Patent ID: 6129466
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A tape printer comprising:input means for inputting document data of a character string;storage means having an area for recording a plurality of document data of a character string input by said input means;recording means for recording in the area of said storage means the plurality of document data input by said input means;printing means for printing lengthwise on a tape as a printing medium a plurality of documents corresponding to the plurality of document data recorded in the area of said storage means by said recording means;cutting means for cutting the tape;carrying means for carrying the tape to said printing means and said cutting means;reading means for reading a desired plurality of document data from among the plurality of document data recorded in the area of said storage means;data combining means for combining into a document data string the desired plurality of document data read by said reading means;cut instruction data adding means for adding cut instruction data, which instructs cutting of the tape, between the respective document data of a desired plurality combined by said data combining means to section the respective document data;calculating means for calculating the respective printing lengths of the tape for the respective document data of the document data string sectioned by said cut instruction data to obtain the corresponding tape cutting positions; andcontrol means for controlling said printing means and carrying means to print on the tape a document string corresponding to the document data string to which the desired plurality of document data are combined by said data combining means, during carriage of the tape, and to discontinue the printing of the document data on the tape and the carriage of the tape each time the cutting position of the tape calculated by said calculating means is carried to the position of said cutting means, and to output to said cutting means a cut instruction signal to cut the tape.