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Printing device for printing image on tape like member

  • US 5,443,318 A
  • Filed: 09/24/1993
  • Issued: 08/22/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A printing device for printing an image on a tape like image receiving member having a first surface and a second surface opposite to said first surface, said device comprising:

  • a feeding mechanism for feeding the tape like image receiving member in a first direction;

    a print head having an array of a plurality of image forming elements for forming an image on the tape like image receiving member, the array extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;

    a single cartridge accommodation means capable of accommodating in the same position relative to said print head either a first cartridge containing therein a first tape like image receiving member to which the image is applied in a normal printing mode so as to appear proper when viewed from said first surface or a second cartridge containing therein a second tape like image receiving member to which the image is applied in a reverse printing mode so as to appear proper when viewed from said second surface, said feeding mechanism feeding both said first and second tape like image receiving members in the same direction and said print head being adjacent to said first and said second tape like image receiving member first surface;

    memory means for storing therein character patterns;

    a print head driving means connected to the print head for selectively driving at least one of the image forming elements in accordance with printing data and a character pattern read from the memory means;

    signal generation means for generating one of normal and reverse print mode signals, in the normal print mode the tape like image receiving member comprising said first tape like image receiving member and in the reverse printing mode the tape like image receiving member comprising said second tape like image receiving member;

    switching means connected to the print head driving means for reversely driving the image forming elements with respect to the second direction in order to turn the character pattern from side to side with respect to the second direction so that the printed image has a normal orientation when viewed from a back surface of the image receiving member in the reverse printing mode; and

    control means for selectively actuating the switching means in response to said normal and reverse printing mode signals from the signal generation means.

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