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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1993
Yasunori Kitazawa, Anjou, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A printing device for selectively printing a normal posture character image or reverse posture character image on a tape like image receiving member by using a thermal head. In the normal posture character image printing, a non-lamination type printing tape is used in which an imaging surface is exposed to an atmosphere, and in the reverse posture character image printing, a lamination type printing tape is used in which the imaging surface is protected by a transparent tape. A tape cartridge which stores the non-lamination type printing tape and another tape cartridge which stores the lamination type printing tape are both commonly assembleable to an accommodation portion of the printing device. In accordance with the kind of the assembled tape cartridge, normal or reversed character image is printed on the tape.