Patent ID: 8899854

Claim:
A tape printer control method comprising: (a) performing printing operation by driving a printing head while feeding a printing tape using a feed roller to which normal rotation power of a motor is transmitted via a gear train; (b) driving the motor slightly in a reverse rotation direction during the printing operation so as to stop normal rotation of the feed roller and eliminate play in the reverse rotation direction produced by the backlash of the gear train without rotating the feed roller in the reverse rotation direction; (c) suspending the printing operation; (d) performing cutting operation for the printing tape using a tape cutter on the downstream side of the printing head in the tape feed direction; (e) driving the motor slightly in the normal rotation direction before restart of the printing operation so as to eliminate play in the normal rotation direction produced by the backlash of the gear train without rotating the feed roller; and (f) restarting the printing operation.