Tape cassette and tape printer for use therewith

A tape cassette for being detachably loaded in a tape printer having a frame, a printing head, a platen and tape driving means, said printing head and platen being provided in a printing area in said-frame, said printing head and said platen being relatively movable between an inoperative position, at which they are spaced apart, and an operative position, in which they are in contact with each other to perform a printing operation, comprising:

• a housing with a tape outlet;
• first to third accommodating sections provided in said housing;
• an image source tape accommodated in said first accommodating section and driven by said tape driving means between said printing head and platen;
• a substantially transparent image receiving tape accommodated in said second accommodating section, driven by said tape driving means in an overlapped state over said image source tape between said printing head and platen, said image receiving tape having a printing surface facing said image source tape, an image being transferred to said printing surface through said image source tape by said printing head in a printing operation;
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• an adhesive tape accommodated in said third accommodating section, driven by said tape driving means, and applied to said printing surface of said image receiving tape after the printing operation.