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(11) EP 0 497 352 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.01.1993 Bulletin 1993/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.08.1992 Bulletin 1992/32

(21) Application number: 92101562.4

(22) Date of filing: 30.01.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41J 3/407, B41J 3/38
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 31.01.1991 JP 29080/91
30.08.1991 JP 220189/91
30.08.1991 JP 69501/91 U

(71) Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kimura, Satoshi, c/o Casio Comp. Patent Dep.
    Hamuramachi, Nishitamagun, Tokyo 190-11 (JP)
  • Mochinaga, Nobuyuki, c/o Casio Comp. Patent Dep.
    Hamuramachi, Nishitamagun, Tokyo 190-11 (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)


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    (54) Tape printer


    (57) A tape printer unit comprises a housing (11, 14), a printer unit (22) provided in the housing (11, 14), a keyboard on the housing (11, 14), and a cassette (100, 120) accommodating an adhesive tape (101, 121) and ink ribbon (102, 122) the cassette (100, 120) being removablely attached in the printer unit (22). The tape printer unit prints data input from the keyboard (12) on the adhesive tape (101. 121), and feeds the printed adhesive tape (101, 121) to the outside of the housing (11, 14). The tape printer unit is capable of being used with several different cassettes (100, 120) respectively accommodating adhesive tapes (101, 121) which are of different width from each other, and can automatically print the data according to the width of the adhesive tape (101, 121) accommodated in the cassette (100, 120) which has been attached in the printer unit.






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