Tape printing device

A tape printing device for printing one or more lines of input character strings on tape while a tape feeding means causes the tape to run, for cutting printed tape by means of a cutter and for forming a label, which label has margins of a designated length in front of and behind a character string, comprising:

• driving-pulse duration information holding means for holding information concerning a pulse duration of a driving signal to be applied to the print head when accelerating and decelerating a motor which composes the tape feeding means;
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• print control means for taking in information, which concerns a pulse duration of a driving signal, out of the driving-pulse duration information holding means when a printing mode, in which a character string is printed, is designated at the time of accelerating and decelerating the motor, and for applying a driving pulse signal having the pulse duration to the print head, said print control means comprising:
• a first control portion for immediately starting printing a character string when a printing mode, in which a designated length of a front margin is shorter than a predetermined length determined by a distance between the print head and the cutter, is designated, for stopping printing a character string when a length between a leading position of the printed character string and the cutter becomes equal to the designated length of the front margin, and for printing a character string even when accelerating and decelerating the motor during printing;
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• a second control portion for resuming printing a character string by verifying that the cutter is operated while printing is stopped, and for printing a character string even when accelerating the motor lust after resuming printing.

A tape printing device comprising:

• input means for inputting characters and symbols;
• storage means for storing data representing characters and symbols inputted from the input means;
• tape-width detecting means for detecting a width of loaded tape;
• printing attribute designating means for designating a printing attribute corresponding to an inputted character string when performing a normal printing;
• enlargement printing command taking means for taking in command information concerning an enlargement printing mode, in which a pseudo label, whose size is N times that of a label obtained by performing a normal printing, is obtained, when arranging tape-sections in a direction of width of the tape in such a manner as to adjoin after dividing a tape, the printing of which has been completed, into N tape-sections (N is an integer which is not less than 2) in a longitudinal direction of the tape;
• printing-attribute determining means for determining a printing-attribute of each of N tape-sections, which are obtained by dividing the tape by N in the longitudinal direction of the tape, according to data representing characters and symbols stored in storage means, a tape width detected by the tape-width detecting means and the printing attribute designated by the printing attribute designating means;
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• printing means for serially printing N character-string-portions, into which a character string is divided in the direction of width of the tape, on the tape according to the printing attributes determined by the printing-attribute determining means respectively corresponding to the tape-portions and for printing markers which indicate dividing positions in the longitudinal directions of the tape.