(19)
(11) EP 0 748 696 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.12.1996 Bulletin 1996/51

(21) Application number: 96300864.4

(22) Date of filing: 08.02.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B41J 3/407
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 15.06.1995 GB 9512148

(71) Applicant: Esselte N.V.
9100 Sint-Niklaas (BE)

(72) Inventor:
  • Tremlett, Jonathan Peter
    Tooting, London, SW17 8RN (GB)

(74) Representative: Style, Kelda Camilla Karen et al
Page White & Farrer, 54 Doughty Street
London WC1N 2LS
London WC1N 2LS (GB)

   


(54) Tape printer


(57) A tape printing apparatus (10) for printing a label has a main body (29). The main body (29) comprises a bay for receiving a supply of image receiving tapes, a printing mechanism for printing an image onto said tape to define a label, a keyboard (14) for entering data defining the image to be printed and a display (26) for displaying the entered data. The tape printing apparatus 10 further comprises a lid member (12) which is arranged to cover the keyboard (14) and dispaly (26) when in a closed position.






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