Esselte N.v.

Esselte Dymo N.v.

Richard William Ware

Robert Charles Day

Charles Robert Sims

Andrew R Halket

A tape holding case is described for use with a thermal printing device which allows for more efficient cutting and feeding of tape. The cassette has a slot into which a cutting blade can pass which avoids the use of an anvil for cutting. Moreover, the cassette can have a stepped portion for providing a so-called 'peel cut' at the end of the tape.

Cassette for a thermal printer

Tape cassette for a label printer

There is described a printing apparatus, particularly a label printer, which includes a switching mechanism operable in response to movement of the lid to permit operation of the printing apparatus only when the lid is closed. This can be combined with detection of the presence or absence of a cassette in a cassette receiving bay of the apparatus so that operation of the printing apparatus is permitted only in the presence of a cassette and with the lid in the closed position.

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Richard William Ware