Patent ID: 7524120

Claim:
A tape printer comprising: a cassette holding part for holding a removable tape cassette which houses a print tape therein; a print head for printing on the print tape; a platen roller for pressing the print tape against the print head; a holding member for holding either one of the platen roller and the print head, the holding member being movable between a pressing position in which the platen roller and the print head are pressed against each other and a withdrawing position in which the platen roller and the print head are separated from each other; and a cassette cover capable of opening and closing for covering the tape cassette installed in the cassette holding member; wherein the cassette cover has a pressing operation device which contacts the holding member and presses the holding member to the pressing position during a closed state of the cassette cover, and a withdrawing operation device which contacts the holding member and returns the holding member to the withdrawing position during a transitional period from the closed state to an opened state of the cassette cover, and wherein the withdrawing operation device is a withdrawing cam part that is integrally formed with an extended portion that extends down from the cassette cover and comes slidably in contact with a withdrawing cam receiver when the cassette cover is in an open position.