Tape printer

A tape printer, comprising:

• a tape cassette that includes:
• a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface and a pair of side surfaces;
• a wound tape mounted within the housing;
• a head holder insertion portion that is a space extending through the housing in a vertical direction and having an oblong rectangular shape in a plan view, the oblong rectangular shape extending parallel to the front surface;
• and
• a first support receiving portion connected to a cassette first end of the head holder insertion portion and facing the head holder insertion portion in a first direction that is parallel to the front surface, the cassette first end being an end positioned on an upstream side of the head holder insertion portion in a feed direction of the tape, the first support receiving portion being a first indentation extending from the bottom surface in a direction toward the top surface;
• a cassette housing portion in which the tape cassette is inserted or removed;
• a head holder extending from the cassette housing portion in a direction of insertion and removal of the tape cassette with respect to the cassette housing portion and supporting a printhead, the head holder being adapted to be inserted in the head holder insertion portion;
• and
• a first supporting portion provided on the head holder to support a ceiling wall portion of the first indentation as the first support receiving portion of the tape cassette, the first supporting portion being provided on an upstream side of the printhead in the feed direction when the head holder is inserted in the head holder insertion portion.