JPH0193437U - - Google Patents

Description

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing the printing section of a tape printing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the tape printing device. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the selection dial and its vicinity in Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the main parts of Fig. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the development of the signal in association with the detected signal form. 6 is a plan view schematically showing the printing section of FIG. 1. FIG. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is a view showing the reverse printing portion, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view of FIG. 7. FIG. 10 is a vertical sectional view showing the drive system for feeding the tape and ribbon, and FIG. 11 is a front view of the lift device. Figure 12 is a front view of the lift cam, and Figure 13 is a front view of the lift cam.
This figure is a block diagram showing the control system of the tape printing apparatus shown in FIG. 2. Fig. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of an enlarged printing program, Figs. 15 and 16 are explanatory diagrams showing an example of enlarged printing at each stage, and Fig. 17 is a lift device corresponding to the printing shown in Fig. 16. 18 is a front view showing the state, and FIG. 18 is a right side view thereof. 10: Input section, 14: Print section, 16: Selection dial, 18: Positioning point, 20: Confirmation key, 22: Liquid crystal display, 36: Function key, 70: Transparent film tape, 72: Thermal head, 74 : Ink ribbon, 76: Platen roller, 78: Ribbon cassette, 96, 98
: Roller, 102: Double-sided tape with release paper, 12
6: tape feed motor, 144: printing unit main body, 1
46: Head holder, 148: Guide pin, 15
4: Head release lever, 160: Lift cam, 164: Lift motor, 170: Inner cam groove,
172: Cam pin, 174: Outer cam surface.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A tape feeding device that feeds a printing tape in the longitudinal direction; an input device for inputting characters such as characters and symbols to be printed; and a printing tape that is fed by the tape feeding device in the longitudinal direction. a print head that prints with a row of dots orthogonal to the print head; a lift device that lifts the print head in multiple steps in the width direction of the print tape, with each print head having its own maximum print width or less as one unit; The printing head is configured to determine the number of lift stages of the print head according to the size of the enlarged character, divide the pattern of the enlarged character in accordance with the number of lift stages, and print each divided pattern portion in stages; 1. A tape printing device capable of enlarging printing, comprising an enlarged printing control means for controlling a lift device and a tape feeding device.