Patent ID: 8616793
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A label producing apparatus comprising: a roll housing part that houses a roll around which a print-receiving tape is wound into a roll shape; a feeding roller that feeds out and transports said print-receiving tape from said roll housed in said roll housing part; a printing device that prints desired print on said print-receiving tape fed out from said roll by the feeding of said feeding roller; and a guide device that guides said print-receiving tape fed out from said roll housed in said roll housing part; wherein: said guide device comprises either a first guide part capable of guiding said roll according to roll diameters of different sizes, or a second guide part capable of guiding said roll according to roll widths of different sizes, wherein said guide device comprises the second guide part; said roll housing part comprises a fixed wall part and houses said roll with an end face on one side of said roll along a width direction in contact with said fixed wall part; and said second guide part is a guide member that is provided in a manner that can advance and retreat to said fixed wall part of said roll housing part, along a width direction of said roll, and guides a side of said print-receiving tape fed out from said roll in a width direction by contacting an end face on the other side of said roll along a width direction, wherein the label producing apparatus further comprises: an operation member that is provided to said guide member and is capable of switching a state of said guide member into a locked state which disables advance and retreat of said guide member or into an unlocked state which enables advance and retreat of said guide member in accordance with a user operation; and plurality of first groove parts provided to a base surface of said roll housing part, along a width direction of said roll; wherein: said operation member comprises a first protruding part capable of engaging with one of said plurality of first groove parts at a lower end portion; said guide member becomes the locked state where said first protruding part engages with said first groove part when said operation member is not operated, and becomes the unlocked state where said first protruding part disengages from said first groove part when said operation member is operated.