Patent ID: 7798732
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a feeding device that applies a driving force to feed a print-receiving medium; a print forming device that performs a print forming process on said print-receiving medium fed by the driving force of said feeding device; a harmonization correlation storing device that stores a reference property of said print-receiving medium or a bonding medium to be bonded to said print-receiving medium envisioned beforehand as a reference, a driving speed of said feeding device set beforehand corresponding to said reference property, and a print forming process operation of said print forming device set beforehand corresponding to said reference property, as a harmonization correlation; a harmonization controlling portion that harmonizes and controls said driving speed and said print forming process operation, based on an input of print information according to an operation of an operator by using said harmonization correlation; a detecting device that detects a property of said print-receiving medium or said bonding medium; a property comparing portion that compares the property detected by said detecting device with said reference property stored in said harmonization correlation storing device; and a harmonization changing portion that changes said harmonization correlation according to a comparison result by said property comparing portion, wherein said print-receiving medium is a print-receiving tape, said printing apparatus further comprises a cartridge holder where a cartridge can be loaded and removed, said cartridge containing a print-receiving tape roll where said print-receiving tape is wound around, said detecting device detects a type of said cartridge loaded into said cartridge holder, said bonding medium is a base tape to be bonded to said print-receiving tape, and said cartridge holder is constituted so as to allow loading and removing of the cartridge containing said print-receiving tape roll and a base tape roll where said base tape is wound around, said harmonization changing portion comprises a print signal changing portion that changes a signal element of a print instruction signal that instructs said print forming process of said print forming device, said property includes a pull-out force with respect to said print-receiving tape or said base tape, and said harmonization changing portion either makes longer an output interval of the signal element of said print instruction signal with said print signal changing portion or makes higher the driving speed of said feeding device with said speed changing portion when said pull-out force with respect to said print-receiving tape or said base tape is large, and either makes shorter the output interval of the signal element of said print instruction signal with said print signal changing portion or makes lower the driving speed of said feeding device with said speed changing portion when said pull-out force with respect to said print-receiving tape or said base tape is small.