Printing tape and printing-tape cartridge

Abstract

Disclosed is a printing tape T having a support sheet 4, a heat-sensitive layer 3 including thermal chromogenic material formed on one surface of the support sheet 4, a protection layer 2 formed on the heat-sensitive layer 3, a colored transparent layer which is mainly formed of silicone resin curable at ordinary temperature including colorant such as dye or pigment. On the other surface of the support sheet 4, a removable sheet 6 is adhered through an adhesive layer 5. And a printing-tape cartridge C that a tape spool 10 around which the printing tape T mentioned above is wound is rotatably supported in a housing 11, is disclosed. When images such as characters are recorded on the printing tape T, the printing-tape cartridge C is set in a printer 20 having a thermal head 15 and the images are recorded on the printing tape T by the thermal head 15 while being derived from the tape spool 10.

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