tape layer. The printing tape storage cassette according to claim 4. 6. The printing tape according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic tape is magnetized in a direction along a width direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the magnetic tape. Storage cassette. 7. The magnetic tape according to claim 1, wherein an end portion of the magnetic tape wound around the holding reel in a tape conveying direction is formed of an auxiliary tape not laminated with the magnetic layer. 7. The printing tape storage cassette according to 5 or 6. 8. The printing tape storage cassette according to claim 7, wherein the magnetic force tape has a terminal end in the tape transport direction weakly bonded to the holding reel. 9. The printing tape storage cassette according to claim 7, wherein the magnetic tape has a terminal end in the tape transport direction strongly bonded to the holding reel. 10. The magnetic tape according to claim 1, wherein a non-magnetized region is formed along at least one end in the width direction. Or 9
The printing tape storage cassette described in the above. 11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising an ink ribbon for printing, wherein the ink formed on the ink ribbon is a non-magnetic ink.
The printing tape storage cassette according to 7, 8, 9 or 10. 12. A printing tape cassette containing a magnetic tape which is a long printing medium wound around a holding reel so as to form a print, and a mounting section for detachably mounting the printing tape cassette. Printing means capable of printing characters and symbols that can be confirmed from one side of the magnetic tape while transporting the magnetic tape from the printing tape cassette, cutting the magnetic tape into a predetermined length, and creating a printed magnetic tape. And a magnetic material transport auxiliary roller that rotates in contact with the magnetic tape in a direction of rewinding when the magnetic tape is transported and printed.