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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1994
Yasushi Kawakami, Nagoya, JP;
Masaharu Mori, Anjo, JP;
Shoji Sakuragi, Nagoya, JP;
Minako Ishida, Ama, JP;
Kazuaki Koie, Tokoname, JP;
Sachiyo Nakahigashi, Nishikasugai, JP;
Kengo Omura, Toyoake, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A tape printing apparatus for making printed labels includes a keyboard for entering a character string, a display screen for displaying the character string, a tape cassette printer mechanism for printing the character string on the tape, a tape width detector for detecting the tape width of the tape cassette mounted on the printer mechanism, a first display data generator which generates pattern image data used to define the effective display zone of display screen that is proportional to the detected tape width, and a second display data generator which generates image data of the entered character string based on stored font data so that a print image of the character string in correct proportion to the tape width is displayed in the display zone.