A tape made up of a base tape having a front printing surface and a rear adhesive surface, and a release tape covering the adhesive surface is mounted on a printing apparatus. A plurality of print images are printed on the printing surface in a manner arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the print
A tape made up of a base tape having a front printing surface and a rear adhesive surface, and a release tape covering the adhesive surface is mounted on a printing apparatus. A plurality of print images are printed on the printing surface in a manner arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the printing tape, and the printing tape is cut in the widthwise direction thereof. Connection cutting is performed such that at least a widthwise part of the release tape remains connected as a connection portion in a space between respective adjoining print images.
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What is claimed is: 1. A tape printing apparatus comprising: tape mounting means for mounting a printing tape made up of a base tape having a front printing surface and a rear adhesive surface, and a release tape covering the adhesive surface; printing means for printing a plurality of print images
What is claimed is: 1. A tape printing apparatus comprising: tape mounting means for mounting a printing tape made up of a base tape having a front printing surface and a rear adhesive surface, and a release tape covering the adhesive surface; printing means for printing a plurality of print images on the printing surface, said print images being arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the printing tape; cutting means for cutting the printing tape in a widthwise direction thereof, wherein said cutting means is capable of performing normal-direction cutting in which the printing tape is cut from one end as a reference end as seen in the widthwise direction thereof to an opposite end thereof, and reverse-direction cutting in which the printing tape is cut in a reverse direction from the opposite end to the reference end, wherein said cutting means comprises: a cutter capable of performing slide cuffing in both the normal direction and the reverse direction; cutter operating means capable of transferring said cutter among: a first state in which said cutter is away from a feeding passage of the printing tape by said printing means; a second state in which said cutter is located close to the feeding passage but is on a side of the reference end relative to the feeding passage; and a third state in which said cutter is close to the feeding passage but is on a side of the opposite end relative to the feeding passage, wherein the normal-direction cutting is performed on a way of transfer from the second state to the third state, the reverse-direction cutting is performed on a way of transfer from the third state to the second state, and a state transfer is performed between the second state and the third state accompanying no cutting due to a state transfer through the first state; and control means for controlling said cutting means, said cutting means being capable of performing connection cutting in which at least a widthwise part of the release tape remains connected as a connection portion, said control means having connection-cutting control means for causing said cutting means to perform connection cutting in a space between each of the plurality of adjoining print images printed on the printing tape. 2. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said cutting means further comprises: half-cutting means for cutting only the base tape in the widthwise direction thereof; and full-cutting means for cutting both the base tape and the release tape in the widthwise direction thereof, said full-cutting means being capable of the connection cutting. 3. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising cutting method selection means for selecting, as a cutting command out of a plurality of options, the cutting method under control by said cutting means. 4. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of options of the cutting command include a half-cutting command for commanding the half-cutting, a connection-cutting command for commanding the connection, and a full-cutting command for commanding the full cutting so that the connection portion is not left behind, said options being selectable in a menu style. 5. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising connecting position selecting means for selecting a widthwise position of the connection portion out of a plurality of options. 6. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said connecting position selecting means includes at least one of means for displaying in characters the options of the cutting positions and means for displaying an image, after cutting, of each of the options of the connecting positions. 7. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said cutting means further comprises a drive motor for driving the normal-direction cutting in one of the normal direction and the reverse direction, which are opposite to each other, and the reverse-direction cutting in the other of the normal direction and the reverse direction, and wherein said control means further comprises a rotation control means for controlling the rotation of said drive motor. 8. A tape printing apparatus comprising: tape mounting means for mounting a printing tape made up of a base tape having a front printing surface and a rear adhesive surface, and a release tape covering the adhesive surface; printing means for printing a plurality of print images on the printing surface, said print images being arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the printing tape; cutting means for cutting the printing tape in a widthwise direction thereof, wherein said cutting means is capable of performing normal-direction cutting in which the printing tape is cut from one end as a reference end as seen in the widthwise direction thereof to an opposite end thereof, and reverse-direction cutting in which the printing tape is cut in a reverse direction from the opposite end to the reference end; control means for controlling said cutting means, said cutting means being capable of performing connection cutting in which at least a widthwise part of the release tape remains connected as a connection portion, said control means having connection-cutting control means for causing said cutting means to perform connection cutting in a space between each of the plurality of adjoining print images printed on the printing tape; connecting position selecting means for selecting the widthwise connecting position out of a plurality of options, wherein said options include a reference-end connection for connection at the reference end, an opposite-end connection for connection at the opposite end, and a center connection for connection at a center, wherein said control means comprises: opposite-end connection-cutting control means for causing said cutting means to perform, when the opposite-end connection is selected, the opposite-end connection cutting which executes the normal-direction cutting so that the connection portion becomes the opposite-end connection; reference-end connection-cutting control means for causing said cutting means to perform, when said reference-end connection is selected, the reference-end connection cutting which executes the reverse-direction cutting so that the connection portion becomes the reference-end connection; center connection-cutting control means for causing said cutting means to perform, when the center connection cutting is selected, both the normal-direction cutting and the reverse-direction cutting so that the connection portion becomes the center connection; and cutting control starting means for starting up one of the opposite-end connection-cutting control means, the reference-end connection-cutting control means, and the center connection-cutting control means depending on a result of selection of the connecting position so as to leave the connection portion. 9. A tape printing apparatus comprising: tape mounting means for mounting a printing tape made up of a base tape having a front printing surface and a rear adhesive surface, and a release tape covering the adhesive surface; printing means for printing a plurality of print images on the printing surface, said print images being arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the printing tape while leaving a print-free portion which serves as a space between respective adjoining sets of the print images; cutting means for cutting the printing tape in a widthwise direction thereof and control means for controlling said cutting means, wherein said cutting means comprises: half-cutting means capable of performing widthwise half cutting in which only the base tape is cut; and full-cutting means capable of performing widthwise full cutting in which both the base tape and the release tape are cut and also capable of performing connection cutting in which a widthwise part thereof is left connected as a connection portion, and wherein said control means further comprises complex-cutting control means for causing said cutting means to perform complex cutting which is made up of the connection cutting to substantially a center of the print-free portion and the half cutting to a neighborhood on both longitudinal sides of the connection cutting. 10. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising cutting method selection means for selecting the cutting method in a menu style by said cutting means out of a plurality of options as a cutting command, wherein said plurality of options include a half-cutting command for commanding the half-cutting, a complex-cutting command for commanding the complex cutting, and a full-cutting command for commanding the full cutting so that the connection portion is not left behind. 11. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said full-cutting means is capable of performing a normal-direction cutting in which the printing tape is cut from one end as a reference end as seen in the widthwise direction thereof to an opposite end thereof, and a reverse-direction cutting in which the printing tape is cut in a reverse direction from the opposite end to the reference end. 12. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said full-cutting means further comprises a drive motor for driving the normal-direction cutting in one of the normal direction and the reverse direction, which are opposite to each other, and the reverse-direction cutting in the other of the normal direction and the reverse direction, and wherein said control means further comprises a rotation control means for controlling the rotation of said drive motor. 13. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said full-cutting means comprises: a cutter capable of performing slide cutting in both the normal direction and the reverse direction; cutter operating means capable of transferring said cutter among: a first state in which said cutter is away from a feeding passage of the printing tape by said printing means; a second state in which said cutter is located close to the feeding passage but is on a side of the reference end relative to the feeding passage; and a third state in which said cutter is close to the feeding passage but is on a side of the opposite end relative to the feeding passage, wherein said control means causes said cutter to perform, through state transfer control by said cutter operating means, the normal-direction cutting on a way of direct transfer from the second state to the third state, the reverse-direction cutting on a way of direct transfer from the third state to the second state, and a state transfer between the second state and the third state accompanying no cutting due to a state transfer through the first state. 14. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising connecting position selecting means for selecting a widthwise connecting position of the connection portion out of a plurality of options, wherein said options include a reference-end connection for connection at the reference end, an opposite-end connection for connection at the opposite end, and a center connection for connection at a center. 15. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said control means comprises: opposite-end connection-cutting control means for causing said cutting means to perform, when the opposite-end connection is selected, the opposite-end connection cutting which executes the normal-direction cutting so that the connection portion becomes the opposite-end connection; reference-end connection-cutting control means for causing said cutting means to perform, when said reference-end connection is selected, the reference-end connection cutting which executes the reverse-direction cutting so that the connection portion becomes the reference-end connection; center connection-cutting control means for causing said cutting means to perform, when the center connection cutting is selected, both the normal-direction cutting and the reverse-direction cutting so that the connection portion becomes the center connection; and cutting control starting means for starting up one of the opposite-end connection-cutting control means, the reference-end connection-cutting control means, and the center connection control means depending on a result of selection of the connecting position so as to leave the connection portion. 16. A tape printing apparatus in which a plurality of print images arrayed in a longitudinal direction of a printing tape are printed on a front printing surface thereof, said printing tape being made up of a base tape having the front printing surface and a rear adhesive surface, and a release tape covering the adhesive tape, said printed printing tape being cut for each of the print images in a longitudinal direction thereof, said printing apparatus comprising: half-cutting means capable of performing widthwise half cutting in which only the base tape is cut; full-cutting means capable of performing widthwise full cutting in which both the base tape and the release tape are cut and also capable of performing connection full-cutting in which a widthwise part thereof is left connected as a connection portion; cutting method selecting means for selecting a cutting method out of a plurality of options inclusive of a complex cutting made up of the connection full-cutting to a border between respective adjoining sets of the plurality of print images and the half cutting to both longitudinal sides of the border, and a connection cutting which performs both the full cutting and the half cutting to the border; and control means for controlling said half-cutting means and said full-cutting means according to a selected cutting method. 17. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the plurality of print images are printed, when the complex cutting is selected, while leaving a print-free portion in a space inclusive of the border and both longitudinal sides of the border, and wherein said complex cutting is performed on the print-free portion. 18. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said plurality of options include an option to command only the half cutting and an option to command the full cutting so as to leave no connection portion. 19. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said full-cutting means comprises a slide cutter to perform the full cutting by a sliding movement in the widthwise direction, and cutter operating means to cause the slide cutter to perform the sliding movement, wherein said half-cutting means comprises a slide half cutter to perform the half cutting by a sliding movement in the widthwise direction, and half-cutter operating means to cause the slide half cutter to perform the sliding movement, wherein said slide half cutter has a construction identical with said slide cutter whose notch depth is made small, and wherein said half-cutter operating means has a construction identical with said cutter operating means. 20. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising connecting position selecting means for selecting a widthwise position of the connection portion out of a plurality of options. 21. A tape printing apparatus in which a plurality of print images arrayed in a longitudinal direction of a printing tape are printed on a front printing surface thereof, said printing tape being made up of a base tape having the front printing surface and a rear adhesive surface, and a release tape covering the adhesive tape, said printed printing tape being cut for each of the print images in a longitudinal direction thereof, said printing apparatus comprising: tape width detecting means for detecting a width of the printing tape; cutting means for cutting the printing tape in a widthwise direction thereof, wherein said cutting means comprises half-cutting means capable of performing widthwise half cutting in which only the base tape is cut; control means for controlling said cutting means, wherein said cutting means comprises full-cutting means capable of performing widthwise full cutting in which both the base tape and the release tape are cut and also capable of performing connection cutting in which a widthwise part thereof is left connected as a connection portion, wherein said control means further comprises connection notch-cutting control means for controlling said full cutting means so as to perform connection notch-cutting on a border between respective adjoining sets of the plurality of print images; and cutting method selecting means capable of selecting a method of cutting by said cutting means out of a plurality of options, wherein the plurality of options include the connection notch-cutting, and a complex notch-cutting made up of the connection notch-cutting and the half cutting to a neighborhood on both longitudinal sides of the connection notch-cutting. 22. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said control means controls said half-cutting means to perform the half cutting to the connection portion. 23. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 21, wherein a plurality of options in relative notch depths showing a ratio between a total width and the notch depth, in the widthwise direction of the tape, and an absolute notch depth corresponding to a combination of each of the options and each of detectable tape widths, are defined in advance, wherein said control means comprises: relative notch depth selection means for selecting one of the options in the relative notch depths; and notch depth setting means for setting, corresponding to the detected tape width and the selected relative notch depth, a corresponding absolute notch length as a notch length in the connection notch cutting. 24. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said relative notch length selection means comprises at least one of: means for displaying in characters the options of the relative cutting depths; and means for displaying an image, after cutting, of each of the options of the relative notch depths. 25. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said full-cutting means comprises: a slide cutter capable of normal-direction cutting in which cutting is made in a direction from a reference end which is one widthwise end of the printing tape to an opposite end thereof, and of reverse-direction cutting in which cutting is made in a reverse direction from the opposite end to the reference end; and cutter operating means capable of slidably moving said slide cutter in the normal and reverse directions. 26. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising connecting position selecting means for selecting a widthwise position of the connection portion out of a plurality of options, and wherein said options include a reference-end connection for connection at the reference end, an opposite-end connection for connection at the opposite end, and a center connection for connection at a center. 27. The tape printing apparatus according to claim 26, wherein said connecting position selecting means includes at least one of means for displaying in characters the options of the cutting positions and means for displaying an image, after cutting, of each of the options of the connecting positions. 28. A tape printing apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 9, 16 and 21 further comprising a memory medium which stores a program in a manner readable by the tape printing apparatus which is capable of processing program. 29. A method of manufacturing a label, comprising the steps of: printing a plurality of print images on a printing tape made up of a base tape having a front printing surface and a rear adhesive surface, and a release tape covering the adhesive surface, said print images being arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the printing tape while leaving a print-free portion which serves as a space between respective adjoining sets of the print images; providing cutting means capable of performing connection cutting by full cutting in which both the base tape and the release tape are cut while leaving a widthwise part thereof connected as a connection portion, as well as of performing half cutting in which only the base tape is cut; and performing complex cutting made up of the connection cutting to substantially the center of the print-free portion and the half cutting to both longitudinal sides thereof.
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