JPH11179992A - Printing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new method for using a die-punched label and a tape printing device which deals with the new method. SOLUTION: A decorated character(e.g. 'moon' figurally in Chinese character) is formed by stacking and bonding die-punched and printed seals 9 and in an area where the die-punched seals 9 are not stacked, these read by following them individually in succession: for example, 'This is a password for a secret E-mail. Please look at it soon. Arisa.' This sentence is to be printed word after word. In an area 35 where the die-punched seals 9 are stacked, a borderline 33 is printed, and therein, characters to be printed in the area where the other die-punched seals 9 are to stacked, which is superposed on the area 35, are printed as prompting information for superposition. The die-punched seals 9 are printed on a label tape 7 in an irregular order (at random) and are fed to be cut. The printed-out label tape 7 does not make sense only through looking at it. However, it is possible to decode the lavel tape by forming the decorated character according to the prompting information for superposition.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing apparatus capable of printing a flower character label (seal).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a tape printer has been known. Further, there is known a label sheet in which a picture or a character having a predetermined shape is printed in advance and half-cut (cut out).
Further, sheet paper has been put to practical use in which only a frame decoration is printed in advance and an arbitrary image can be printed in the frame.

[0003]

However, no one has ever thought of printing a label using a pre-cut label in a tape printer. Therefore, if such a tape printing apparatus can perform label printing using a tape on which a die-cut label is formed in advance, a new method of using the tape printing apparatus is increased, which is convenient.

However, simply applying the stamped label tape to a conventional tape printing apparatus, the stamped label generally has a fixed shape, so the printing range is limited, and the use of the printed label is limited. There is a drawback that is limited.

[0005] The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems.
An object of the present invention is to provide a new method of using a die-cut label and a tape printer capable of coping with the use of the die-cut label, similarly to a normal printing tape.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a printing apparatus comprising: a seal body having an adhesive layer formed on the back surface of a printing surface; and a release paper integrated through the adhesive layer. A printing apparatus that performs printing based on print data on the print-receiving medium while transporting the print-receiving medium that becomes a seal of a predetermined shape when the release paper is peeled off from the release paper, and a plurality of the seals. Shape input means for inputting a predetermined shape desired to be formed when arranged in connection with each other, and characters / symbols etc. indicating the relevance of the connection arrangement with other seals so as to obtain the shape input by the shape input means And a printing means for printing characters and symbols edited by the relevant printing data editing means on the seal portion.

[0007] For example, as described in claim 2, the seal portion is formed of a plurality of stamped seals having a predetermined shape, and further includes a detecting means for detecting the position of the stamped seal portion, The printing medium is printed on or in the vicinity of the plurality of die-cut seals based on the detection of the detection means, based on data by the association print data editing means.

The seal portion on which the printing is performed is, for example, an area to be covered and covered by another seal when connected to the other seal. Also,
The printing medium is a tape-shaped printing medium wound around a holding member, for example.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1A is a plan view of the printing apparatus according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 1B is a side view thereof. The printing apparatus 1 shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B includes a key input unit 3, a display unit 4, and an opening / closing lid 5 on the upper surface of an apparatus main body 2. The key input unit 3 prints (prints)
A character input key for inputting data, a print key for inputting an instruction to start printing, a cursor key for instructing a position on the screen up, down, left and right, an execution key for confirming a set or selected input, etc. Have. The display unit 4 is a liquid crystal display device, and displays and notifies input data and processing contents. Further, below the opening / closing lid 5, a tape cassette storage section to be described later is formed.

FIG. 2A is a partial perspective view showing the structure of the label tape according to this embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 4C is a perspective view of a tape cassette in which the label tape is wound and accommodated, and FIG. 5C is a perspective view showing the inside of a tape cassette storage section of the apparatus main body 2 in which the tape cassette is detachably mounted. .

As shown in FIG. 2A, the label tape 7
(Tape-shaped medium to be printed) has an adhesive layer 8 formed on the back surface of the printing surface, and a die-cut seal 9 (seal body) having a predetermined shape (round shape in the example of FIG. 2A) can be separated. And a tape-shaped release liner 12 (release paper) which is integrally formed releasably on the adhesive layer 8 side of the print tape 11. Has become. After printing, the stamp 9 can be separated from the printing tape 11 (peeled off from the backing paper 12) and used as a round seal with back glue.

The tape cassette 10 shown in FIG. 2B has a tape spool 14 on which the label tape 7 is wound, a ribbon supply spool 16 on which an unused ink ribbon 15 is wound, inside a cassette body 13. A ribbon take-up spool 18 for taking up the used ink ribbon 15 (used portion 15 'described later) and the like are provided.

At the upper right of the tape cassette 10, a cassette body 13 is partially cut out to form a concave portion 19 having a U-shaped cross section. The printed portion of the label tape 7 and the used portion of the ink ribbon 15 are pulled out from the inside of the cassette body 13 and inserted into the U-shaped opening of the concave portion 19, and are exposed to the outside.

The tape cassette storage section 20 shown in FIG.
(In FIG. 1, the opening / closing lid 5 shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B is removed so that the inside of the tape cassette storage unit 20 can be seen.) The thermal head 21, the platen roller 22,
A tape supply shaft 23 and an ink ribbon take-up shaft 24 are provided.

The thermal head 21 includes a platen roller 2
A plurality of heat-generating portions are provided at a location facing 2. The platen roller 22 is rotatably mounted on a bracket 26 rotatably supported by a support shaft 25. The bracket 26 includes a coil spring 2 interposed between the bracket 26 and the support shaft 25.
7, the platen roller 22 is pressed against the heat-generating portion of the thermal head 21. A tape outlet 28 is formed in a partition wall between the tape cassette housing 20 and the outside, and two cutter blades 29 each including a fixed blade and a movable blade are disposed so as to vertically sandwich the tape outlet 28. .

FIG. 3 is a plan sectional view showing a state in which the tape cassette 10 is mounted in the tape cassette accommodating section 20 of the printing apparatus 1. Note that FIG. 3 includes FIGS. 1 and 2
1 and 2 are given the same reference numerals as in FIGS. 1 and 2. As shown in FIG.
0 is mounted in the tape cassette accommodating section 20 of the printing apparatus 1, the thermal head 21 is inserted and arranged in the concave portion 19 of the tape cassette 10, and the tape supply shaft 23.
Fits into the reel hole of the tape spool 14, and the ink ribbon winding shaft 24 fits into the reel hole of the ribbon winding spool 18.

When printing on the label tape 7, the platen roller 22 rotates toward the thermal head 21, and the label tape 7 and the ink ribbon 15 inserted into the concave portion 19 of the tape cassette 10 are transferred to the thermal head 21. The printing portion is formed by pressing and holding the heating portion. The thermal head 21 generates heat based on the print information input from the key input unit 3 and generates the ink ribbon 1 on the label tape 7.
5 is thermally transferred (printed) to the platen roller 22.
Rotates counterclockwise to rotate the printed portion 7 'of the label tape 7 and the used portion 15' of the ink ribbon 15.
Is transported downstream (to the right in the figure).

By this conveyance, an unused portion of the label tape 7 is pulled out from the tape spool 14 and supplied to the printing section. On the other hand, in synchronization with this conveyance, the ink ribbon take-up shaft 24 rotates clockwise, whereby the ribbon take-up spool 18 is driven to rotate in the same direction to take up the used portion 15 'of the ink ribbon. By this winding,
Unused ink ribbon 15 from ribbon supply spool 16
Is drawn out and supplied to the printing unit.

The printed portion 7 'of the tape, which is separated from the used portion 15' of the ink ribbon which is printed and wound on the ribbon take-up spool 18, is 3 in full color printing.
It is once rewound on the tape spool 14 in order to apply the color again, and when printing is completed, it is fed out of the apparatus from the tape discharge port 28 to set a predetermined position to the cutter blades 29, 29.
It is cut by.

FIG. 4A is a diagram showing an example of a printing mode on the label tape 7 'with print printed as described above, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a flower character intended to be formed using a seal 9. The numbers 1, 2,..., 29 shown on each of the die-cut seals 9 in FIG. 3B are used to form the flower character “moon” shown in FIG. Blanking seal 9
Are shown for reference only when they are pasted on an appropriate background, and are not printed on the die-cut seal 9 in this manner.

As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the label tape 7 'is provided with a character form 31 ("month") to be formed of a flower character in a tape margin above the die-cut seal 9. On the flower character ("month"), a place mark 32 where the stamp 9 should be located is printed. Further, in the tape margin below the die-cut seal 9, a number 34 indicating the sticking order shown for reference in FIG. Then, in the die-cut seal 9, the boundary of the portion (the area to be concealed) that overlaps with the adjacent die-cut seal 9 when affixed as a flower character (“month”) is printed by, for example, a broken line 33 or the like. Is shown.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are enlarged views each showing a part of the above-described printing mode on the label tape 7 '. FIG. 5 shows a mode of printing on the die-cut seal 9 having the ninth sticking order, and FIG. 6 shows a mode of printing on the die-cut seal 9 having the tenth sticking order.

The character shape 31 ("month") printed in the margin above the die seal 9 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is a shape obtained by reducing the flower character as shown in FIG. 4B. In accordance with the outline of the stamp of the flower character (the letter shape 31 of the moon), the place mark 32 where the stamp 9 should be positioned on the flower character is filled or indicated by printing with another color ink. Have been.

That is, in the example of FIG. 5, the position (see FIG. 4 (b)) of the die-cut seal 9 having the ninth sticking order is printed as a place mark 32, and in the example of FIG. The position of the tenth die-cut seal 9 (see FIG. 4 (b)) is printed as a place mark 32 by painting it out. In this manner, the printing of the character shape 31 in which the flower character is reduced as it is, together with the display of the sticking order number 34, forms the flower character “moon” (overlapping) with these stamps 9. Wearing) becomes extremely easy. Since the display of the character shape 31 in which the flower character is reduced as it is becomes finer, it is preferable to apply the printing when the label tape 7 is wide, for example, 50 mm wide.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a portion 35 of the die-cutting seal 9 that overlaps the adjacent die-cutting seal 9 has a sticking order number of the die-cutting seal 9,
The sticking order number of another die-cutting seal 9 overlapping and adjacent to the die-cutting seal 9 is printed. by this,
Furthermore, the formation (overlapping and sticking) of a flower character by these die-cut seals 9 becomes easier. In the example shown in FIG. 4 (b), six stamping seals 9 are used for each horizontal section of the "moon" in the example shown in FIG. In the method of stacking the die-cut seals 9, the intervals may be coarser than in the case of FIG.

FIG. 7 shows an example in which a flower character "moon" is formed, but an example in which the intervals at which the stamps 9 are overlapped is made closer. The drawing shows an example in which 11 stamping seals 9 are used for one horizontal stroke of the flower character "moon".

As shown in FIG. 4 (b), if the interval between the stamps 9 is relatively large, characters, symbols, pictures, etc. are placed in the non-overlapping area of the stamp 9. Can be printed. This will be described below as a second embodiment.

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of a flower character finally formed in the second embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the printing form of the die-cut seals in an easy-to-understand manner. still,
Also in this embodiment, the printing device 1 and the label tape 7 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 are used as the printing device and the label tape to be used.

In the second embodiment, FIG.
As shown in the example shown in (a), in the flower character "moon", when read continuously in the horizontal direction, the character of the sentence becomes "Himitsu's password for e-mail. Is printed on the non-overlapping area of each die-cut seal 9. Then, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), characters to be printed on the non-overlapping area of the other die-cut seals 9 that are adjacent to and overlap the overlapping area 35 are printed on the overlapping area 35 separated by the broken line 33. You. Thereby, the sticking order can be understood.

In this case, if the printed output on the label tape 7 is not arranged in the order of sticking as shown in FIG.
The fun of cryptanalysis and puzzle play is added, and you can create flower characters while having fun.

FIG. 9 (a) is a diagram showing an example of another flower character in the second embodiment, and FIG. 9 (b) is a diagram showing only the sticking order without overlapping the die-cut seals. It is. Same figure
The example shown in (a) represents the flower character “mountain”. The cutout seals 9 that form the strokes are "Kabuto Mushi", "Two Years 2", "Taro Yamada" according to the stroke order of "Mountain".
The letters "Observation Diary" are printed. In this case as well, as shown in FIG. 3B, in the overlapping area 35 delimited by the broken line 33, printing is performed on the non-overlapping area of the other die-cut seal 9 that is adjacent to and overlaps the overlapping area 35. Characters are printed. Thereby, the sticking order can be understood.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control circuit of the printing apparatus 1 for performing printing as described above. As shown in the figure, the control circuit includes a CPU 40,
The printing unit 41, the memory 42, and the key input unit 3 and the display unit 4 shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B are connected to U40. The input unit 3 has a number of character input keys 3-1 and print keys 3-
Two or four cursor keys 3-3 and an execution key 3-4 are provided.

The printing unit 41 is a drive engine, and has a CP
Based on a command from U40, in particular, referring to detection signals from a label tape position detection sensor and an ink ribbon position detection sensor (not shown),
2. Drive control of a motor (not shown) and a drive system switching clutch (not shown) to drive the tape supply shaft 23 and the ink ribbon take-up shaft 24, thereby controlling the heat generation drive of the thermal head 21.

The memory 42 includes a ROM 42-1 and a RAM 4
The ROM 42-1 stores flower character fonts 42-1-1 such as "month" and "mountain". Although not particularly shown in the ROM 42-1,
A program for a control process executed by the CPU 40 is stored.

In the RAM 42-2, upper-case print data (print data to be printed in the non-overlapping area of the die-cut seal 9) area 42-2-1 and right print data (the right side of the die-cut seal 9 overlap and are hidden). At this time, the print data to be printed in the overlapping area) area 42-2-2, the lower right print data (the print data to be printed in the overlapping area when the lower right side of the die-cutting seal 9 is overlapped and hidden) area 42-2-2. 3. Lower print data (print data to be printed on the overlapping area when the lower side of the die-cutting seal 9 overlaps and is hidden) area 42-
2-4, lower left print data (print data to be printed on the overlapping area when the lower left side of the die-cut seal 9 overlaps and is hidden) area 42-2-5 and print data development area 42-2
-6.

The above-mentioned upper-case print data is set by key input, and the other print data of the right, lower right, lower, lower left and the like are displayed in accordance with each dot position of the selected flower character font 42-1-1 and the above input. It is automatically set according to the printed uppercase print data. Print data development area 42-2-
Reference numeral 6 denotes a print buffer in which upper-case print data to be printed in the non-overlapping area and other print data to be printed in each overlapping area are developed for each die-cut seal 9.

FIG. 11 (a) is a flowchart of the control processing operation in the control circuit having the above configuration.
Is a flowchart showing the overlap check processing in detail. As shown in the flowchart of FIG.
U40 first recognizes a character (for example, “month”) to be a flower character input by the character input key 3-1 and confirms that the month of the input flower character is determined by the execution key 3-3. Recognize (step S1).

Next, the uppercase print data area 42-2-1
Are sequentially added to the dots corresponding to the font and dot positions of the input and confirmed flower character "month" in the character position storage area (for example, a pointer having an 8 × 8 dot configuration) corresponding to (step S2).

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the display of the mark ○ has been designated (or selected) in advance (step S).
3) If not specified (N in S3), display message is displayed on display unit 4 so as to input a message to be inserted into flower characters (step S4). Thus, for example, a character string of "Himitsu ... Look! Alisa II" as shown in FIG.

In step S3, if the display of a circle is designated (Y in S3), the display unit 4 displays the flower character "month".
(See FIG. 4 (b)), and in the display procedure of the place mark 32 shown in FIG. 5 and FIG.
The marks are displayed sequentially. Thus, in this case, the characters are input while the character positions are confirmed one by one.

Subsequent to step S4 or step S5, an overlap check is performed (step S6). here,
The overlap check process will be further described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the character position recording area (pointer) is sequentially scanned from upper left to right to detect the first print data (step S6-1). Thus, for example, when the flower character is “month”, the font dot of “month” is shown in FIG.
The dot corresponding to the first die-cut seal position shown in FIG.

Next, it is determined whether or not there is a character to the right of the dot just detected (a print mark is attached to the right dot) (step S6-2). If there is a character on the right (Y in S6-2), the character data on the right is written into the right print data area 42-2-2 at the position determined as the current position (step S6-3), Step S6
Go to the process of -4. If it is determined in step S6-2 that there is no character on the right, the process immediately proceeds to step S6-4.

In step S6-4, it is determined whether or not there is a character at the lower right of the detected dot (a print mark is attached to the lower right dot). (Y in S6-4), the lower right character data is written in the lower right print data area 42-2-3 at the position determined as the current position (step S6-3), and the process proceeds to step S6-6. move on. If it is determined in step S6-4 that there is no character at the lower right, the process immediately proceeds to step S6-6.

In step S6-6, it is determined whether or not there is a character below the detected dot (a print mark is attached to the lower dot).
6 is Y), the lower character data is transferred to the lower print data area 42-
The data is written in the position determined as the current position of 2-4 (step S6-7), and the process proceeds to step S6-8. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S6-6 that there is no character below, the process immediately proceeds to step S6-8.

In step S6-8, it is determined whether or not there is a character at the lower left of the detected dot (a print mark is attached to the lower left dot). 8 is Y), the lower left character data is written to the position defined as the current position of the lower left print data area 42-2-5 (step S6-9), and the process proceeds to step S6-10. On the other hand, the above step S6-8
If there is no character at the lower left in the determination of step S6, step S6 is immediately executed.
Proceed to -10.

In step S6-10, the current scanning position is sequentially moved to the next scanning position, and a search is made for the dot position where the print mark is added. Then, it is determined whether or not the processing is completed (S6-11). This processing is, for example, 8 × 8
This is a process of determining whether scanning of the last dot of the dot pointer has been completed.

If it is not finished, that is, if a dot with a print mark is detected (S6-1)
1 is N), returning to step S6-2, and
Steps 6-1 to S6-11 are repeated. This allows
For example, preparation for editing capital letter print data and other print data corresponding to each print mode of the 29 die-cut seals 9 shown in FIG.

When the end of scanning of the last dot of the pointer is detected in step S6-11 (Y in S6-11), the process of the overlap check is terminated, and FIG.
Return to the process of (a).

Referring again to the flowchart of FIG. 11A, the print data of the right part, lower right part, lower part, lower left part, etc., obtained by the above-described overlap check, and the character position storage area of the input character string With the uppercase print data corresponding to the dot position where the mark is given, the print data for each die cut seal 9 is sequentially synthesized for each character of the uppercase print data and developed into the print data development area 42-2-6. (Step S7).

Next, the display unit 4 informs the display unit 4 of an inquiry as to whether or not to perform printing on the die release seal 9 based on the developed print data at random on the label tape 7 and waits for input (step S8). ). If the input is not random (N in S8), the stamps 9 are sequentially printed from the upper left side of the flower character to the right side (step S10). As a result, the 29 stamps 9 shown in FIG. 8B are sequentially printed on the label tape 7 in the printing order shown in FIG. 4A.

In step S8, if the designation is random (Y in S8), a random number is generated, and the print position mark in the character position storage area and the print data development area 42-2 are generated.
The printing is executed after randomly changing the correspondence with the print data of each die-cut seal 9 of -6 (step S).
9). As a result, the 29 stamps 9 shown in FIG. 8B are printed on the label tape 7 in a random order.

Subsequent to the step S9 or S10, until the rear margin of the 29 stamping seals 9 of the printed label tape 7 (labeled label tape 7 'in FIG. 3) reaches the position of the cutter blade 29. The label tape 7 ′ with printout is fed out from the discharge port 28, cut by the cutter blade 29, and cut off from the tape body (step S 1).
1). Thereby, the die release seal 9 is peeled off from the printed label tape 7 ′, and according to the overlay instruction mark,
The flower character "moon" can be created by pasting it over any background.

In each of the above embodiments, the die-cut seal is round, but the shape of the die-cut seal is not limited to a round shape, but may be a triangle, a square, another polygon, a flower, or the like. The shape may be a shape obtained by taking the shape of a petal, or a shape obtained by taking the shape of an animal.

FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b) show that the label tape 7 shown in FIG. This shows a method of creating a flower character sticker 43 (43-1, 43-3,...) Using a square cutout seal obtained by cutting. As in the case of creating a flower character “large” as shown in FIG. 11A, the strokes from the third seal 43-3 to the ninth seal 43- 9 may be cut out continuously, and superimposition may be performed on strokes drawn diagonally.

Also in this case, as shown in FIG. 11B, a border line is printed by a broken line 44 at the overlapped portion.
A superimposition instruction mark 45 is printed inside thereof. Also in this case, a character string as shown in FIG. 8 or 9 may be printed in the non-overlapping area.

In addition, the superposition of such cut-out seals (or the above-described die-cut seals) is not formed in one line for each stroke, but one seal is made as one dot.
Complex flower characters can be composed. In this case, for example, like the characters "dog" and "sen" shown in FIG.
In the case of characters that are separated from each other due to dots, deviations, creations, etc., create a font so that the strokes are continuous at appropriate places, such as cutout signboard characters, and It is advisable to create a cutout seal (or a die-cut seal) according to.

[0058]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a so-called flower character such as a large character or a decorative character can be easily created by attaching and connecting a plurality of die-cut labels. Therefore, it is convenient that the display of the exhibition hall, the signboard, the display at the school festival, and the like to attract the attention can be easily created by the tape printer.

Also, since the non-overlapping area and the overlapping area of the die-cut label are separately printed, the text is printed one character at a time in the non-overlapping area, and a mark indicating how to overlap is printed in the overlapping area. The cipher text and play words can be printed and enjoyed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a plan view of a printing apparatus according to a first embodiment, and FIG. 1B is a side view.

2A is a partial perspective view showing a configuration of a label tape according to the first embodiment, FIG. 2B is a perspective view of a tape cassette accommodating the label tape, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a tape cassette storage section of the device.

FIG. 3 is a plan sectional view showing a state in which a tape cassette is mounted in a tape cassette accommodating portion in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4A is a diagram showing an example of a print mode of a label tape according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 4B is a diagram showing an example of a flower character to be formed by the stamp;

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view (part 1) of a printing mode of the label tape in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view (part 2) of a print mode of the label tape according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a flower character in the first embodiment in which the intervals at which the die-cut seals are overlapped are made denser.

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of a flower character according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 8B is a diagram simply showing the printed form of the die-cut seal in a sticking order.

FIG. 9A is a diagram showing an example of another flower character according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 9B is a diagram showing the die-cut seals simply arranged in the order of attachment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control circuit of the printing apparatus according to the first and second embodiments.

11A is a flowchart showing the control processing operation of the control circuit, and FIG. 11B is a flowchart showing the overlap check processing in detail.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another example of creating a flower character.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printer 2 Device main body 3 Key input part 3-1 Character input key 3-2 Print key 3-3 Four cursor keys 3-4 Execution key 4 Display part 5 Opening / closing lid 7 Label tape (tape-like print-receiving medium) 8) Adhesive material layer 9 Die-release seal (seal body) 10 Tape cassette 11 Printing tape 12 Tape-like release liner (release paper) 13 Cassette body 14 Tape spool 15 Unused ink ribbon 15 'Ink ribbon used part 16 Ribbon Supply spool 18 Ribbon take-up spool 19 Recess 20 Tape cassette storage section 21 Thermal head 22 Platen roller 23 Tape supply shaft 24 Ink ribbon take-up shaft 25 Support shaft 26 Bracket 27 Coil spring 28 Tape outlet 29 Cutter blade 31 Character shape 32 Location Mark 33 Dashed line 3 indicating the boundary of the overlapped part Sticking order number 35 Overlapping part 40 CPU 41 Printing part 42 Memory 42-1 ROM 42-2 RAM 42-1-1 Flower character font 42-2-1 Uppercase printing data area 42-2-2 Right printing data area 42 -2-3 Lower right print data area 42-2-4 Lower print data area 42-2-5 Lower left print data area 42-2-6 Print data development area 43 (43-1, 43-3, ...) ) Cutout sticker for flower character 44 Dashed line indicating boundary 45 Overlay indication mark

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A seal body having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on the back side of a printing surface and a release paper integrated with the adhesive layer interposed therebetween. What is claimed is: 1. A printing apparatus for performing printing based on print data on a print-receiving medium while transporting the print-receiving medium serving as a shape seal by a transport unit, wherein a predetermined number of the seals to be formed when a plurality of the seals are connected to each other Shape input means for inputting the shape of the shape, and relevancy printing for editing data to print characters and symbols indicating the relevance of the connection arrangement with other seals so as to obtain the shape input by the shape input means. A printing apparatus comprising: data editing means; and printing means for printing characters, symbols, and the like edited by the association print data editing means on the seal portion. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the seal portion includes a plurality of stamps having a predetermined shape, and further includes a detecting unit configured to detect a position of the stamp seal unit. 2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein printing is performed on the print-receiving medium based on data by the association print data editing unit at or near a plurality of die-cut seal portions. 3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the seal portion on which the printing is performed is an area to be covered and covered by another seal when connected to the other seal. 4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing medium is a tape-shaped printing medium wound around a holding member.