Patent Document ID: 6045277
Application ID: 08827874

Base Claim:
1. A tape printing apparatus, comprising: print format-designating means for selecting one kind of print format as a designated print format, from a plurality of kinds of print formats, each print format corresponding to instructions initially stored in a memory; entry means for arranging entered characters to form a character string; print image-forming means for forming print image data by editing said character string based on the instructions for said designated print format; printing means for printing on a recording medium in the form of a tape being fed, based on said print image data, means for arranging said characters of said character string in a direction other than a longitudinal direction of said recording medium in the form of a tape; and changing an orientation of each of said characters in a direction different from an orientation thereof originally set in said character string.

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Claim 5:
5. A tape printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of print formats include a portrait horizontal writing print format, and wherein when said portrait horizontal writing print format is selected as said designated print format, said print image-forming means forms said print image data by making a lateral direction of character image data corresponding to said each character of said character string in agreement with a direction corresponding to a transverse direction of said recording medium in the form of a tape, and arranging said character image data in said transverse direction of said recording medium in the form of a tape.