JPH01133761A - Tape printing apparatus for performing reversal printing - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a tape printing device that prints on a printing tape, and particularly to a printing device that performs reverse printing of a reverse pattern.

<Prior art and its problems> Tape printing devices that print on tape instead of printing paper are already known. It is usually used by pasting it on other objects.

Furthermore, a transfer sheet for lettering is known in which a left-right reversal pattern of a reverse pattern is printed on a transparent sheet or the like using an ink material that can be transferred under pressure. By using this transfer sheet 1 and rubbing the sheet from the non-printing side with the inverted printed side in close contact with a predetermined object, the inverted printed part is transferred to the object and recognized as a normal image print. What is being done is to ensure that

Conventionally, in order to obtain such a tape with normal image printing or a transfer sheet with reverse printing, a dedicated printing device or printer was required for each.

The present invention has been made in view of such prior art, and provides tape printing that allows production of a tape with substantially normal image printing and a transfer tape in which the transfer sheet is in the form of a tape using one device. The purpose is to provide equipment.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and the tape printing device according to the present invention includes: ■ printing a reverse pattern on a first tape having transparency; a printing mechanism that performs reverse printing; ■ a second tape pasting device that pastes a second tape on the reversely printed surface of the first tape; and ■ a second tape that pastes the second tape on the reversely printed surface of the first tape. It is characterized by including a switching device that switches between a first state in which the tape is pasted and a second state in which only reverse printing is performed on the first tape and the second tape is not pasted.

The second tape may be an adhesive layer-added tape that adds an adhesive layer to the first tape, or a base tape that forms the background of the printed area when the first tape has transparency, or a background. A double-sided tape with a release paper, etc., which is responsible for both formation and addition of the adhesive layer, is preferably used.

<Operations and Effects> According to the tape printing device as described above, all printing itself is performed by reverse printing with a reversed pattern, but the second tape is pasted on the reversed printing surface of the first tape. The printing tape obtained through one state is used, for example, by pasting it on a predetermined object, and the inverted printing portion is visible as the normal image printing portion from the transparent first tape side. Therefore, this tape printing device has substantially the same function as the function of performing regular image printing on a printing tape. On the other hand, if the first tape undergoes a second state in which only reverse printing is performed, for example, the reverse print part is transferred to the object as a normal image print part, but in this case, the lettering transfer This tape printing device has a tape creation function.

Then, ζ, since the first state and the second state are switched by the switching device according to the user's needs, 1
Although it is a standalone tape printing device, it is capable of producing virtually either a regular image printing tape or a transfer tape.

Moreover, the printing mechanism itself only performs reverse printing in both the first state and the second state, and there is no output conversion in the character pattern generation process by a character generator, etc., and only mechanical switching is required. Control of the printing mechanism is not complicated, and a tape printing device with a simple device configuration and low cost can be provided.

<Example> Hereinafter, one example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows the overall configuration of a tape printing device that is an embodiment of the present invention. This tape printing device includes an input section 10 for inputting printing data, and a printing section (printer section) 14 for printing on a printing tape according to the printing data. The input unit 10 is provided with a rotatable character selection (input) dial 16 that functions as an input member.

This character selection dial 16 has a circular shape, and the circular dial surface 17 includes characters (kana, alphabetic characters, numbers) and symbols.
A large number of characters such as codes are displayed in two rows at equal intervals. Hereinafter, to avoid complexity, these characters will be typically referred to as characters.

The input unit 10 is also provided with a positioning point 18 adjacent to the character selection dial 16 for defining the origin and character selection position of the character selection dial 16. Selection dial 16
A confirmation key 20, which is operated to confirm the character to be printed, is provided concentrically with the character selection dial 16 inside. After the character selection operation using the character selection dial 16, the confirmation key 20 is pressed, thereby determining the character located at the alignment point 1.8 as the input character. The characters to be aligned with the alignment points 18 are sequentially displayed on a liquid crystal display 22 provided at the input section 0.

The input unit 10 further includes keys 24 located adjacent to the character selection dial 16 for specifying character spacing and character size.
．． ．． 26, insert key 28, delete key 30, kana/kanji conversion key 32, search key 34 for searching kanji candidates;
A plurality of necessary function keys 36 such as a print key 35 for printing are provided.

Next, the character selection dial 16 and the confirmation key 20 will be explained in more detail.

As shown in FIG. 5, the selection dial 16 is rotatably held within a cylindrical portion 40 formed on the cover 38 of the input unit 10, and the dial portion to be rotated protrudes from the cover 38, while the selection dial 16 is A slit disk 42 is concentrically fixed to the lower end of the letter dial 16.

As shown in FIG. 6, this slit disk 42 has black silk-printed optical gratings formed at equal angular intervals. 45 is a light transmitting portion. This optical grating has a group of slits 4 on the outer circumferential side for detecting the rotational phase of the selection dial 16, as shown in FIG.
6, and a group of slits 48 on the inner circumference side for determining the rotation direction of the selection dial, and in this embodiment, the group of slits 46 on the outer circumference side are formed at a pitch of 7.5 degrees, On the other hand, the slit group 48 on the inner circumferential side is shifted in phase by 2.5 degrees clockwise with respect to the slit group 46 on the outer circumferential side. Then, these slit groups 4 on the inner circumferential side and the outer circumferential side
A point sensor 50 that optically detects 6 and 48 (
(see FIG. 5) are provided at positions sandwiching the slit disk 42.

This photosensor 50 has a light source on one side and a photoelectric element on the other side, and outputs a signal of "1" for the grid section 44 and a signal of "0" for the slit section 45, which will be explained later. It is connected to a microcomputer as explained in detail.

As shown in FIG.
The reading is "1°1" as shown in Figure 7. There is only one place where it is read like this, “A・A”,
This position is taken as the origin of the selection dial 16, and if the next output of the photosensor 50 becomes "0°0" by rotating the selection dial 16 from this origin, the rotation direction of the selection dial 16 will be as shown in FIG. It is determined that the direction is clockwise, and “
0.1'', it is determined that the direction is counterclockwise.

In this way, the rotation direction is determined, and the slit disk 42
The rotational phase of the character selection dial 16 and, by extension, the character located at the positioning point 18 can be read by counting the pulses detected by the grid portion 44 and the slit portion 45.

As shown in FIG. 5, the confirmation key 20 is fitted inside the ring-shaped character selection dial 16 so as to be slidable in the axial direction.
Although it is urged in the direction of protruding from the character selection dial 16 by the spring 54, the protrusion 56 is secured to the lower end of the character selection dial 16, thereby preventing it from coming off. A contact plate 58 made of elastically deformable rubber is provided at the lower end of the confirmation key 20, and a contact point 62 is configured to straddle this contact plate 58 and the board 60 of the human power section 10, and temporarily prevents contact leakage. The contact 58 also serves as a dustproof boot for the contact 62, and can rotate while in contact with the substrate 60. The function key 36 has the same structure as the enter key 20, and a contact point 66 is formed between a rubber contact plate 64 and a substrate 60 to generate a key signal.

Returning to FIG. 2, in the printing section 14, a transparent tape 70, which is a first tape, is fed in the longitudinal direction, and a thermal head 72 functioning as a printing head prints on this transparent tape 70. The thermal head 72 includes a row of heating elements in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the transparent tape 70 is fed, and is connected to the platen roller 76 via the ink ribbon 74 and the transparent tape 70.
be forced to. The array of heating elements generates heat in a predetermined pattern, and the ink on the ink ribbon 74 is transferred to the transparent tape 70 by the heat, thereby performing reverse printing of the reverse pattern. The platen roller 76 is rotatably supported around an axis parallel to the heating element array.

The ink ribbon 74 is housed in a ribbon cassette 78 and drawn out between the thermal head 72 and the platen roller 76 from a supply spool 80 shown in FIG.

The transparent tape 70 is held in a wound state around a supply spool 90, as is clear from FIG. As is clear from FIG. 9, the supply spool 90 has a spool shaft 92.
It is fitted into the body and can be rotated integrally with it. A spring washer 94 is provided between the spool shaft 92 and the substrate 60 of the printing section 14 to provide appropriate rotational resistance to the rotation of the spool 90 and prevent the transparent tape 70 from being pulled out more than necessary. There is. Note that as another means to prevent the transparent tape 70 from being pulled out more than necessary,
For example, a spiral spring 9 as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11
5 may be used. The spiral spring 95 has one end fixed to a non-rotating member 96 and the other end brought into contact with the inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical part 97 formed integrally with the spool shaft 92 with a certain preload. When the cylindrical portion 97 rotates, rotational resistance is applied to the spool 90 due to the frictional force generated at the sliding contact portion with the spiral spring 95.

In any case, as shown in FIG. 1, the transparent tape 70 pulled out from the supply spool 90 is supplied between the thermal head 72 and the platen roller 76 while being changed in direction by the guide roller 98. This thermal head 7
The transparent tape 70 printed in step 2 is sent further downstream, where a pair of rollers 99 and 100 are provided adjacent to each other, and between both rollers 99 and 100, the transparent tape 70 after inversion printing is sent downstream. It's like it's being pinched.

On the side opposite to the supply spool 90 of the transparent tape 70 with respect to the ribbon cassette 78, there is a supply spool 1 holding a second tape, double-sided tape with release paper 102, wound thereon.
04 is provided and is integrally fitted into the rotatable spool shaft 106. Similar to the supply spool 90 that holds the transparent tape 70 shown in FIGS.
The double-sided tape with release paper 102 pulled out from the tape is supplied between rollers 99 and 100, and is attached to the transparent tape 70 after printing. As is clear from FIG. 12, this double-sided tape with release paper 102 has the following features:
Paper base tape 107 and adhesive layer 108 on both sides thereof
．． 110 and a release paper 111 covering the adhesive layer 110, and is adhered to the printed surface of the transparent tape 70 in the adhesive layer 108 by rollers 99 and 100.

The rollers 99, 100 and the platen roller 76 are selectively driven to rotate, and their drive system will be described with reference to FIG. 3. A gear 112 is attached to the roller 99.
However, gears 114 are provided integrally and concentrically with the roller 100, and both gears 112 and 114 can mesh with each other. Gear 114 is connected to gear lever 122 along with intermediate gears 116, 118 and 120.
The gears 114, 116, 118, and 120 of the gear lever 122 are always engaged in this order, and the tape feed motor 123 serving as the drive source
A pinion 124 fixed to the output shaft of the intermediate gear 116,1
26, and the intermediate gear 126 meshes with a winding gear 128 for the ribbon cassette. Winding gear 128
As shown in FIG. 8, it is arranged concentrically with the spool drive shaft 84, and a take-up spool 82 (see FIG. 1) of the ribbon cassette 78 is fitted into the spool drive shaft 84. Note that the take-up gear 128 and the spool drive shaft 84 are allowed to rotate relative to each other with a certain amount of torque.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a roller gear 132 is fixed integrally and concentrically with the platen roller 76 of FIG.
It is rotatably supported at the tip of the The platen roller crimping lever 134 has a vertical axis 1 at its intermediate portion.
36 and is rotatably supported by the tension spring 1
38 urges the platen roller 76 in a direction in which it is pressed against the thermal head 72.

The gear lever 122 is rotatable around an axis concentric with the intermediate gear 116, and as shown in FIG.
14 is engaged with the gear 112 of the roller 99, the gear 120 is separated from the roller gear 132 of the platen roller 76, and from this state, the gear lever 122 is rotated counterclockwise as shown in FIG. Gear 1
14 is spaced apart from gear 112, gear 1
The arrangement of the above-mentioned gear group is determined so that the gear 20 meshes with the gear 132 of the platen roller 76.

At one end of the gear lever 122 there is a cover 38 (
A switching operation section 140 is formed that protrudes upward from the cover 38 (see FIG. 5), and correspondingly an arcuate groove (not shown) is formed in the cover 38.

Further, a torsion spring 142 is provided for selectively holding the gear lever 122 in the two positions. This torsion spring 142 is installed in a pre-compressed state, with one end locked to the substrate 60 of the printing section 14 and the other end locked to the tip of the gear lever 122. Then, based on the straight line connecting the rotation center 0 of the gear lever 122 and the base end A of the torsion spring 142, the operating end B of the torsion spring 142 is connected to the gear 112.
When the working end B is on the side opposite to the gear 112, the gear lever 122 is urged clockwise to maintain it in the first position shown in FIG. It is maintained at the second position shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, the platen roller 76 rotationally driven by the roller gear 132 functions as a first tape feeding roller, and the rollers 99 and 100 rotationally driven by gears 112 and 114 function as a second tape feeding roller. .

Further, a gear lever 122 that supports the gears 114, 116, 118, and 120 and is provided with a switching operation section 140, and a torsion spring 142 that biases the gear lever 122 constitute a switching device.

Next, a control device for controlling the printing section 14 and the human power section 10 as described above will be explained based on the block diagram shown in FIG. 14.

A photosensor 50 that detects the rotational phase of the selection dial 16 is connected to a microcomputer (hereinafter abbreviated as microcomputer) 144 along with a confirmation key 20 and various function keys 36 that confirm the character selected by the selection dial 16. It is connected to input interface 146. Input interface 146 is connected to CPU 150 . by path line 148 . ROM152. RAM154. Character generator (hereinafter referred to as CG-ROM) 15
6.158 and output interface 160.

ROMI 52 stores a program that controls the entire operation of this tape printing device.4. program memory 16
2. Dictionary memory 164 used for kana/kanji conversion, etc.
The RAM 154 includes various counters, registers, and counters.

The CG-ROMI 56 generates a matrix character pattern for the doso 1 based on the human-generated character code data, and the CG-ROM 158 generates a dot pattern of characters to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 22. be. The output interface 160 includes a head drive circuit 168 . A motor drive circuit 170 and a display drive circuit 172 are connected, and a thermal head 72 is connected to each.
．． Tape feed motor 123 and liquid crystal display 22
is connected.

Note that the thermal head 72 prints horizontally inverted patterns on the transparent tape 70 when viewed from the printing surface side. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 70, its heating element row (not shown) is provided on the front side, and the transparent tape 70 is fed from the right to the left in FIG. By driving the heating element array while reading out the dot pattern data in the same order as in the case of a typical thermal printer, that is, while reading out the column data from the CG-ROM 156 in order from the leftmost column of the dot matrix forming the character, Reverse printing is performed on the printing surface (the rear surface in FIG. 2) of the transparent tape 70.

In this embodiment, a thermal head 72. A microcomputer 144 that controls the drive of the platen roller 76 and the thermal head 72, etc. constitute a printing mechanism.

Next, the operation of the tape printing device as described above will be explained.

After the power is turned on, press the confirm key 20 while aligning "A/A" on the selection dial 16 with the alignment point 18.
By pressing , the origin setting is performed, and from then on, CPU1
50 performs various signal processing.

Then, by rotating the character selection dial 16 to select a character to be input, and pressing the enter key 20, print data is supplied to the microcomputer 144. The characters aligned with the alignment points 18 are displayed on the liquid crystal display 22 via the CG-ROM 158. Also, a dot pattern of characters to be printed is generated via the ROMI 56 and stored in a print buffer (not shown) of the RAM 154. When the print key 35 is pressed, the dot pattern is generated via the ROMI 56. The thermal head 7
2, horizontally reversing printing of a reversed pattern is performed on the transparent tape 70, but the double-sided tape 10 with release paper
Either the first state or the second state is selected depending on the presence or absence of 2.

In the first state, that is, when attaching the double-sided tape 102 with release paper to the reversely printed printing surface of the transparent tape 70, the gear lever 122 is positioned at the first position as shown in FIG. In this first position, the gear 114 is engaged with the gear 112 and the roller 99 and the roller 100 are pressed against each other, while the intermediate gear 120 is separated from the roller gear 132.

As a result, the driving force of the tape feed motor 123 is transmitted to the gears 114 and 112 via the intermediate gear 116, and the rollers 99, 100 are rotated in opposite directions with the transparent tape 70 and the double-sided tape 102 with release paper sandwiched between them. Rotate in the direction. This causes the transparent tape 70 to be transferred to the supply spool 90.
The double-sided tape 102 with release paper is pulled out from the supply spool 104 and sent to the thermal head 72 in accordance with the printing timing. Although the platen roller 76 is disconnected from the motor 123, it is urged toward the thermal head 72 by the platen pressure spring 138, so that it rotates together with the running tape 70 due to the frictional force generated therebetween. As is clear from FIG. 2, the roller 99 has flanges at both ends for tape positioning, and the tapes 70, 102 are attached to these flanges.
Both ends of the flanges touch to define the position in the width direction, and the roller 100 is pressed onto the roller surface between both flanges.

The rollers 99 and 100 feed the tape as described above, but they also form the main body of the second tape applicator, and roll the transparent tape 70 and the double-sided tape with release paper 102 onto the torsion spring 142 (see FIG. 3). By pinching with force and rotating while overlapping, the double-sided tape 102 with release paper is pasted on the reverse printing surface of the transparent tape 70 in the adhesive layer 108, as shown in FIG. By this pasting, a regular image adhesive tape 174 in which the tapes 70 and 102 are integrated is formed. That is, although originally printed in reverse, the reverse printed portion 176 can be seen through the transparent tape 70 from the direction of arrow XV in FIG. It will be done. This normal image adhesive tape 174 is cut into a predetermined length by a cutting device (not shown) provided at the lower end in the tape feeding direction, and by peeling off the release paper 111 in FIG. It is used by pasting it on an object.

On the other hand, in the second state, that is, when reverse printing is only performed on the transparent tape 70 and the double-sided tape with release paper 102 is not attached, the gear lever 122 shown in FIG. position to the second position shown in FIG.

That is, the gear lever 122 is aligned with the axis O of the intermediate gear 116.
The gear 114 is separated from the gear 112 and the roller 100 is separated from the roller 99, while the intermediate gear 120 is rotated counterclockwise in the figure as shown in FIG.
The gear 132 is engaged with the gear 132.

By this switching operation, the rotation of tape feed motor 123 is transmitted to roller gear 132 via intermediate gears 116, 118, and 120, and platen roller 76 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 1. While the transparent tape 70 is fed in the longitudinal direction by the platen roller 76, reverse printing is performed on the transparent tape 70 by the thermal head 72 (see FIG. 13). Here, the final gear ratio from pinion 124 of motor 123 to gear 132 is pinion 1
24 to the gears 114 and 112, the tape feed speed is not substantially different from the first state.

The transparent tape 70 that has been printed and sent downstream is moved by the roller 9
9 and 100, but in this second state, the roller 99 is cut off from the motor 123,
Moreover, since the rollers 99 and 100 are spaced apart from each other, the transparent tape 70 after printing is not fed between the rollers 99 and 100. Therefore, there is no fear that the print surface of the tape 70 will be rubbed by the frictional force of the rollers 99, 100 and the print will disappear or be disturbed.

The transparent tape 70 with such reverse printing is cut into appropriate lengths by the cutting device described above. Then, by applying pressure by rubbing the front side with the reverse printing surface in close contact with a predetermined object, the reverse printing portion can be transferred to the object, and the already printed portion can be visually recognized as a normal image. be done. In other words, lettering can be done easily, and the tape obtained in the second state should be called a pressure transfer tape in contrast to the normal image adhesive tape 174 obtained in the first state. And usually,
It is desirable that the ink used for the pressure transfer tape has better transferability than the ink used for the positive image adhesive tape 174, and in that case, when switching between the first state and the second state, The ribbon cassette 78 is also replaced.

Furthermore, in order to further improve the ink transferability in the second state, it is desirable that the transparent tape 70 is also replaced with one that has poor surface wettability.

Note that regardless of the switching between the first state and the second state by the gear lever 122, the pinion 124 of the motor 123 is always engaged with the take-up gear 128 via the intermediate gear 126, so that the ink ribbon 74 after printing is transferred to the motor. 1
The take-up spool 82 is peeled off from the transferred transparent tape 70 by the rotation of the spool drive shaft 84 by 23.
It is wound up.

When replacing the transparent tape 70, rotate the platen roller pressure lever 134 shown in FIG. 3 counterclockwise in the figure against the biasing force of the tension spring 138.
A gap is formed between the platen roller 76 and the thermal head 72, and the transparent tape 7 pulled out from the spool 90
0 can be passed through the gap. Also, gear lever 1
22 is located in the second position shown in FIG. 4, a gap is maintained between the rollers 99 and 100 as described above. color changes, etc.) can be easily performed.

In the present embodiment, the transparent tape 70 is used as the first tape on which reverse printing is performed, but it is also possible to use, for example, a colored translucent tape as long as it has transparency.

Furthermore, double-sided tape with release paper 10 is used as a second tape.
2, instead of using a tape with an adhesive layer only on the reverse printing side, that is, a double-sided tape 10 shown in FIG.
A tape obtained by removing the hair tape 107 and the adhesive layer 110 from No. 2 may also be used. Furthermore, instead of gluing the adhesive layer 108 to the first tape, it is also possible to press both tapes together while softening them by heating.

Furthermore, instead of the configuration in which the platen roller 76 also serves as the first tape feeding roller, a roller dedicated to tape feeding that is rotationally driven in the above-described second state may be provided behind the platen roller 76 in the tape feeding direction. On the other hand, roller 99
．． 100 may also be used exclusively for the second tape application device, and a roller functioning as a second tape feed roller may be provided further downstream from this.

Furthermore, when attaching the second tape to the first tape, instead of applying pressure across the entire width of the tape, the roller does not touch the reverse printed part in the center of the tape, and the tape For example, one of the rollers 99 and 100 may be a medium-thin roller so that the pressing force acts only in the vicinity of both ends in the width direction. In this way, even if the pressure transfer tape is formed with the rollers 99 and 100 pressed together in the second state, there is no fear that the reverse printing portion will be blurred.

In addition, the present invention may be modified in various ways based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art.
Of course, the present invention can be implemented in a modified form.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the main parts of a tape printing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of the tape printing device. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the drive system when the device is switched to the first state, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the drive system when the device is switched to the second state. Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view of the selection dial and its vicinity in Figure 2, Figure 6 is a plan view showing the main parts of Figure 5, and Figure 7 shows the slit pattern in Figure 6 in a straight line. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the development of the signal in association with the detected signal form. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the main part of FIG. 1, and FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IX--■ in FIG. 10th
The figure is a sectional view showing a modification of FIG. 9, and FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line XI-XI in FIG. 10. FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the normal image adhesive tape made in the first state, FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the pressure transfer tape made in the second state, and FIG. 14 is a sectional view of the tape printing device of FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control circuit. FIG. 15 is a view taken along the arrow Xv in FIG. 12. 10: Input section 14: Print section 16: Selection dial 18: Positioning point 20: Confirmation key 22; Liquid crystal display 36: Function key 42 Nislit disk 50: Photo sensor 70: Transparent tape 72: Thermal head 74: Ink ribbon 76 : Platen roller 78: Ribbon cassette 80: Supply spool 82: Take-up spool 84 Varnish spool drive shaft
90: Supply spool 92 Nisbourg shaft 98 Guide roller 99, 1oo: Roller 102: Double-sided tape with release paper 104: Supply spool 112.114: Gear 116.118, 120, 126: Intermediate gear 122: Gear lever 123: Tape feed motor 124: Pinion 128: Winding gear 132: Roller gear 134 Nibra ten roller crimping lever 138: Tension spring 140: Switching operation section 142:
Torsion spring 144: Microcomputer Figure 5 Figure 7 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 12 Figure 15

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A printing mechanism that performs reverse printing of a reverse pattern on a first tape having transparency; a second tape applicator that applies a second tape to the reversely printed printing surface of the first tape; It includes a switching device that switches between a first state in which a second tape is pasted on the reverse printing surface of the first tape and a second state in which reverse printing is only performed on the first tape and the second tape is not pasted. A tape printing device that performs reverse printing. (2) The printing mechanism includes a print head whose position is fixed, and a first tape feed roller that is rotated by a driving force from a drive source and sends the first tape in the longitudinal direction while passing through the print head. On the other hand, the second tape pasting device is located downstream of the first tape feeding roller in the feeding direction of the first tape, and is arranged to sandwich the first and second tapes between the first and second tapes, and to a pair of second tape feed rollers that are rotated by a driving force from the drive source to feed the first and second tapes, and the switching device is configured to affix a second tape to the first tape. In this state, the pair of second tape feed rollers are pressed together, and the drive source is cut off from the first tape feed roller and connected to the second tape feed roller to feed the first and second tapes. On the other hand, in the second state, the pair of second tape feed rollers are separated, and a drive source is connected to the first tape feed roller to feed the first tape. The tape printing device according to item 1.