Tape cassette including tape and cover film, and method of creating labels with the tape cassette

A tape cassette for creating a label, the tape cassette comprising:

• a housing;
• a tape roll accommodated in the housing, the tape roll being configured of a tape wound about a first axis, the tape having a thickness in a thickness direction and a width in a width direction, the tape having a first surface and a second surface opposite each other in the thickness direction, the tape being configured of a plurality of laminated layers comprising:
• a transparent base layer;
• a background layer having a width smaller than the width of the tape in the width direction;
• and
• a release layer constituting the first surface of the tape in the thickness direction;
• a transparent cover film roll accommodated in the housing, the transparent cover film roll being configured of a transparent cover film wound about a second axis different from the first axis, the transparent cover film being to be bonded to the second surface of the tape to create the label, the transparent cover film having a printing surface to be bonded to the second surface of the tape;
• and
• an ink ribbon roll accommodated in the housing, the ink ribbon roll being configured of an ink ribbon wound about a third axis different from the first axis and the second axis, the ink ribbon containing ink to be transferred to the printing surface of the transparent cover film to form an image thereon only in a region corresponding to the background layer in the width direction,
• wherein the label has one end portion and another end portion opposite each other with respect to the width direction,
• wherein the one end portion of the label includes the transparent cover film, the background layer, the transparent base layer, and the release layer, and
• wherein the another end portion of the label includes the transparent cover film, the transparent base layer, and the release layer.