Patent ID: 7249902

Claim:
A tape printing apparatus for performing printing on a print tape which includes: a recording tape layer formed of a print recording piece in one substantially half-part whose front face serves as a recording face and of a separating piece in the other substantially half-part, both of which are divided by a front cut-line formed at an intermediate position in a tape-width direction; and a transparent pseudo-laminate layer affixed to a rear face of the recording tape layer and having a laminating adhesive layer on a front-face side thereof and a transparent tape layer on a rear-face side thereof, wherein the separating-piece side of the pseudo-laminate layer is allowed to serve as a laminate tape for the recording face when folded and affixed to the front face of the print recording piece after separation of the separating piece, the tape printing apparatus comprising: an inputting means for inputting a character to be printed on the recording face; a folding-line defining means for defining a folding-line position of the pseudo-laminate layer; a width-range defining means for defining a print-width range of the recording face based on the defined folding-line position; and a printing means for printing the character in the defined print-width range.