Tape printing device

Details Tape printing device Tape printing device

1998-03-25

2000-08-29

Hilten, John S.

Typewriting machines

Displaying typewriter-formed representation of print-line

400 76, 400 70, 400 61, 4006152, B41J 1144

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061097985

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an improved tape printing device for printing a desirable series of characters in a preferable balance on a tape through a simple operation. The tape printing device of the invention is used for printing text data in a plurality of lines along a width of the tape and in a plurality of `paragraphs` along a predetermined length of the tape. The `paragraph` in the tape printing device is different from a paragraph in a word processor and includes a fixed number of lines. Even when text data in a certain line of a paragraph is deleted, the certain line is kept in the paragraph as a vacant line. In another application, the tape printing device of the invention includes a predetermined menu for printing text data in a plurality of lines. The plurality of lines are arranged in a good balance when the user selects one of possible choices for each required information in the predetermined menu. Since these possible choices are automatically varied according to the width of the tape, the user can obtain a label with rows of characters printed in a preferable balance, without setting required information according to each tape width. The invention also provides a novel technique for displaying a distinct printing image and improves printing with a shade pattern and creation of a foreign character.

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