King Jim Co., Ltd.

Seiko Epson Corporation

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd (corporation)

Yasuhide Anbiru

Takayuki Uehara

Shinji Ishizuka

Hiroshi Ono

Tomoki Nakamura

Seiji Tanaka

Yoshiharu Konishi

Kiyoshi Ogawa

Mikihiro Kajihara

Takuya Suetani

Nobuyuki Horii

Yuichiro Taniguchi

Misae Shiba

Koji Sakuma

Tape cartridge for a tape writing device

Tape writing device

An apparatus, a method and a program are provided, each of which is intended to produce small prints. A variety of graphics are useful as framing elements for outer framing and tabulation with no need for increasing the volume of information to be prestored. One optional character, e.g., a pictogram, can be designated as a front ruling element and/or a rear ruling element for outer framing and tabulation. The optional character is chosen from among characters capable of input as character elements in lines of input characters. Upon execution of a print command, dot development is performed with respect to the front ruling portion and/or the rear ruling portion by utilizing fonts as character elements. Line types for upper ruling and lower ruling can also be designated, thereby effecting dot development depending upon the designated types of lines.

Apparatus, method and program for producing small prints

There are provided a tape printing apparatus that is capable of enhancing the operability thereof in inputting text data by providing an edit area aside from a text data input area where text data can be input, on a display screen, and a data input processing method therefor. The inputted data is recognized in a manner distinguishing between data within the maximum printable number of lines and data in excess of the maximum printable number of lines. Of the inputted data, there are displayed not only the data recognized to be within the maximum printable number of lines but also data of a predetermined number of lines in excess of the maximum printable number of lines.

Tape printing apparatus and data input processing method therefor

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Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhide Anbiru