Patent ID: 6705784
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
A tape printing apparatus comprising:tape feeding means for feeding a tape material in the form of a laminate of a printing tape and a peel-off paper; printing means for printing on the tape material fed by said tape feeding means; full-cutting means for fully cutting off the tape material, said full-cutting means being arranged at a location downstream of said printing means as seen in a tape-feeding direction; tape strip-discharging means for discharging a tape strip printed by said printing means and cut off by said full-cutting means out of a tape exit; and control means for controlling said tape strip-discharging means to be operated in a manner synchronized only with an operation of said full-cutting means so as to intermittently bring said tape strip-discharging means into sliding rotational contact with the tape strip cut off by said full-cutting means; further including half-cutting means for cutting off one of the printing tape and the peel-off tape of the tape material.