JPH0811376A - Printing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a printing apparatus that has a small number of parts, has good assembly workability, and can be downsized. [Structure] Tape storage section 6 for storing print-receiving tape 5
And a printing section 7 for printing data on the print-receiving tape 5 fed out from the tape storage section 6, and a tape guide member 14 for guiding the print-receiving tape 5 fed out from the tape storage section 6 to the printing section 7. Provided with this tape guide member 1
4 is a storage wall 15 that constitutes a part of the side wall of the tape storage portion 6.
Was integrally formed. Therefore, since the print-receiving tape 5 is stored in the tape storage portion 6 without using the ink tape cassette, the entire apparatus can be downsized, and the tape guide member 14 is provided with a side wall of a part of the tape storage portion 6. Since the storage wall 15 constituting the above is integrally formed, the number of parts can be reduced as compared with the conventional one, and the assembling work can be simplified and the assembling workability can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a handy type printer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a printing apparatus, a handy type label printer is known which can be used as a label by easily printing desired information on a tape at a desired location and cutting the printed tape at a predetermined location. ing. In such a label printer, an ink tape cassette provided with a thermal transfer type ink tape is detachably attached to the apparatus main body, and an ink tape is provided between a thermal print head and a platen roller of a printing unit provided in the apparatus main body. When the thermal print head is driven in accordance with the data input from the key input section of the device body in this state, the desired data is printed on the printing surface of the printing tape. The tape to be printed is cut by operating the operating lever provided on the side surface of the apparatus main body to operate the cutting section in the apparatus main body, and cutting the tape to be printed printed by the cutting section at a predetermined position. Has a structure that can be used as a label.

[0003]

However, in such a label printer, since the ink tape cassette provided with the ink tape is removably attached to the apparatus main body, when the ink tape cassette is attached to the apparatus main body. In addition, the ink tape can be securely placed between the thermal print head and the platen roller, but since the ink tape cassette must be installed in the device body, the device body becomes large and you can easily hold it with one hand and use it. There was a problem that it was difficult to do. In order to improve such a problem, there has been considered a structure in which the print-receiving tape is housed in the apparatus main body and the data is directly printed on the print-receiving tape without using the ink tape cassette. However, in the case of such a structure, the storage wall surrounding the tape storage section or the stored print tape is stored in the thermal printing head of the printing section so that dust and the like do not enter the printing section from the tape storage section in the apparatus main body. There is a problem that a tape guide member or the like for feeding between the platen roller and the platen roller is required, which increases the number of parts and complicates the assembling work.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a printing apparatus having a small number of parts, a good assembling workability, and a compact size.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention prints data on a print medium containing section for containing a print medium and a print medium fed from this print medium containing section. And a printing medium guide unit for guiding the printing medium fed from the printing medium storage unit to the printing unit, and a side wall of a part of the printing medium storage unit is attached to the printing medium guiding unit. It is characterized in that the constituent storage walls are integrally formed.

[0006]

According to the present invention, since the print medium is stored in the print medium storage portion without using the ink tape cassette, the size of the entire apparatus can be reduced, and the print medium is unwound from the print medium storage portion. Since the accommodating wall that constitutes a part of the side wall of the printing medium accommodating portion is integrally formed with the printing medium guiding means that guides the printed medium to the printing means, the number of parts is smaller than that of the conventional one, and the assembling is performed. The work can be simplified and the assembling workability can be improved. in this case,
If a spring portion for urging the platen roller in the direction to separate the platen roller from the print head is formed integrally with the print medium guide means, it is possible to further reduce the number of separate parts, and to assemble the print medium further. Workability can be improved.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a label printer will be described below with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the label printer, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of a part thereof. This label printer is provided with an apparatus main body 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the device body 1 has a structure in which a lower case 2 and an upper case 3 are joined together. The lower side of the apparatus main body 1 is formed in a size that can be gripped with one hand, and the upper side of the apparatus main body 1 is formed with a protruding portion 1a that protrudes more than one side of the lower side (left side in FIG. 1). . A key input unit 4 for inputting data is provided on the upper surface of the upper case 3 on the lower side of the device body 1. Also,
As shown in FIG. 2, inside the upper portion of the apparatus main body 1, a tape storage portion (printing target) for storing a print-receiving tape (printing medium) 5 made of thermal paper wound in a roll shape in order from the right side. A medium storage unit) 6, a printing unit (printing unit) 7 for printing data on the printing target tape 5, a cutting unit 8 for cutting the printed printing target tape 5, and a cutter lever 9 for operating the cutting unit 8. Has been done. Further, the protrusion 1 is provided on the upper case 3 at a position corresponding to the protrusion 1a on the upper side of the apparatus body 1.
A step is formed at the boundary of a, and a tape discharge port 10 for discharging the print-receiving tape 5 to the outside of the apparatus main body 1 is provided in the upper case 3 near the step.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the main part of the label printer as seen from the upper side, and the internal structure is left-right reversed from that of FIG. 4 and 5 are upper side views showing the internal structure,
FIG. 6 is a plan view thereof. As shown in FIG. 3, the tape storage portion 6 includes a bottom portion 2 a of the lower case 2 and a side wall 2 of the lower case 2.
b, a tape side surface restricting portion 11 provided to face the inner surface of the upper case 3, a tape storage lid 13 detachably attached to the opening 12 of the upper case 3, and a storage wall 15 of a tape guide member 14 described later. It has a structure surrounded by. As shown in FIG. 4, in the tape storage section 6, the radial direction of the print-receiving tape 5 wound in a roll shape is perpendicular to the bottom portion 2a of the lower case 2 and is fed toward the printing section 7. Then, the tape 5 to be printed is stored. In this case, the support groove 1 for rotatably supporting the reel shaft 17 of the print-receiving tape 5 wound in a roll shape is provided on the bottom portion 2a of the lower case 2 between the tape side surface regulating portions 11 of the tape storage portion 6.
A pair of tape support pieces 16 having upper end portions 6a are provided to face each other. As a result, the print-receiving tape 5 stored in the tape storage unit 6 is fed out with the printing surface 5 a in the same direction as the operation surface of the key input unit 4. In addition, both sides of the tape storage lid 13 and the opening 12 of the upper case 3 are provided on the upper surface side so that they can be stored even if the outer diameter of the print tape 5 wound in a roll shape is larger than the thickness of the apparatus main body 1. It is formed in an arc shape that is convex toward. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the tape storage lid 13 is provided at the left end portion with the engagement protrusion 13a provided at the right end portion engaging with the locking hole 12a provided in the opening 12 of the upper case 3. Engagement hook 13
B is attached to the apparatus main body 1 by engaging with a locking hole 2c provided in the side wall 2b of the lower case 2.

The printing unit 7 includes a thermal print head 20 and a platen roller 21, as shown in FIGS.
These are arranged in the apparatus main body 1 in a state of being parallel to the operation surface of the key input unit 4. That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the thermal print head 20 is mounted on the bottom portion 2a of the lower case 2 and is keyed to the lower surface of the ceiling plate portion 22a of the metal chassis 22 which is bent in a U-shaped cross section. It is fixed in parallel with the operation surface of the input unit 4. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the platen roller 21 is rotatably attached to a fixed shaft 24 provided on the rising plate portion 23 a of the platen roller support plate 23 and corresponds to the lower side of the thermal print head 20. Are arranged. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the platen roller support plate 23 is rotatably attached to a support shaft 25 provided on the rising support portion 22b of the chassis 22, and the rising plate portion 23a is centered around the support shaft 25. The structure is such that it rotates in the thickness direction of the apparatus main body 1 to bring the platen roller 21 into contact with and separate from the thermal print head 20. The rising plate portion 23a of the platen roller support plate 23 is arranged in parallel with the side wall portion 22c of the chassis 22 in parallel with the rising plate portion 23a.
6 is extended to the outer surface side of the one tape side surface regulating portion 11 of the tape storage portion 6 (the side surface outside the tape storage portion 6). As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, when the tape storage lid 13 is attached to the upper case 3, a pressing protrusion 27 provided on the inner surface of the tape storage lid 13 is provided at the tip of the pressing lever 26 on the side surface of the tape. A push button 28, which is pushed by the push projection 27 and passes through the fool hole 11a in the upper portion of the restricting portion 11, is attached movably in the vertical direction via an elastic member 29 such as a coil spring.

The side wall 22c of the chassis 22 is
As shown in FIG. 6, the motor 30 is attached with the output shaft 30 a of the motor 30 aligned with the axis of the support shaft 25 of the platen roller support plate 23. As shown in FIG. 7, an intermediate wheel 33 is rotatably attached to the rising plate portion 23a of the platen roller support plate 23 by a fixed shaft 31. The intermediate wheel 33 is provided with a large gear 33a and a small gear 33b coaxially, the large gear 33a meshes with a drive gear 32 provided on the output shaft 30a of the motor 30, and the small gear 33b is provided on the platen roller 21. The driven gear 34 is meshed with the driven gear 34. In this state, even if the platen roller support plate 23 rotates about the support shaft 25, the large gear 33a of the intermediate wheel 33 always meshes with the drive gear 32 of the output shaft 30a of the motor 30, and the rotation of the motor 30 is driven. It is transmitted to the platen roller 21 via the gear 32, the intermediate wheel 33, and the driven gear 34. The ceiling plate portion 22a of the chassis 22 is provided with an escape hole 35 for preventing the driven gear 34 from coming into contact with the ceiling plate portion 22a when the platen roller 21 contacts the thermal print head 20. .

By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, between the tape housing portion 6 and the printing portion 7, the tip end side of the printing target tape 5 housed in the tape housing portion 6 is located at the thermal printing head 20 and the platen roller 21. A tape guide member 14 made of a synthetic resin is provided for feeding between the tape guide member 14 and. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 10, the tape guide member 14 includes
A storage wall 15 that forms a part of the side wall of the tape storage portion 6 and a spring portion 41 that biases the platen roller 21 in a direction of separating the platen roller 21 from the thermal print head 20 are integrally formed. The tape guide member 14 includes an upper guide plate 42, a lower guide plate 43, and a lateral guide plate 44. The lateral guide plate 44 is provided on each gear 32, 33, 34 side and is provided on the lower surface of the lower guide plate 43. The protruding portion 45 is supported by the support shaft 25 of the platen roller support plate 23, and the opposite side of the lateral guide plate 44 is open. Further, the storage wall 15 forming a part of the side wall of the tape storage portion 6 has an upper portion continuous with one end portion (the left end portion in FIG. 4) of the lower guide plate 43 of the tape guide member 14, and a wall surface portion with the print-receiving tape 5. Is curved in an arc shape along the outer surface of the roll, and the lower portion is fixed to the bottom portion 2a of the lower case 2. Further, the spring portion 41 is extended from the wall surface portion of the storage wall 15 to the lower side of the support shaft 25 of the platen roller support plate 23, and the tip end thereof makes elastic contact with the lower surface of the flat portion 23b of the platen roller support plate 23,
As a result, the platen roller 21 is connected to the thermal print head 2
The platen roller support plate 23 is biased so as to rotate in a direction away from zero. Therefore, the spring portion 41
Of the platen roller support plate 23 by the spring force of
2b is brought into contact with the bottom plate portion 22d of the chassis 22, so that the platen roller 21 is held at the initial position separated from the thermal print head 20 downward.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cutting section 8 includes a chassis mounting section 50, a cutter holding section 51, and a cutter blade 52. The chassis mounting portion 50 is mounted on the ceiling plate portion 22a of the chassis 22 by sandwiching it vertically, and mounting leg portions 53 are provided at both lower end portions of the chassis mounting portion 50. The fixed shaft 55 provided on the side wall portion 22c of the chassis 22 is inserted into the chassis 2 so that the chassis 2 near the thermal print head 21 is inserted.
It is detachably attached to 2. The cutter holding portion 51 has an upper portion arranged between the mounting leg portions 53, and an insertion hole 56 provided in the upper portion so as to correspond to the bearing hole 54.
The fixed shaft 55 is inserted into the key input unit 4 so that the fixed shaft 55 is rotatably attached in a direction orthogonal to the operation surface of the key input unit 4. At the lower end of the cutter holding portion 51, an arc-shaped contact concave portion 5 opened to the lower side and the cutter lever 9 side.
8 is provided, and an arc-shaped locking projection 59 extending toward the cutter lever 9 side is provided at the upper end on one end side of the contact recess 58. The cutter blade 52 is attached to the upper portion of the cutter holding portion 51 with the blade tip protruding upward, and by rotating the cutter holding portion 51 around the fixed shaft 55, the blade tip is attached to the lower surface of the chassis attachment portion 50. The structure is such that it abuts against and separates from the provided receiving member 57, and the blade edge is in a state of being perpendicular to the operation surface of the key input unit 4 when the printing target tape 5 is cut.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cutter lever 9 has a bearing portion 60 provided at one end thereof rotatably attached to a shaft projection 61 provided vertically to the bottom portion 2a of the lower case 2 in the vicinity of the cutting portion 8. It is pivotally supported, whereby it rotates in a plane parallel to the operation surface of the key input section 4, and the operation section 62 formed at the other end of the key input section 4 extends from the protrusion 1a on the upper side of the apparatus body 1 to It has a structure in which it is arranged so as to project outside the lower part, that is, in the vicinity of one hand holding the apparatus body 1. The cutter lever 9 near the bearing portion 60 is provided with a spring portion 63 that elastically contacts the side wall 2d of the lower case 2 to urge the cutter lever 9 to the initial position. A connecting plate 64 is arranged between the cutter lever 9 and the cutting portion 8. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, in the connecting plate 64, the guide projection 65 provided on the lower surface has the bottom plate portion 2 of the chassis 22.
It is inserted into a guide groove (not shown) formed in 2d and is slidably arranged on the bottom plate portion 22d of the chassis 22. A connecting hole 67 into which the connecting pin 66 provided on the lower surface of the cutter lever 9 is inserted is provided at the end of the connecting plate 64 on the cutter lever 9 side. Also,
The cutter holding portion 51 is provided at the end of the connecting plate 64 on the cutting portion 8 side.
A pressing portion 68 that is arranged in the contact recess 58 and presses the contact recess 58 is provided. A locking projection 59 is in contact with the pressing portion 68 on the side opposite to the contact recess 58.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the upper case 3 is provided with a print confirmation window 7 corresponding to a space between the printing section 7 and the cutting section 8.
0 is provided. The print confirmation window 70 allows the print-receiving tape 5 fed to the printing unit 7 to be seen through a cutout portion 71 provided in the ceiling plate portion 22a of the chassis 22. Also, the tape outlet 10 of the upper case 3 is
It is provided from a portion corresponding to the vicinity of the cutter blade 52 of the cutting portion 8 to a step portion at the boundary of the projecting portion 1a of the upper case 3. The tape discharge port 10 can be seen near the cut portion of the printed tape 5 printed through a cutout portion 72 provided in the ceiling plate portion 22a of the chassis 22.

Next, the case of using such a label printer will be described. First, the print-receiving tape 5 wound in a roll is stored in the tape storage portion 6 of the apparatus main body 1. Then, the print-receiving tape 5 is regulated by the tape storage unit 6, and the printing surface 5 a is stored with the operation surface of the key input unit 4 facing. The tip of the print-receiving tape 5 is inserted between the upper guide plate 42 and the lower guide plate 43 of the tape guide member 14 and fed between the thermal print head 20 and the platen roller 21. At this time, the tape guide member 14
Since the upper guide plate 42, the lower guide plate 43, and the horizontal guide plate 44 regulate the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the print-receiving tape 5 to feed the print-receiving tape 5, the print-receiving tape 5 is surely transferred to the thermal print head 20 and the platen roller 21. Can be sent between and. Further, at this time, the lower surface of the flat portion 23b of the platen roller support plate 23 is fixed to the spring portion 4 of the tape guide member 14.
Since the platen roller 21 is held at the initial position spaced downward from the thermal print head 20 as shown in FIG. 7, the print target tape 5 is securely held by the thermal print head. It can be inserted between 20 and the platen roller 21. As a result,
The print-receiving tape 5 is set in the apparatus main body 1 with the print surface 5 a of the print-receiving tape 5 facing the operation surface of the key input unit 4. The print-receiving tape 5 thus set can be checked through the print confirmation window 70 of the upper case 3 to see whether the front end of the print-receiving tape 5 is located between the printing section 7 and the cutting section 8. it can.

After that, when the tape storage lid 13 is attached to the opening 12 of the upper case 3, the pressing protrusion 27 of the tape storage lid 13 presses the pressing button 28 at the tip of the pressing lever 26 of the platen roller support plate 23. Since the pressing lever 26 is pushed down, the platen roller supporting plate 23 is moved to the tape guide member 1.
The support plate 25 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 5 against the spring force of the spring portion 41 of FIG. At this time, since the output shaft 30a of the motor 30 and the shaft center of the support shaft 25 are aligned with each other, the platen roller support plate 23 rotates while the large gear 33a of the intermediate wheel 33 meshes with the drive gear 32. become. Further, the platen roller 21 presses the print target tape 5 against the thermal print head 20 before the tape storage lid 13 is completely mounted. Then, when the tape storage lid 13 is completely attached, as shown in FIG. 4, the pressing button 28 of the pressing lever 26 causes the tape storage lid 13 to move.
Further, the pressing lever 27 and the platen roller supporting plate 23 do not rotate at this time, and only the pressing button 28 is pressed down against the elastic member 29. Therefore, the pressing force of the pressing protrusion 27 of the tape storage lid 13 is absorbed to some extent by the elastic member 29, so that the pressing force of the platen roller 21 against the thermal print head 20 becomes substantially constant, and the tape 5 to be printed is favorably printed. Can be pressed against the thermal print head 20.

After the tape 5 to be printed has been set, FIG.
As shown in, the lower side of the apparatus main body 1 can be held with the left hand, and in this state, the key input unit 4 can be operated with the right hand to input desired data. When printing the input data on the print-receiving tape 5, the key input unit 4 is operated to give a print command to the print unit 7. Then, the motor 30 operates, and its rotation is transmitted to the platen roller 21 via the drive gear 32, the intermediate wheel 33, and the driven gear 34,
As a result, the platen roller 21 rotates to feed the print-receiving tape 5, and the thermal print head 20 generates heat in accordance with the data to be printed, so that the print-receiving tape 5 is sequentially printed with data. Then, the printed tape 5 to be printed is
The tape is discharged from the tape discharge port 10 of the upper case 3 to the outside of the apparatus main body 1 through the cutting section 8.

When the printed tape 5 to be printed is cut, the operation portion 62 of the cutter lever 9 protruding outside the apparatus body 1 is pushed into the apparatus body 1. At this time, since the operating portion 62 of the cutter lever 9 is projected in the vicinity of the left hand holding the lower side of the apparatus body 1, the lower side of the apparatus body 1 is held by the left hand and the thumb of the left hand holds the cutter lever. The operation unit 62 of 9 can be operated.
When the operating portion 62 is operated against the spring force of the spring portion 63 of the cutter lever 9 as described above, the cutter lever 9 is keyed around the shaft protrusion 61 of the lower case 3 as shown in FIG. 9A. It rotates in a plane parallel to the operation surface of the input part 4, whereby the connecting pin 66 of the cutter lever 9 slides the connecting plate 64, and the pressing part 68 of this connecting plate 64 makes the contacting concave part of the cutter holding part 51. Press 58. Then, as shown in FIG. 9B, the cutter holding portion 51 is rotated about the fixed shaft 55 in a direction orthogonal to the operation surface of the key input portion 4, whereby the cutter blade 52 holds the tape 5 to be printed. The receiving member 57 is pressed and cut. At this time, the tape discharge port 10 is projected from the portion corresponding to the vicinity of the cutter blade 52 to the protruding portion 1 of the upper case 3.
Since it is provided over the stepped portion at the boundary of a, the cut portion of the print-receiving tape 5 can be confirmed by the tape discharge port 10, and the print-receiving tape 5 can be cut at an accurate position.

As described above, in this label printer, since the print-receiving tape 5 is stored in the tape storage portion 6 without using the conventional ink tape cassette, the size of the entire apparatus can be reduced. Thus, the device body 1 can be formed in a size that can be held by one hand, and thus the device body 1 can be easily held and used by one hand. Further, in this label printer, a tape guide member 14 for guiding the print-receiving tape 5 fed out from the tape storage portion 6 to the printing portion 7.
Since the storage wall 15 that constitutes a part of the side wall of the tape storage portion 6 is integrally formed, the tape guide member and the storage wall, which are separate components as in the conventional case, are not required, and the number of parts is smaller than that in the conventional case. The number can be reduced, and the assembling work can be simplified and the assembling workability can be improved. In particular, the tape guide member 14 includes the platen roller 2
Since the spring portion 41 for urging 1 in the direction of separating it from the thermal print head 20 is integrally formed, the number of additional parts can be further reduced, and the assembling workability can be further improved. Further, since the tape guide member 14 is integrally formed with the protrusion 45 supported by the support shaft 25 of the platen roller support plate 23, the tape guide member 14 is supported by the support shaft 25. 1
4 can be accurately attached at a predetermined position between the tape storage portion 6 and the printing portion 7, and thereby the printing target tape 5 can be accurately fed into the printing portion 7.

In the above embodiment, the case where the apparatus main body 1 is held by the left hand has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be held by the right hand. At this time, the operating portion 62 of the cutter lever 9 may be operated with the index finger of the right hand. Further, in the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the projecting portion 1a on the upper side of the apparatus body 1 is projected to the left side and the printed tape 5 is ejected from the projecting portion 1a side. Not limited to this, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, the projecting portion 1a on the upper side of the apparatus main body 1 may be projected to the right side, and the printed tape 5 to be printed may be ejected from the projecting portion 1a side. .
In this case, the tape storage unit 6, the printing unit 7, the cutting unit 8, and the cutter lever 9 are sequentially arranged in the apparatus main body 1 from the left side.
Should be provided. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the thermal print head 20 is used as the print head of the printing unit 7 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, an inkjet type print head may be used. In this case,
It is not necessary to use thermal paper as the print-receiving tape 5, and plain paper can be used.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, the medium to be printed is stored in the medium receiving unit for printing without using the conventional ink tape cassette, so that the size of the entire apparatus can be reduced. In addition to the above, since the print medium guiding unit that guides the print medium fed from the print medium storage unit to the printing unit is integrally formed with the storage wall that constitutes a side wall of a part of the print medium storage unit. The number of parts can be reduced as compared with the conventional one, the assembling work can be simplified, and the assembling workability can be improved. In this case, if a spring portion that urges the platen roller in the direction of separating the print head from the print medium guide means is integrally formed, the number of separate components can be further reduced, and the assembling workability is further improved. Can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a label printer to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a plan view in which a part of the upper case of FIG. 1 is cut away.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a main part when FIG. 2 is viewed from the upper side.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the internal structure of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing an internal structure in an initial state in which the tape storage lid is mounted.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which the tape storage portion and the tape guide member of FIG. 4 are removed.

7 is a front view of FIG. 6 showing a gear mechanism that transmits the rotation of a motor to a platen roller.

8A and 8B show a relationship between a cutter lever and a cutter holding portion in an initial state before cutting the print-receiving tape, FIG. 8A is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 8B is a sectional view taken along line AA.

FIG. 9 shows a relationship between a cutter lever and a cutter holding portion when cutting a print-receiving tape, (a) is a plan view thereof,
(B) is the BB sectional drawing.

10 is a front view of the tape guide member of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a modification of the label printer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Device Main Body 5 Printed Tape 6 Tape Storage Section 7 Printing Section 14 Tape Guide Member 15 Storage Wall 20 Thermal Printing Head 21 Platen Roller 41 Spring Section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A printing medium storage unit for storing a printing medium, printing means for printing data on the printing medium fed from the printing medium storage unit, and feeding from the printing medium storage unit. And a print medium guide unit that guides the print medium to the printing unit, wherein the print medium guide unit is integrally formed with a storage wall that constitutes a side wall of a part of the print medium storage unit. A printing device characterized by being provided. 2. The printing means includes a print head and a platen roller that elastically contacts the print head so that the platen roller is urged toward the print medium guiding means in a direction to separate the platen roller from the print head. The printing device according to claim 1, wherein the spring portion is integrally formed.