JPH11277825A - Tape printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To process to cut a printed tape in states appropriate for various purposes by combining a full cut mechanism and a partial cut mechanism to control the cutting. SOLUTION: This tape printer includes a head 18 for printing a setting tape of a layered print tape formed of the setting tape and a release tape, and a cutting part for cutting the print tape sent from the head 18. The cutting part is provided with a full cut mechanism A for completely cutting the print tape and a partial cut mechanism B for cutting only the setting tape. The tape printer has a data order means 2 for outputting print data to the head 18, and a separation detection means 49 for detecting a point where the print data by the data order mans 2 is separated. A control device 47 is provided with a first control means 50 for automatically setting on the basis of the detection of the separation point a partial cut position where the setting tape alone is to be cut.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tape printer using a printing tape formed by laminating a printing tape and a release tape, and more particularly, to a partial cutting mechanism for cutting only a printing tape, and a printing tape. The present invention relates to a technique that can appropriately realize a cutting mode according to various uses by appropriately combining with an entire cutting mechanism that completely cuts a sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been a tape printer using a printing tape formed by laminating a printing tape and a release tape, which is capable of performing a so-called partial cut in which only the print tape is cut while leaving the release tape. (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
No. 71955). By performing a partial cut,
When peeling the printed printing tape from the release tape to use it as a label etc., the printing tape can be easily peeled from the partial cut part simply by deforming the printing tape to be bent, and nails and tweezers can be removed. The inconvenience of using the printing tape and the inconvenience of damaging the end of the printing tape are eliminated, and the ease of removing the printing tape is improved.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In a tape printer,
Due to the structure in which the cutting portion is arranged close to the lower side of the tape feeding direction with respect to the printing portion, a margin corresponding to the interval between the printing portion and the cutting portion will be formed prior to the first printing portion, If the partial cut mechanism is used, a cut portion of only the print tape can be formed in the margin, and a state in which the extra margin is removed in advance can appear.

Focusing on the fact that providing a partial cut mechanism at the cutting portion as described above has the advantage of overcoming the conventional problems, the present invention provides control of the partial cut mechanism and full cut. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a tape printer capable of cutting a printed tape into a state suitable for various uses by controlling the combination of a mechanism and a partial cutting mechanism.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tape printer comprising: a printing section for printing on the printing tape in a printing tape formed by laminating a printing tape and a release tape; A cutting unit that cuts the sent printing tape, the cutting unit includes a partial cut mechanism that cuts only the printing tape in the printing tape, and print data is written to the printing unit. A data instructing means for outputting, and a break detecting means for detecting a break in the print data by the data instructing means, wherein a partial cut position for cutting only the printing tape is automatically determined based on the detection of the break. There is provided first control means for setting.

When printing out on a printing tape,
Print data (text data) of characters, figures, etc. is printed in a continuous state, and delimiters such as margins and unprinted parts that are not printed are formed until the next print data is printed. Becomes Therefore, in the tape printer according to the first aspect of the present invention, the partial cut position at which only the print tape is cut is automatically set based on the detection of the break point, and the partial cut is performed at the position where the partial cut is to be performed. Can be obtained automatically.

A tape printer according to a second aspect of the present invention is the tape printer according to the first aspect, wherein the break point is determined by detecting predetermined print data.

The tape printer according to the second aspect of the present invention has the same function as that of the first aspect, except that predetermined print data such as a space key or a tab key is added to a non-print portion as a delimiting portion. A break is detected by detecting the print data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tape printer according to the first aspect, wherein the break is determined by detecting a blank portion having no print data.

[0010] The tape printer according to the third aspect of the invention has the same function as the first aspect, but has a margin formed before printing and a non-printing part formed between adjacent printing parts. The separation is detected by detecting a blank portion having no print data such as a print portion.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tape printer according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the numbering data generated according to a predetermined rule is generated and stored prior to printing by the printing unit. A combining unit that combines the printing data and the numbering data stored in the numbering generation / storage unit sequentially with the storage unit, and repeats printing for each block partitioned by the partition based on the combined data. Print control means, and second control means for cutting only the print tape at the partial cut position set by the first control means.

The tape printer according to the fourth aspect of the invention has the same function as the first to third aspects, but the numbering is applied to the non-printed portion for each printed portion. The numbering makes it possible to identify and count a printed portion after printing.

A tape printer according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the tape printer according to the fourth aspect, wherein the cut portion of the printing tape alone by the partial cut mechanism is also provided between the printing portion and the numbering data in the block. It has been set.

The tape printer according to the fifth aspect of the present invention has the same function as that of the fourth aspect, except that the printing tape of each block separated by the cut-off portion is printed with the numbering portion by the partial cut mechanism. Since it is divided into parts, when creating labels etc. by peeling from the release tape, the numbering for identification can be deleted,
It can be used with only necessary print data.

A tape printer according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the tape printer according to the fifth aspect, wherein the cutting section includes a full-cut mechanism for cutting the printing tape, and the printing tape is provided at the separation point. Is set to be disconnected.

In the tape printer according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the same effect as that of the fifth aspect is obtained, but a block comprising a print portion printed based on print data and a numbered portion is provided. Each part is divided by the entire cutting mechanism, and a plurality of printed tapes of one block unit can be continuously formed by one set of numbered printing parts.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a tape printer 1 and a data creating device 2 for creating text data and the like for printing.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an input key for characters and symbols, a CRT, and the like.
5, a keyboard 3 and a coordinate input device (mouse) 4 provided with a cursor movement key for moving a cursor on a display portion in up, down, left and right directions, various operation keys, and the like, and a CRT 5 capable of displaying characters and the like for a plurality of lines. Each is connected to the control main unit (computer) 6 via a connection line.
The tape printer 1 is also connected to the control main unit 6 via a connection line.

Next, the printing mechanism in the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
A tape storage cassette 7 is detachably mounted on a cassette storage frame 17 in the case 1a. Inside the tape storage cassette 7, a tape spool 9 around which a transparent surface tape 8 such as a PET film is wound, a ribbon supply spool 11 around which an ink ribbon 10 is wound,
A take-up spool 12 for winding the ink ribbon 10, a base material supply spool 15 in which a double-sided adhesive tape 13 having the same width as the surface tape 8 and having an adhesive layer on both sides is wound with a release tape 14 on the outside, A bonding roller 16 for overlapping and bonding the adhesive tape 13 and the surface layer tape 8 is provided rotatably. Then, the tape spool 9 and the joining roller 1
6 is provided with a tape feed motor 46 for driving the motor 6.

The thermal head 18, which is a printing portion standing upright from the cassette housing frame 17, faces the recess 19 of the tape housing cassette 7, and the portion of the thermal head 18 is overlapped with the surface tape 8 and the ink ribbon 10. It can pass in the state where it was done. A platen roller 21 mounted on a roller holder 20 rotatably provided from the cassette housing frame 17 is pressed toward the thermal head 18,
Feed roller 22 mounted on the tip side of roller holder 20
Is pressed toward the joining roller 16.

When printing is performed based on the print data created by the data creation device 2, the drive motor 25 in the cassette housing frame 17 is rotated to rotate the take-up spool 12, feed roller 2 via a gear mechanism (not shown).
2. While the joining roller 16 is rotated synchronously, the heating elements arranged in a row in the thermal head 18 are selectively energized and driven, and a dot row of the ink 29 is attached to the back surface of the surface tape 8 for printing. After that, it is sent to the cutting unit 23 as a printed printing tape 24 in which the double-sided adhesive tape 13 is laminated on the printing surface of the surface tape 8.

The cutting section 23 includes an entire cutting mechanism A for completely cutting the printing tape 24, and a partial cutting mechanism B to be described later. The entire cutting mechanism A includes a fixed blade 23a
And a movable blade 23b that moves far and near by rotation with respect to the fixed blade 23a, and the printing tape 24 is rotated by rotating the movable blade 23b by an electric drive mechanism 26. It is configured to cut.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the printed printing tape 24. A dot row of ink 29 is adhered to the back surface of a transparent surface tape 8 such as a PET (polyethylene phthalate) film as a mirror image of characters. The back side is joined by the adhesive layer 13b on one side of the base tape 13a of the double-sided adhesive tape 13, and the back side is the adhesive layer 1 on the other side.
This is covered with a paper release tape (release paper) 14 via 3c. The printing tape 28 having a thickness T1 is a combination of the surface tape 8 and the double-sided adhesive tape 13 excluding the release tape (release paper) 14, and the double-sided adhesive tape 1
The release paper already integrated with 3 is the release tape 14 (see FIG. 4).

As shown in FIG. 2, the partial cutting mechanism B
It is arranged between the paper discharge unit 27 and the full cutting mechanism A in the case 1 a of the tape printer 1. As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, a metal thick plate-shaped receiving base 33 fixed to the cassette housing frame 17 and the like is pivotally supported on the receiving base 33 so as to be rotatable around a caulking pin 34. Support member 35
And a cutting blade 36 fixed to the support member 35 by spot welding 37 or the like, and a driving means 38 for rotating the support member 35.

The receiving table 33 has a thickness T2 of the release tape 14.
Is smaller than the width H2 of the release tape 14 (the printing tape 24), and the step 3 is wider than the width of the release tape 14 (the printing tape 24).
9 is formed. Therefore, the pair of steps 33 having the same height H2 as the step 39 with respect to the bottom surface of the step 39 are provided on the end surfaces of the tip side of the receiving table 33 and the vicinity of the caulking pin 34.
a, 33b are formed. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, the thickness of the entire printing tape 24 is increased from the foot portion 35 a contacting a part of the one step portion 33 a toward the vicinity of the caulking pin 34 on the front end side of the support member 35. T3 (= T1 + T
The step 40 is formed to be deeper than 2) and wider than the width of the printing tape 24.

As shown in FIG. 7, in order to position and fix the cutting blade 36 on the support member 35, the foot 35a on the front end side of the support member 35 contacts the step 33a on the front end side of the receiving base 33. Then, it is rotated around the swaging pin 34 and closed. In this state, the cutting blade 36 is fixed to the support member 35 by spot welding 37 or an adhesive (not shown) at a position where both ends of the cutting edge of the cutting blade 36 contact the pair of steps 33a and 33b. . This ensures that the gap between the cutting edge of the cutting blade 36 and the step 39 in the receiving table 33 becomes parallel, and the dimension of the gap becomes equal to the height H2 of the step 39. The fixing of the cutting blade 36 to the support member 35 can be performed very easily without any difficulty, and the mounting accuracy is remarkably improved.

As shown in FIG. 5, the cutting blade 36, that is, the driving means 38 for rotating the support member 35 about the caulking pin 34, drives the power of the electric motor 41, which can be rotated forward and backward, via a gear train 42. When the crank 43 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 5, the pin 44 protruding from the crank 43 moves along the long groove 45 formed in the support member 35, thereby causing the support member 35 to move. This is a structure for rotating in a counterclockwise direction. In this case, after the foot 35a of the support member 35 comes into contact with the step 33a of the cradle 33, the electric motor 41 is prevented from being overloaded by a slip clutch (not shown) interposed in the gear train 42. It is configured.

Then, at least the foot 3 is attached to the support member 35.
5a and one end of the cutting edge of the cutting blade 36
When abutting on a, the partial cut of the printing tape 24 is completed. At this time, the other end of the cutting blade 36 may abut on the other step 33 b of the receiving table 33. When the electric motor 41 is opened by rotating in the reverse direction, a limit switch (not shown) contacts a suitable portion of the support member 35 and outputs a predetermined signal so as to stop the electric motor 41 at the maximum opening angle. .

As described above, when the support member 35 and the cutting blade 36 are rotated around the center of rotation (caulking pin 34) with respect to the fixed receiving stand 33 and closed, the cutting edge of the cutting blade 36 and the step 39 are closed. The gap gradually narrows from the side closer to the caulking pin 34. Therefore, the cutting edge of the cutting blade 36 hits the printing tape 24 in order from one edge, and the printing tape 24 is
, And the cutting edge of the cutting blade 36 cuts at a stroke across the entire width of the tape, so that the driving force is smaller than that of a so-called push-cut type. The output of the motor 41 can be reduced.

In order to partially cut the printing tape 24 so as to leave the peeling tape 14 side, the peeling tape 14 is positioned such that the side of the peeling tape 14 is located on the bottom side of the step 39 of the receiving table 33. Work should be performed [Fig. 8 (b)
reference〕. Conversely, in order to cut only the release tape 14, the surface tape 8 may be positioned on the bottom surface side of the step 39 of the receiving table 33 to perform a partial cutting operation.

Next, the print control device of the tape printer will be described.

As shown in FIG. 9, the keyboard 3, the data generating device 2, the drive circuit 18a for the thermal head 18, the drive circuit 46a for the tape feed motor 46, and the full cut mechanism A
Drive mechanism 26 and drive means 38 of partial cut mechanism B
Are connected to the control device 47. The control device 47 includes:
The keyboard 3 includes a break detection unit 49, a first control unit 50, a numbering generation / storage unit 51, a combined print control unit 52, a second control unit 53, a half cut addition unit 54, and a full cut control unit 55. The user can select and create the printed printing tape 24 of type I to type IV by operation. In addition, "half cut"
Is a synonym for a partial cut that cuts only the print tape 28.

As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, between the thermal head 18 and the movable blade 23b of the full-cut mechanism A,
A certain distance is formed in the tape feed direction, and a slight gap also exists between the movable blade 23b of the entire cutting base mechanism A and the movable blade 35 of the partial cutting mechanism B. Accordingly, in a state where the printing tape 24 is completely cut, as shown in FIG. 16, the leading end of the tape is at the position of the whole cutting mechanism A, and printing of the printing unit 18 is started in that state, As a result, a blank portion y is formed at the leading end of the tape prior to the first printing portion i. The margin y includes a non-printing portion prior to the first printing.

The delimiter detecting means 49 is for detecting a data generating device (an example of a data instructing device) 2 for outputting print data to the printing section 18 and for detecting a break in the print data by the data generating device 2. The break point may be determined by detecting predetermined print data, may be determined by detecting a blank portion having no print data, or may be other means.

The first control means 50 automatically sets a partial cut position at which only the print tape 28 is cut based on the detection of a break, and includes information on the break detection means 49 and information inputted in advance. (For example, half-cut at the center of the delimiting part), the part to be cut by the partial cut mechanism B is set.

The numbering generation / storage means 51 stores the numbering data changed according to a predetermined rule in the printing unit 1.
8 is generated and stored prior to printing, and the combined print control means 52 sequentially combines the print data and the numbering data stored in the numbering generation / storage means 51, and based on the combined data. The printing is repeated for each block delimited by the delimiter. The second control unit 53 controls the operation of the partial cut mechanism B so that only the print tape 28 is cut at the partial cut position set by the first control unit 50.

The half-cut adding means 54 sets the cutting position of only the printing tape 28 by the partial cutting mechanism B between the printing part in the block and the numbering data. The setting is made so that the printing tape 24 is cut at the break points.

The text input is performed on the screen as shown in FIG. 18, and the selection of the half cut and the selection of the numbering as a print option are performed in FIGS.
This can be done on a dialog screen as shown at 0.

FIGS. 10 to 13 show examples of tapes created by the tape printer 1 by cutting control. In FIG. 10, a partial cut line 56 for cutting only the print tape 29 is formed prior to a print portion (Yamada, Sato, Tanaka, Suzuki) based on print data. This is due to the operation of the control means 50. Each printed portion can be used as a name label by peeling it off from the release tape 14.

In FIG. 11, the numbering for counting 1, 2, 3,... Is printed prior to the printing portion, and partial cut lines are provided for each block consisting of the printing portion and the numbering. 56 are formed.
This is due to the operation of the break detection means 49, the first control means 50, the numbering generation / storage means 51, the composite print control means 52 and the second control means 53.

In FIG. 12, the partial cut line 56 is also formed between the numbering and the printing portion in the configuration shown in FIG.
This is because the half-cut adding means 54 has also been operated in addition to 50, 51, 52 and 53. Also, the one shown in FIG.
Further, the all-cut control means 55 is also operated, and an all-cut line 57 is formed for each block.

Next, the operation procedure of the print control will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, Si (i = 1, 2, 3,...) Indicates each step number in the flowchart. Before this flowchart is executed, character strings such as "Yamada", "Sato", "Tanaka", and "Suzuki" are input on the text input screen shown in FIG. It is assumed that a tab code has been entered in.

As shown in FIG. 14, first, a print dialog display / print condition setting screen as shown in FIG. 19 and a print option setting dialog such as automatic numbering printing and individual cut as shown in FIG. 20 are displayed. Then, the user is set (S1), and the setting result is stored in a RAM (not shown) normally provided in the control device 47.

Specifically, on the screen shown in FIG.
When the user checks the half-cut check box using the mouse 4 or clicks the OK button without checking the box, a print option setting screen shown in FIG. 20 is displayed. In addition, numbering printing is to print while automatically updating the set initial value.
The individual cut is to perform a half cut between a number printed by numbering and a printed portion. Next, the user uses the mouse 4 to check the automatic numbering and individual cut check boxes according to the user's wishes, and inputs the numbering initial value using the keyboard 3 and then uses the mouse. Click the OK button.
Then, the control device 47 determines whether or not to perform automatic numbering printing according to whether or not the check box is checked.
Whether to perform individual cutting or not, and if automatic numbering printing is to be performed, the initial value is stored in the RAM.

Next, a stamp surface dividing process (S2) described later is executed. This stamp face dividing process is performed by a cut mark inserting process subroutine as shown in FIG. In this process, the control device 47 first checks the input character code and tab code sequentially, but determines whether there is a code that has not been checked (S20) and does not check. If there is a code (S2
0: Yes), check the code and determine whether it is a tab code (S21). If the checked code is a tab code (S21: Yes), the control device 47
The center position of the tab feed by the tab code is stored in the RAM as the cut position (S22). Then, the next code is checked (S23), and the process returns to S20. In S21, if the checked code is not a tab code (S21: No), the process returns to S20 after performing S23. If there is no unchecked code in S20, that is, if all the inputted codes have been checked, the cut mark insertion process is terminated and the process proceeds to S20 in FIG.
Move to 3.

Next, the controller 47 controls the tape feed motor 4
6 and the partial cutting mechanism B to drive the first margin to execute the tape feed and half cut processing (S3),
The numbering number is initialized (S4) based on the numbering initial value stored in.

Next, the control device 47 determines whether or not to perform numbering printing based on the contents stored in the RAM (S
5) When performing numbering printing (S5: Yes), that is, when the user inputs a check box for automatic numbering printing using the mouse 4 on the print option setting screen shown in FIG. Then, the thermal head 18 and the tape feed mechanism 46 are driven to print the initial value of the numbering number set in S4 on the non-printed portion and to feed the tape (S6).

Next, the control device 47 determines whether or not to perform the individual cut based on the contents stored in the RAM (S6).
When performing individual cut printing (S6: Yes), that is, when the user inputs a check box for individual cut using the mouse 4 on the print option setting screen shown in FIG. By driving the mechanism B, half cutting is performed on the downstream side in the tape transport direction of the number printed in S6, and the process proceeds to S9.

On the other hand, if it is set in S5 that the numbering printing is not to be performed (S5: No), the process proceeds to S9.

In S9, the control device 47 drives the thermal head 18 and the tape feed motor 46 to print the character string set in the stamp face dividing process in S2 and input to the stored cut position. (S9). Then, it is determined whether there is a character string that has not been printed yet (S10). If all the input character strings have been printed (S10),
10: No), after driving the tape feed motor 46 to feed the rear end of the printing to the entire cutting mechanism A,
Is driven to cut the entire print tape 28.

On the other hand, if there is an unprinted character string (S10:
Yes), the control device 47 determines whether or not to perform the half cut (S12). In the screen shown in FIG. 19, if the user presses the OK button without checking the half-cut check box, it is set to perform all cuts without performing half-cut (S12: good). W), the tape feed motor 46 is driven to send the stored cut position to the entire cutting mechanism A, and then the entire cutting mechanism A is driven to completely cut the print tape 28.

On the other hand, if the user inputs a check in the half-cut check box and presses the OK button, it is even set to perform the half-cut (S
12: Yes), drive the tape feed motor 46 to send the rear end of the print to the partial cut mechanism B, and then drive the partial cut mechanism B to half-cut the print tape 28 (S).
14).

Then, the next character string is set as a print target (S1).
5), the numbering character is incremented (S1
6), and return to S5.

When the user inputs a check only in the half-cut check box on the screens shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the control device 47 executes S1 in the print control.
Steps S5 to S5 are executed, "No" is determined in S5, character strings are printed by executing S9 to S12, "Yes" is determined in S12, half cutting is performed in S14, and S15 and S16 are performed. Then, the process returns to S5.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 10, the partial cut line 56 in which only the print tape 29 is cut prior to the print portion based on the print data, that is, each character string “Yamada”,
A print tape 28 with a half cut between “Sato”, “Tanaka”, and “Suzuki” is created.

When the user inputs a check in the check boxes for half-cut and automatic numbering printing on the screens shown in FIGS.
7 executes S1 to S5 in the print control, determines "Yes" in S5, prints the numbering character in the non-printing part in S6, determines "No" in S7, and determines S9 to S12. Execute and print the character string.
In step S12, "Yes" is determined, the half cut is performed in step S14, and the process returns to step S5 via steps S15 and S16. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the numbering numerals are printed prior to the printing portion by the printing data, and only the printing tape 29 is cut for each block consisting of the numbering number and the printing portion.
6 are printed in front of each character string “Yamada”, “Sato”, “Tanaka”, “Suzuki”, and the numbers 1, 2, 3... A printing tape 28 is created in which half-cuts are applied between blocks consisting of numbers and character strings.

When the user checks the check boxes for half cut, automatic numbering print, and individual cut on the screens shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the control device 47 performs S1 to S5 in print control. Is performed, the determination is "Yes" in S5, the numbering character is printed on the non-printing part in S6, the determination is "Yes" in S7, and the half cut is performed after the numbering character by executing S8. Then, the character string is printed by executing S9 to S12, "YES" is determined in S12, half cut is performed in S14, and S15 and S1 are performed.
The process returns to S5 via S6. As a result, as shown in FIG. 12, the numbering numerals are printed prior to the printing portion based on the printing data, and the partial cut line 56 in which only the printing tape 29 is cut for each block composed of the numbering number and the printing portion is formed. Formed, and half-cut between the numbering characters and the printed portion in the block, that is, each character string "Yamada",
Numbers 1, 2, 3, ... are printed before "Sato", "Tanaka", and "Suzuki", and a half cut is made between blocks consisting of numbered numbers and character strings. Further, a print tape 28 is also created in which half-cutting is performed between the numbering and the character string in the block.

When the user checks the check boxes for automatic numbering printing and individual cutting on the screens shown in FIGS.
7 executes S1 to S5 in the print control, determines "Yes" in S5, prints the numbering character in the non-printing part in S6, determines "Yes" in S7, and executes S8. A half-cut after the numbering character, print the character string by executing S9 to S12, determine "No" in S12, perform all cuts in S14, and return to S5 via S15 and S16. Perform processing. As a result, as shown in FIG. 13, the numbering numerals are printed prior to the printing portion based on the printing data, and the entire cutting line 5 where the printing tape 28 is cut for each block composed of the numbering number and the printing portion.
7 is formed, and further, a half cut is made between the numbering character and the printing portion in the block,
That is, before each of the character strings “Yamada”, “Sato”, “Tanaka”, and “Suzuki”, numbers 1, 2, 3,.
Is printed, and all the cuts are made for each block composed of the number and the character string of the numbering, and the printing tape 28 for each character string is created. In the printing tape 28, the number and the character of the numbering are written in the block. A print tape 28 having a half cut between the rows is created.

As described above, when the user appropriately inputs a check in each check box on the screens shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, various print tapes 29 as shown in FIGS. can do.

[0059]

In the tape printer according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, (a) a print tape is automatically cut at a section where print data is to be cut, which is to be cut. Can be used in a convenient and easy-to-use state in accordance with the actual use situation.

In the tape printer according to any one of claims 4 to 6, (b) the printing tape is automatically numbered and can be identified and counted, so that the printed tape can be used for various purposes such as labels. Can be used more conveniently.

In the tape printer according to the fifth aspect,
(C) An easy-to-handle printing tape that can delete the numbering portion without performing a special operation while obtaining the effect of (b) above can be produced.

In the tape printer according to the sixth aspect, while obtaining the effect of (c) above, by controlling the combination of the partial cut mechanism and the full cut mechanism, independent printing for each numbered print portion is performed. Tape can be created.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a tape printer and a data creation device.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a cassette storage unit.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a printing tape.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a partial cross-sectional view of the printing tape.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a partial cut mechanism.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing the partial cutting mechanism with the cutting blade opened.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a state in which the cutting blade is fixed to a support member.

8A is a sectional view of a main part of the partial cutting mechanism of FIG. 6, and FIG.

FIG. 9 is a control block diagram of the tape printer.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a printing tape after printing of type I.

FIG. 11 is a view showing a printing tape after printing of type II.

FIG. 12 is a view showing a printing tape after printing of type III.

FIG. 13 is a view showing a printing tape after printing of type IV.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of an operation procedure of print control.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a subroutine of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 shows a margin portion, a printing portion,
It is a figure showing a non-printing part

FIG. 17 is a side view illustrating a positional relationship between a printing unit and a cutting unit.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of text input.

FIG. 19 is an example of a dialog screen for selecting a half cut.

FIG. 20 is an example of a dialog screen for selecting numbering as a print option.

[Explanation of symbols]

 14 Release Tape 18 Printing Unit 23 Cutting Unit 24 Printing Tape 28 Printing Tape 48 Data Commanding Unit 49 Break Detection Unit 50 First Control Unit 51 Numbering Generation / Storage Unit 52 Synthetic Printing Control Unit 53 Second Control Unit

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Claims (6)

[Claims] A printing section for printing on the printing tape in a printing tape formed by laminating a printing tape and a release tape, and a cutting section for cutting the printing tape sent from the printing section. The cutting unit, comprising a partial cutting mechanism for cutting only the printing tape in the printing tape, data command means for outputting print data to the printing unit,
And a first control means for automatically setting a partial cut position at which only the print tape is cut based on the detection of the break point. Equipped tape printer. 2. The tape printer according to claim 1, wherein the break point is determined by detecting predetermined print data. 3. The tape printer according to claim 1, wherein the break point is determined by detecting a blank portion having no print data. 4. A numbering generating / storing means for generating and storing numbering data changed according to a predetermined rule prior to printing by the printing unit, and numbering stored in the printing data and the numbering generating / storing means. And synthetic printing control means for sequentially synthesizing data and repeating the printing for each block divided by the demarcated portion based on the synthesized data, and at a partial cut position set by the first control means. The tape printer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising second control means for cutting only the printing tape. 5. A cutting position of only the printing tape by the partial cutting mechanism is set between a printing portion and numbering data in the block.
A tape printer as described in. 6. The printing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the cutting section is provided with an entire cutting mechanism for cutting the printing tape, and the printing tape is set to be cut at the section. Tape printer.