Tape Cassette

A tape cassette that is configured to be installed in and removed from a tape printer having a printhead and a plurality of detecting switches, the tape cassette comprising:

• a cassette case which includes a bottom case and a top case that is attached to an upper side of the bottom case, and which includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface and a pair of side surfaces;
• a tape that is housed in the cassette case, the tape being a print medium;
• a first indicator portion which includes at least one hole and indicates a type of the tape;
• a second indicator portion which includes at least one hole and at least one surface portion and indicates a type of the tape, which is different from that indicated by the first indicator portion;
• an indicator member which is a member independent from the top case and the bottom case, and which is provided with the second indicator portion;
• an attachment portion which is provided on the cassette case, and to which the indicator member is removably attached;
• a head insertion portion that is a space extending through the cassette case in a vertical direction and into which the printhead is inserted when the tape cassette is installed in the tape printer;
• and
• an arm portion that includes a part of the front surface, guides feeding of the tape, and discharges the tape toward the printhead that is inserted into the head insertion portion,
• wherein the first indicator portion is formed in the part of the front surface included in the arm portion, and
• wherein the second indicator portion is formed in the bottom surface, opposes the plurality of detecting switches that protrude toward the bottom surface when the tape cassette is installed in the tape printer, and selectively presses a part of the plurality of detecting switches that oppose to the at least one surface portion without pressing the at least one switch that opposes to the at least one hole of the second indicator portion.