Divisionally-printable label producing apparatus

A tape printing apparatus for printing on a tape mounted in a tape cassette, comprising:

• an input device that inputs characters for printing, print instructions, and control instructions;
• a display that displays the input characters for printing;
• a cassette receptacle that holds the mounted tape cassette;
• a print element that prints on the tape;
• an apparatus housing containing said input device, said display, said cassette receptacle, and said print element;
• a memory mounted in said apparatus housing that stores the characters input;
• a controller that controls operation of said input device, said display, said print element, and said memory, said controller creating print image data from the input characters and dividing the print image data linearly into at least top and bottom strips for printing on sequential segments of the tape when a height of the print image data is greater than a width of the tape.

A label producing apparatus exchangeably loading therein print receiving mediums of a plurality of different widths, comprising:

• character data inputting means for inputting character data including letters, numbers and symbols;
• storing means for storing therein the character data input by said character data inputting means;
• print means for printing the character data stored in said storing means on a loaded print receiving medium;
• print image developing means for developing the character data stored in said storing means into print image data;
• and
• division printing means for linearly dividing the print image data developed by said print image developing means into at least top and bottom segments, each segment corresponding to the width of the print receiving medium loaded in said label producing apparatus and sequentially printing the linearly divided print image data as segments on the corresponding print receiving medium.