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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2024
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tape printing apparatus includes a feeding mechanism that feeds, a label tape in which a plurality of labels are disposed at equal intervals on a mount tape and a detection hole is provided at a position corresponding to each of the labels, a printing head that performs printing on the labels of the label tape, a sensor that detects the detection holes, a measurement feeding pitch, which is a distance between the detection hole of a first label and the detection hole of a second label, is measured based on a detection result of the sensor, and a feeding amount of the label tape after the detection hole of the second label is detected is corrected based on the measured measurement feeding pitch and a standard feeding pitch that is a distance between the detection holes in a specification of the label tape.