Tape cassette and printing apparatus

A printing apparatus configured to print a character in conjunction with a tape cassette, to which at least one of a type and a purpose is assigned, the tape cassette comprising a tape being a printing medium and a first memory device configured to store information including character data being a data unit for printing the character on the tape, the character data including specific character data for printing a specific character which is expressed in a specific format in compliance with the at least one of the type and the purpose assigned to the tape cassette, the printing apparatus comprising:

• an attachable section, to which the tape cassette is detachably attached;
• a second memory device configured to store built-in data being the character data for printing the character in a predetermined format as in-apparatus stored data;
• a controller configured to:
• read the specific character data that satisfies a predetermined condition from the first memory device in the tape cassette being attached to the attachable section and store the read specific character data in the second memory device as the in-apparatus stored data;
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• appoint print-object data being the character data corresponding to an object character, the object character being the character appointed as a print object, from the in-apparatus stored data stored in the second memory device;
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• a printer configured to print the object character on the tape in the tape cassette being attached to the attachable section based on the appointed print-object data.