Patent ID: 8907997

Claim:
A tape printer, comprising: a cassette mounting portion that is configured to be provided with a tape cassette containing a tape that is a printing medium; a cutting mechanism that is a hinged type of cutting mechanism that includes a hinge that is positioned in a side of the tape in a width direction, the cutting mechanism being configured to cut the tape, which is supplied from the tape cassette that is provided in the cassette mounting portion and is conveyed along a specified conveyance path; a discharge outlet that is provided on a downstream side of the cutting mechanism in a conveyance direction of the conveyance path along which the tape is conveyed, the discharge outlet discharging a label that is the tape that has been cut by the cutting mechanism; a guide surface that is provided between the cutting mechanism and the discharge outlet and that guides the label toward the discharge outlet; a first projecting portion that is provided in an area that is covered by a first projected image, the first projected image being an image of a minimum width tape that is projected onto the guide surface from a direction that is orthogonal to the conveyance path, being projected in a position to which the minimum width tape has been conveyed from the cutting mechanism toward the discharge outlet by a minimum length of the label, the minimum width tape being a tape whose width is the smallest of any tape that is supplied from the tape cassette that is provided in the cassette mounting portion; and a second projecting portion that is provided within the guide surface to an outside of the first projected image and on an opposite side of the first projected image from the hinge.