Patent ID: 7249899

Claim:
A tape printing apparatus, comprising: at least one roller movable between a pressing position, at which the at least one roller is pressed against a tape, and a releasing position; a roller driving portion that moves the at least one roller between the pressing position and the releasing position; and a controller that controls the roller driving portion such that the at least one roller is disposed at the pressing position or the releasing position in correspondence with input signals, the input signals including print data, wherein the controller controls the roller driving portion such that the at least one roller is disposed at the pressing position or the releasing portion in correspondence with at least the print data, and wherein the controller includes a first mode in which the roller driving portion is controlled such that the at least one roller is disposed at the releasing position in correspondence with termination of printing of respective pages of a plurality of successive pages and a second mode in which the roller driving portion is controlled such that the at least one roller is disposed at the releasing position in correspondence with termination of printing of all pages.