Printing device configured to discharge printing tape with printed surface thereof visible to user

A printing device comprising:

• a housing comprising a cassette accommodating portion to which a tape cassette is detachably attachable, the tape cassette being configured to be inserted into the cassette accommodating portion in an insertion direction, the tape cassette accommodating therein a roll of a printing tape and having an outer surface crossing a center axis of the roll of the printing tape;
• a printing head positioned in the cassette accommodating portion and configured to perform printing on the printing tape, the printing head comprising a plurality of heat-generating elements linearly arrayed in a scanning direction crossing an imaginary plane perpendicular to the insertion direction, the plurality of heat-generating elements constituting a printing surface of the printing head;
• and
• an input unit provided at the housing,
• wherein the housing is configured to expose the outer surface of the tape cassette upon attachment of the tape cassette to the cassette accommodating portion, and
• wherein the printing surface of the printing head faces downward in a state where the housing is placed on a horizontal surface such that the input unit faces upward.

A printing device comprising:

• a housing comprising a cassette accommodating portion to which a tape cassette is detachably attachable in an insertion direction, the tape cassette accommodating therein a roll of a printing tape and having an outer surface crossing a center axis of the roll of the printing tape;
• a printing head positioned in the cassette accommodating portion and configured to perform printing on the printing tape, the printing head comprising a plurality of heat-generating elements linearly arrayed in a scanning direction crossing an imaginary plane perpendicular to the insertion direction;
• and
• an input unit provided at a principal surface of the housing, the principal surface and the imaginary plane defining therebetween an external angle greater than 270 degrees at an outside of the housing.