Patent ID: 7841790

Claim:
A tape printer including a tape transfer device that transfers a long length of tape, a printing device that prints on the tape and a cassette housing part, to which a tape cassette accommodating the tape is mounted in a removable manner, comprising: a device side antenna arranged in a predetermined position in the cassette housing part; a read device that, via the device side antenna by wireless communication, reads predetermined information from a wireless information circuit element, the wireless information circuit element including an IC circuit part being arranged in a predetermined position in the tape cassette to store the predetermined information and an IC circuit-side antenna being connected to the IC circuit part to transmit and receive information; a first control device that executes control for storing the predetermined information read by the read device; a second control device that executes drive control of the tape transfer device and the printing device based on the predetermined information, wherein the predetermined information includes print control information on the tape cassette, wherein plural types of predetermined information are stored in the IC circuit part of the wireless information circuit element, wherein the tape printer further comprises: an input device, by which a user inputs a selection condition for selecting one type of predetermined information from among the plural types of predetermined information, and wherein the first control device comprises: an information selection device that selects one type of predetermined information based on the selection condition inputted by the input device; and an information storing device that, if the one type of predetermined information selected by the information selection device is not stored beforehand, stores the one type of predetermined information.