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US 7,679,788 B2Granted
Embossing tools and tape printers
AssigneeDymo
InventorsBarry Mak, Rolance Tse
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Abstract
A tape printer for providing an image on a tape medium, the tape printer permitting inputting an image; providing the image on said tape medium; obtaining input image information; and using the input image information to provide an audible output in dependence on the input image.
Claims11
A tape printer for applying an image onto a tape medium, said tape printer comprising:
- input means for allowing a user to select an image to be applied to a tape medium;
- means for applying said image to said tape medium;
- means for determining whether the tape medium is present;
- means for obtaining input image information from said input means;
- and
- sound generation means for using said input image information to generate an audible output associated with said image selected, only when the means for determining whether the tape is present determines that the tape is present.
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A tape printer adapted to apply an image onto a tape comprising:
- a selector adapted to allow a user to select an image to be applied to a tape;
- an image applier adapted to apply the image onto the tape;
- a determiner to determine the presence of the tape;
- a detector configured to obtain selected image information from said selector;
- and
- a sound generator adapted to use said information to generate an audible output associated with said image selected, only when the determiner determines that the tape is present.
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A method for applying an image to a tape, said method comprising:
- operating a selector to select an image to be applied to a tape;
- determining the presence of the tape;
- operating an image applier to apply said image to said tape when the tape is present;
- obtaining selected image information from said selector;
- and
- using said selected image information to generate, with a sound generator, an audible output associated with said image selected, only when it is determined that the tape is present.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.