Esselte N.v.

Esselte Corporation

Agfa-gevaert

Anthony Roy Dunn

Sam Cockerill

Costa Panayi

Jonathan Peter Tremlett

Francois Lecomte

Samuel Edward Cockerill

Bartholomeus Cyriel Horsten

Mathew Richard Palmer

David Tilemans

Guy Denis Jansen

Krystyna Maria Windle

Matthew Richard Palmer

The invention refers to a tape printing device () for hand-held operation, having a housing with a first part and a second part, wherein the first part of the housing comprises a surface with a keyboard with keys () for inputting desired characters to be printed onto an image receiving tape (), the surface having a breadth which is larger than a thickness of the first part of the housing, preferably a multiple thereof, and the second part of the housing comprises a cassette receiving bay () for accomodating a tape cassette () holding a supply of the image receiving tape (), the second part of the housing further enclosing a print mechanism () arranged to print the desired characters onto the image receiving tape (). Further a tape cassette () with an angled peel slot () is disclosed.

Tape printing device

A label printer for printing a label, the printer comprising: input means for inputting data defining labels to be printed; storage means for storing a plurality of labels, labels being separated in said storage means by label indicators; selection means for selecting at least one of said labels to be displayed at a display of the label printer; and means for controlling only said selected label to be displayed in dependence on the location of label indicators defining the limits of said selected label.

Label printer

The present invention refers to a tape printing device for hand-held operation, having a housing with a first part and a second part, wherein the first part of the housing comprises a surface with a keyboard with keys for inputting desired characters to be printed onto an image receiving tape, the surface having a breadth which is larger than a thickness of the first part of housing, preferably a multiple thereof, The second part of the housing comprises a cassette receiving bay for accomodating a tape cassette holding a supply of the image receiving tape, the second part of the housing further enclosing a print mechanism arranged to print the desired characters onto the image receiving tape. Further the tape cassette can have an angled peel slot.

Hand-held tape printing device

In order to improve and facilitate the peeling operation of a tape printing device of the type employing a tape cassette, a tape cassette ( ) with an angled peel slot ( ) is disclosed. The corresponding peel plunger ( ) of the tape printing device is moving into the peel slot ( ) during a peeling operation and the longitudinal axis of the peel slot ( ) and the longitudinal axis of the tape ( ) enclose a non-perpendicular angle, as well. Thus, only an edge ( ) of the tape ( ) is peeled, what reduces the forces required for peeling.

Tape printing device and tape cassette

Label-printing process for substantially light-insensitive elongated materials including an organic silver salt

The invention relates to a combination of a printing device and a tape holding case (10). The printing device comprises a zone for receiving the tape holding case (10) and a slide switch (32) in said zone. The slide switch (32) is movable between at least first and second positions corresponding to a first resp. second type of tape. In order to make the insertion of the tape holding case (10) easier, it is proposed that a tape holding case of the first type is provided with a ramp configured such that the switch (32) is moved into the first position during insertion of the tape holding case (10) into the zone when the switch (32) is originally in the second position. When a tape holding case of a second type is provided, its ramp can move the switch (32) automatically into the second position.

Tape printing apparatus and tape holding case with a sliding switch

The present invention relates to a label printing method and apparatus which includes a housing providing a zone for receiving printing tape on which an image is to be printed, a data input device for inputting information defining the image to be printed as a label, a printing mechanism including a group of printing elements to which pixel data defining the image to be printed is passed sequentially on a group-by-group basis by a printhead controller and a motor operable to drive the printing tape past the printing mechanism.

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Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Anthony Roy Dunn