JP5772027B2 - Tape printer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a tape printer that can efficiently and easily create a date difference label or a number difference label whose text is the same as the previous one even if the person who creates the label is different.

  Conventionally, a printing tape formed by laminating a printing layer and a release layer is stored in a tape cassette, and the tape cassette is set in a printing apparatus and input from an input means such as a keyboard or output from another device. A tape printing apparatus is known as an apparatus that can create a unique label by arbitrarily printing characters, symbols, logos, characters, marks, and the like.

  Conventionally, as a printing tape used in such a tape printing apparatus, a tape having a narrow tape width used for management of documents and stationery has been generally used. Tapes with a wide tape width are also provided, and tape printers have a wide variety of uses.

  Applications of tape printers include, for example, proposals for use as printing devices (printing control devices) for printing index labels, and “conference rooms” and “presidential offices” using very wide printing tapes. Something that creates nameplates has also been proposed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1.)

In addition, the document information registered in the document information memory can be called up on the display screen and desired document information can be selected and printed. The document information memory includes document information including date information and documents not including date information. electronic apparatus designed to place priority on the upper and have been proposed for information. (For example, see Patent Document 2.)

  By the way, in the tape printer, due to the nature of the product (label) to be created, for example, “New Product Planning Document 2010/9/16”, “Accounting Report No. 1”, “Date” and “Number” Are often entered and printed.

However, in the current, if you try to create the same contents of the label of a sentence different only date and number, the text content and tape width font (type and size) to confirm with the naked eye, set and enter each Printing must be done.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05-057985 JP 2009-230559 A

  In such a printing work, if the person who creates the label is the same person and the previous production work is the latest, the work can be performed to some extent accurately by using the memory.

However, if time has passed since the last creation work, or if another person does the same work, it is difficult to determine whether it is correct unless you print the font type, etc. There is a possibility of printing with something wrong.

  If the print contents are stored in the memory, they can be used as “candidates” for the next printing. In this case, an electronic device loaded with a RAM (Random Access Memory) having a large storage capacity, such as a personal computer or a cellular phone, can store a large amount of contents by utilizing the capacity.

  For example, when entering a sentence on a personal computer or mobile phone, when the first character, for example, “A” is entered, the history entered so far is displayed, for example, “Tomorrow”, “Tomorrow is”, “Rain”・ ・ ・ Etc. is displayed and has a function to support text input.

  However, a small-sized device with a low selling price such as a tape printer cannot be equipped with a large-capacity RAM like other electronic devices. Further, there is a problem that the stored contents of the RAM are lost when the power is turned off.

In addition, the non-volatile memory such as flash memory does not disappear stored data even after the power is turned off non-volatile memory slow write speed, frequently there is a problem when writing, simply all of the print contents "candidate" I can't remember it.

  In addition, if unnecessary candidates are displayed in the display of candidates, the efficiency alone deteriorates, but there is a problem that many candidates cannot be displayed on a relatively small liquid crystal screen of the tape printer.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and provides a tape printer capable of efficiently and easily creating a date difference label or a number difference label having the same contents as the previous time even if the person who creates the label is different. The purpose is to do.

In order to solve the above problems, an aspect of the tape printing apparatus of the present invention, control and control means comprises a memory means, input means, display means, and printing means, and said control means, said input text keyed by the user to means, said printed by the Rishirushi printing tape printing device, when printing is completed, it contained a date or number with the contents of printed the text If, in association with the date or the number is stored in the memory means the sentence as the history, the display means, by a different user with the user or the user, the first and to the entering force means at the stage where one character is input, and displays a plurality of candidate sentences corresponding from the history that has been stored in the storage means to the first character on the screen among the plurality of candidates displayed on the screen previous The cursor display position of the candidate, is displayed so as to be movable by a key input to the input means, characterized in that.

  The present invention has an effect of providing a tape printer capable of efficiently and easily creating a date difference label or a number difference label having the same content as the previous sentence even if the person who creates the label is different.

It is a perspective view of the tape printer concerning Example 1 of the present invention. The figure is an external perspective view of a tape cassette for use in a tape printing apparatus according to Embodiment 1, the lower figure is a perspective view showing a tape cassette loading section which is a part of the internal structure of the tape printing apparatus. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system circuit configuration of a tape printing apparatus according to Embodiment 1. FIG. (a), (b), (c) is a display unit in the process of efficiently and easily creating date difference labels or number difference labels having the same contents as text processed by the control device of the tape printer according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display state displayed on the display screen.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, it is used as synonymous terms and the "print" and "print".

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the tape printer according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the tape printer 1 of this example includes a hollow upper surface 2 formed from a rectangular upper surface 2, an inclined surface 3 inclined forward from the upper surface 2, both side surfaces, a lower surface, and a back surface. A housing 4 is provided.

  On the inclined surface 3 of the housing 4, a key input unit 6 composed of a large number of input keys 5 is formed on almost the entire surface. Is formed. Further, a tape feeding opening 9 is formed on the right side surface.

  FIG. 1 also shows the printing tape 11 being fed out from the tape feed-out port 9. The printing tape 11 is formed by laminating a printing layer having a printing surface on the front surface and an adhesive surface on the back surface, and a release layer adhered to the adhesion surface. The tape printer 1 prints characters and the like on the printing tape 11.

  Although not shown, the housing 4 has an input terminal for connection with an external device such as a personal computer, a power supply terminal to which a power cord is connected, an insertion port into which a storage medium such as a memory card is inserted, and the like. Is also formed.

  The input key 5 of the key input unit 6 is a character input key for inputting character data, a print key for instructing start of printing, a cursor key for moving the cursor on the display screen of the display unit 7, setting of a print mode and various settings It consists of various control keys that perform processing.

  The display unit 7 includes a liquid crystal display device or the like, and displays text, images, selection menus for various settings, messages regarding various processes, and the like input from input keys, a memory card, or an external device. . The display unit 7 can also have a function as the input unit 3 by forming a touch panel or the like.

2, upper diagram is an external perspective view of a tape cassette used in the tape printing apparatus 1, the lower diagram an internal structure of the tape printing apparatus 1 which is formed in the lower portion of the lid 8 shown in FIG. 1 It is a perspective view which shows the tape cassette loading part which is a part.

In the tape cassette loading section 12, a thermal head 13 is disposed so as to be rotatable up and down, and a platen roller 14 is urged toward the thermal head 13 so as to face the thermal head 13. . The thermal head 13 and the platen roller 14 form a printing unit in the tape printer 1.

An ink ribbon take-up drive shaft 15 is arranged in the direction inside the tape cassette housing 12 with respect to the thermal head 13. Further, cassette receiving portions 16 are formed at three corners further away from the printing portion.

The cassette receiving portion 16 of the left upper corner of the three cassette receiving portion 16, the movable projection 17 is arranged. The movable protrusion 17 detects that the tape cassette 18 shown in the upper diagram of FIG. 2 is loaded in the tape cassette loading unit 12 and detects the type of the tape cassette 18 according to the width of the accommodated printing tape.

Further, the cassette loading section 12, the wall of the right of the printing unit, the tape Repetitive outlet 9 described above penetrates from the inside to the outside of the housing 4 is formed. A tape full-cut device 19 and a tape half-cut device 21 which are opposed to each other across the passage are incorporated on both sides of the passage of the tape outlet 9.

  The tape full-cut device 19 includes a fixed blade 19a and a movable blade 19b, and fully cuts a printed print tape that passes through the tape feed opening 9 at a predetermined position. The tape half-cut device 21 includes a fixed blade 21a and a movable blade 21b, and half-cuts a printed print tape that passes through the tape feed opening 9 at a predetermined position.

The tape cassette 18 shown in the upper part of FIG . 2 loaded in the cassette loading unit 12 includes a cassette case 22. Inside the cassette case 22 is accommodated a tape core 25 around which the printing tape 11 composed of the printing layer 23 and the release layer 24 is wound.

Furthermore, a ribbon supply core 27 around which an unused ink ribbon 26 is wound and a ribbon take-up core 28 that winds up the used ink ribbon 26 are accommodated in the cassette case 22. The ribbon take-up core 28 is engaged with and engaged with the ink ribbon take-up drive shaft 15 when the tape cassette 18 is loaded in the cassette loading unit 12.

  The cassette case 22 of the tape cassette 18 is formed with a head placement portion 29 where the thermal head 13 is located when the tape cassette 18 is loaded in the tape cassette loading portion 12.

Further, the on the corners of three except the corner portion of the tape Repetitive outlet 9 of the cassette case 22, engage the cassette receiving portion 1 6 of the tape cassette loading section 12, it is supported by the cassette receiving portion 1 6 An engaging portion 31 is formed.

The engaged portion 31 is formed with predetermined irregularities according to the type of the tape cassette 18, although it is not visible in the shade in the upper diagram of FIG. 2 . The combination of the irregularities is detected by the movable protrusion 17 provided in one cassette receiving portion 16 of the tape cassette loading portion 12 described above, and the type of the tape cassette 18 is determined.

The tape printing apparatus 1, an instruction for printing is the print tape 11 and the ink ribbon 26 is fed from the tape cassette 18, is sandwiched in a state of being superimposed between the platen roller 14 and the thermal head 13 Be transported.

  Then, the thermal head 13 is driven to generate heat based on the print data, and the ink on the ink ribbon 26 is thermally transferred to the print surface of the print layer 23 of the print tape 11 to print on the print tape 11.

When printing is completed, the tape full-cut device 19 is operated to cut the printing tape 11 in the width direction, thereby creating one adhesive tape. When a plurality of adhesive tapes are continuously formed, the tape half-cut device 21 is activated for each position of the adhesive tape , and only the printing layer 23 of the printing tape 11 is cut in the width direction. .

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a system circuit configuration of the tape printer 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the tape printer 1 includes a control device 32 composed of a CPU (central processing unit). The display unit 7 and the key input unit 12 shown in FIG. 1 are connected to the control device 32.

  Further, the control device 32 includes a ROM (read only memory) 33, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 34, a counter 35, an EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable ROM) 36, a tape position detection circuit 37, an ink ribbon detection circuit 38, a head drive. A circuit 39, a motor drive circuit 40, a pressing mechanism drive circuit 41, and a cutter drive circuit 42 are connected.

  The ROM 33 stores a program for controlling the operation of the tape printer 1. The control device 32 controls the operation of each unit based on the program read from the ROM 33.

  Although not particularly shown, the RAM 34 is provided with an image data area, a print data area, a flag area, a work area, and the like, and predetermined data is temporarily stored and used in these areas by the control device 32. It is done.

  The counter 35 is used while sequentially incrementing the initial setting numerical value, for example, when automatically generating and printing a serial number. The EEPROM 36 stores a history of print sentences on the print tape unique to this example.

  Although not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a tape position sensor 44 is connected to the tape position detection circuit 37. The tape position sensor 44 detects, for example, a print start position mark on the print tape and outputs a detection signal thereof. The tape position detection circuit 37 notifies the control device 32 of the detection result.

  A ribbon position sensor 45 is connected to the ink ribbon detection circuit 38. The ribbon position sensor 45 detects the print start position of ink colors such as magenta, cyan, and yellow of the ink ribbon during full color printing and outputs a detection signal thereof. The ink ribbon detection circuit 38 notifies the control device 32 of the detection result.

  A thermal head 13 is connected to the head drive circuit 39. The head drive circuit 39 drives the thermal head 13 to generate heat based on control from the control device 32.

  The motor drive circuit 40 is a driver that drives a tape feeding motor 46 (not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2). A head pressing mechanism 47 made of a motor or a solenoid is connected to the pressing mechanism drive circuit 41.

  The pressing mechanism drive circuit 41 drives the head pressing mechanism 47 in both forward and reverse directions to rotate the thermal head 13 in a direction in pressure contact with the platen roller 17 at the time of printing. When feeding or when printing is finished, the thermal head 13 is rotated away from the platen roller 17.

The cutter driving circuit 42 is a driver that drives a DC motor (not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2). The cutter drive circuit 42 is connected to the tape full-cut device 19 or the tape half-cut so that the printed tape is full-cut or half-cut to a predetermined length via a drive transmission mechanism (not shown) as the printing process proceeds. The device 21 is opened and closed.

4 (a), 4 (b), and 4 (c) are the same as the previously created label and sentence that are processed by the control device 32 by controlling each unit shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the display state displayed on the display screen of the display part 7 under control of the control apparatus 32 in the process which produces the date difference label or number difference label of content efficiently and simply.

Prior to this process, the control device 32 first prints the text input by the user from the input key 5 of the key input unit 6 on the printing tape 11 at the time of the previous tape production, and the printed print. When the tape 11 is discharged from the tape outlet 9 and printing is completed, it is determined whether or not “year / month / day” or “number” is included in the content of the printed text.

  Then, when “year / month / day” or “number” is included in the contents of the printed text, the control device 32 associates the printed text with the “year / month / day” or “number”. It is stored in the EEPROM 36 as a history.

  Further, when storing the sentence as a history in the EEPROM 36, the control device 32 stores the width dimension of the printing tape used for printing in association with the sentence. When the storage capacity of the EEPROM 36 is sufficient, the font (type / size) of characters used for printing may be stored in association with the text.

Next, at the time of the next label creation, the previous user or a user different from the previous user is set to “year / month / day” different from the previous “year / month / day” or “number” different from the previous “number”, when an attempt was made to create the last of the same contents of the label and the text, the first letter, the pronunciation character of the first character of the sentence that has been previously printed, which is the key input from the input key 5 of the key input unit 6 by the user become.

  At that stage, the control device 32 searches the history stored in the EEPROM 36 for a sentence having the first character corresponding to the phonetic character that is keyed first, and if there is one, there is one or more. For example, a plurality of sentences are displayed on the display screen of the display unit 7 as print sentence candidates.

  As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), a key is first displayed on the display screen, such as “1. New product plan 2010/8/10”, “2. Product lineup 1”,. One or more sentences having the first character corresponding to the input pronunciation character “shi” (48) are displayed on the display screen of the display unit 7.

  Then, the control device 32 displays a cursor 49 at the display position (left end) of the first (topmost) sentence candidate of one or more sentences displayed on the display screen of the display unit 7. The cursor 49 is displayed so that it can be moved by a key input to the input key 5 of the key input unit 6 by the user. This movement can be input with an upward or downward arrow key.

Here, when the control device 32 recognizes that the user has input the enter key by moving the cursor 49 to the position indicating the desired sentence selected from the sentence candidates with the upward or downward arrow key, the selection is performed. associated "date" of been sentence to determine whether it is stored. This determination is a process of referring to whether or not the data at the end of the selected sentence is data indicating a date.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 4B, it is assumed that “1. New product plan 2010/8/10” displayed first in FIG. 4A is selected by the user. Therefore, the control device 32 reversely displays the “year / month / day” display 51 and displays the cursor 52 in accordance with the position of the date display.

  The reason why the cursor is placed on the date part is that the frequency of changing the date is high from experience. Further, in the case of a model with a clock function, it may be automatically updated and displayed on the date of the day operated by the user.

  In the case of this date display, it is preferable to display the cursor 52 in accordance with the display position of “month” in the display of the year, month and day. The cursor 52 is displayed so that it can be moved left and right by a key input to the input key 5 of the key input unit 6 by the user. This movement can be input with the right or left arrow key.

I follow, and is displayed by moving the cursor 52 to the display position of the "month" of the display of the date, user can easily be moved to the right or left of the cursor 52.

Although not particularly illustrated, when one candidate is selected by the cursor 49 from among a plurality of candidate sentences as described above, the control device 32 stores the “number” of the selected sentence in association with it. It determines whether or not the are. This determination is also a process of referring to whether or not the data at the end of the selected sentence is a number.

For example, when the number “1” of the selected sentence is stored in association with each other as in “2. Product lineup 1” shown in FIG. Is incremented to “2”, the “2” is highlighted, and the cursor is displayed in accordance with the highlighted “2” portion.

  In addition, when the number displayed in reverse is a multi-digit number, it is preferable to display the cursor in accordance with the numerical display position at the lowest position of the number. This cursor is displayed so that it can be moved left and right by a key input to the input key 5 of the key input unit 6 by the user. This movement can be input with the right or left arrow key.

  In addition, when the user wants to change the date or number, the control device 32 controls the cursor 52 so that the cursor 52 can be moved to the position to be changed with the right or left arrow key, and the cursor is moved to the position to be changed. When 52 is stopped, control is performed so that the user can input a number by a key or input operation of an upward or downward arrow key to forward and change the number in ascending or descending order.

Then, the control device 32 at the stop position of the cursor, when the numerical value is input operations, in the number, replacing the numerical value are displayed in the stop position of the cursor to it. In the example shown in FIG. 4B, “8/10” indicating August 10 in FIG. 4A is replaced with “9/16” in accordance with the user's key input.

  The control device 32 determines that the candidate sentence has been selected as described above and the input of the numerical value to be changed has been completed by the user's input operation of the print execution key. Here, the control device 32 does not immediately execute printing, but displays the width dimension of the printing tape used last time on the display screen of the display unit 7 together with the confirmation inquiry text, as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 4C, “new product plan 2010/9/16” with the month and date selected and changed is displayed at the display position 53 at the top of the display screen. The confirmation inquiry sentence 54 is displayed as “Are you using a 9 mm wide tape? Are you sure you want to print it?”

Below that, a confirmation selection button 55 of “YES / NO” is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 4C, “YES” is highlighted, but this is a case where the printing tape 11 currently loaded in the tape cassette loading unit 12 is 9 mm wide .

When the printing tape 11 currently loaded in the tape cassette loading unit 12 has a width other than 9 mm, “NO” is highlighted. The user inputs a completion key when “YES” is highlighted. The control device 32 executes printing.

  Further, the user opens the opening / closing lid 8 at the time of the reverse display of “YES”, confirms the width of the printing tape 11 loaded in the tape cassette loading unit 12, and when it is different from the desired tape width, An arrow key is input to move the reverse display to “NO”.

  Then, after replacing the printing tape 11 currently loaded in the tape cassette loading unit 12 with a printing tape 11 having a desired width, the open / close lid 8 is closed, and the horizontal arrow key is input, and the reverse display is “YES”. Return to, and input the completion key. The control device 32 executes printing.

  In the display of the confirmation query sentence 54 in FIG. 4 (c), if the font size specified by the user is different from the font size printed last time, a message such as “The previous font size was XX” is displayed. You may make it display additionally.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when a label with a different date or number is created in the same sentence printed last time, it is the same person as the previous time or a person different from the previous time. Regardless of this, it is possible to efficiently and easily create a label having the same contents as the previous time only by rewriting the date or number by a simple input operation.

In addition, when the user tries to print the content printed last time with a different date or number, the confirmation inquiry text 54 is displayed when it is likely to print with a printing tape having a width different from the previous time. because it is displayed, Ki out to correct mistakes, except date or number can be realized a tape printing apparatus capable of printing all the Ku label of the same content as the previous efficiently.

  Also, since only frequently used sentences with date and number are stored as a history and other sentences are not stored, it is only necessary to install a small EEPROM, providing a low-cost and inexpensive tape printer. can do.

Similarly, since only frequently used sentences with dates and numbers are stored as history and candidates are displayed on the display screen, useless candidates are displayed less frequently, even on relatively small LCD screens. it can be efficiently perform the work of creating a label having the same content as the previous, also in this respect, it is possible to provide an inexpensive tape printing apparatus at a low cost.

  In addition, after calling the candidate text on the display screen, the character that the user will rewrite is highlighted in advance, and the cursor position is also moved under the reversed character in advance. Can be provided.

Have been described several embodiments of the present invention, the present invention is included in the scope of the invention and its equivalents as set forth in the appended claims. Hereinafter, the invention described in the scope of claims of the present application will be appended.

A label that is used by printing characters and the like on a printing tape formed by laminating a printing layer and a peeling layer, cutting the printing tape at a predetermined length, peeling off the peeling layer, and sticking the printing layer to an application target In the tape printer to be created,
A control means, a storage means, an input means, a display means, and a printing means,
The control means is configured such that the text key-input by the user to the input means is printed on the printing tape by the printing means, and when the printing is completed, the content of the printed text is “year / month / day”. Or, if “number” is included, the sentence is stored in the storage means as a history in association with the “date” or “number”,
The display means allows the user or a user different from the user to label the same content as the sentence on a “year / month / day” different from the “year / month / day” or a “number” different from the “number”. When the first character is input to the input unit by the user when trying to create, a plurality of candidates for sentences corresponding to the first character are displayed on the screen from the history stored in the storage unit. And displaying a cursor at a candidate display position at the top of the screen so that it can be moved by key input to the input means.
A tape printer characterized by that.
[Appendix 2]

The display means is configured such that when one candidate is selected from the plurality of candidates by the cursor, the “year / month / day” is displayed in association with the selected candidate sentence. `` Month day '' is highlighted, and the cursor is displayed so that it can be moved left and right by key input to the input means, according to the lower part of the numerical value of the year, month, day,
When the numerical input key is input at the cursor stop position, the input means replaces the numerical value input with the numerical input key with the numerical value initially displayed at the cursor stop position;
The tape printer according to supplementary note 1, wherein

The display means, when one candidate is selected from the plurality of candidates by the cursor, when the “number” is displayed in association with the selected candidate sentence, the display unit displays the “number”. While displaying in reverse, a cursor is displayed at any numerical display position of the number so that the numerical display position can be moved by key input to the input means,
When the numerical input key is input at the cursor stop position, the input means replaces the numerical value input with the numerical input key with the numerical value initially displayed at the cursor stop position;
The tape printer according to supplementary note 1, wherein

When storing the sentence as a history in the storage unit, the storage unit further includes a tape width recording unit that stores the width dimension of the printing tape used for printing in association with the sentence,
When the control means determines that the candidate text has been selected and the input to be changed has been completed, the width of the printing tape stored in the storage means by the tape width recording means is confirmed. Together with the display means,
The tape printer according to supplementary note 1, wherein

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a tape printing apparatus that can easily and easily produce date-different labels or number-different labels having the same contents even if different people create labels.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tape printer 2 Upper surface 3 Inclined surface 4 Case 5 Input key 6 Key input part 7 Display part 8 Opening and closing lid 9 Tape feed outlet 11 Printing tape 12 Tape cassette loading part 13 Thermal head 14 Platen roller 15 Ink ribbon winding drive shaft DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 16 Cassette receiving part 17 Movable protrusion 18 Tape cassette 19 Tape full cut apparatus 19a Fixed blade 19b Movable blade 21 Tape half cut apparatus 21a Fixed blade 21b Movable blade 22 Cassette case 23 Print layer 24 Peeling layer 25 Tape core 26 Ink ribbon 27 Ribbon supply core 28 Ribbon take-up core 29 Head arrangement part 31 Engaged part 32 Controller 33 ROM (read only memory)
34 RAM (Random Access Memory)
35 Counter 36 EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable ROM)
37 Tape position detection circuit 38 Ink ribbon detection circuit 39 Head drive circuit 40 Motor drive circuit 41 Press mechanism drive circuit 42 Cutter drive circuit 44 Tape position sensor 45 Ribbon position sensor 46 Motor 47 Head press mechanism 48 The pronounced character “shi”
49 Up / Down Cursor 51 Display of “Date” 52 Left / Right Cursor 53 Top Display Position 54 Confirmation Query Text 55 Confirmation Selection Button

Claims (4)

Provided with a control means, and storage means, an input means, a display unit, a printing unit, the,
Wherein, text keyed by a user to said input means, said printed to by Rishirushi printing tape printing device, when printing is completed, the printed date to the contents of the sentence or if the number was included, in association with the date or the number is stored in the memory means the sentence as a history,
The display means, by a different user with the user or the user, with respect to the entering force means in the first stage of character is input, corresponding to the first letter from the history that has been stored in the storage means A plurality of candidates for the text to be displayed are displayed on the screen, and the cursor is displayed at the display position of the first candidate among the plurality of candidates displayed on the screen so that the cursor can be moved by key input to the input means. To
A tape printer characterized by that. When the candidate is selected by the cursor from the plurality of candidates, the display means displays the date when the date of the selected candidate is stored in association with the date . causes highlight, the cursor in accordance with the lower of either the value of the date, displayed so as to be movable in the lateral direction by a key input to the input means,
Wherein the input means is a stop position of the cursor, when the numeric input key is an input operation, replacing the numerical value is first displayed by a numerical value input by the numeral input key to the stop position of the cursor,
The tape printer according to claim 1. The display means reversely displays the number when a candidate is selected from the plurality of candidates by the cursor and the number is associated with the selected candidate sentence and stored. The cursor is displayed at any numerical display position of the number, and the numerical display position is displayed so that the numerical display position can be moved by a key input to the input means.
Wherein the input means is a stop position of the cursor, when the numeric input key is an input operation, replacing the numerical value is first displayed by a numerical value input by the numeral input key to the stop position of the cursor,
The tape printer according to claim 1. When to be stored in said memory means the sentence as the history, further comprising a tape width recording means for storing in association with the width dimension of the printing tape that was used in the printing on the sentence,
Said control means, said one candidate from among the plurality of candidates is selected, when it is determined that the input should be changed has been completed, the said said printing tape tape width recording means has been stored in the storage means The width dimension is displayed on the display means together with the confirmation inquiry text.
The tape printer according to claim 1.