Esselte N.v.

Esselte Corporation

Esselte Dyno N.v.

Jonathan Peter Tremlett

Anthony Roy Dunn

Costa Panayi

Sam Cockerill

Francois Lecomte

Robert Charles Day

Mathew 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

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

A printing device (2) for printing an image receiving medium has a printing mechanism and a keyboard (4) having a plurality of data entry keys (6) for entering data for controlling the printing mechanism and a user key (16). Storage means for holding data accessible in response to the data entered at the keyboard (4) is provided. A controller defines an image to be printed on an image receiving medium in dependence on the data accessed in response to the data entered at the keyboard (4) so that the controller operates selectively in one of a plurality of modes of operation. The modes of operation include a normal mode of operation in which at least some of the keys (6) have predetermined functions associated therewith to access predetermined data associated with the predetermined functions. There is also a user determination mode which is entered by activation of the user key (16) in which the user is able to define a user function associated with one or more of the data keys (6) so that the user defined data is held in the storage means to implement the user function. There is also a user defined mode in which the data entry keys (6) are operable to define a label to be printed in accordance with the user defined data.

Printing apparatus having user keys

Label printer

Portable printer for adhesive backed labels

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Tooting, United Kingdom

Jonathan Peter Tremlett