Abstract: An ink roller assembly for attachment to a tape printer or the like includes a pre-inked roller rotatably mounted between a pair of hanger brackets of substantially greater diameter and capacity than the standard pre-inked roller included with the machine. The hanger brackets are adapted to mount to an eccentric shaft which can be rotated to finely adjust the pressure of the ink roller against the print wheel. Several cross shafts extend between the hanger brackets to provide support with one of the cross shafts having a threaded hole therein for insertion of a threaded screw against the frame of the machine to adjust the pressure of the over-sized ink roller against the print wheel.

Abstract: A liner-separating tape-feeding machine that automatically feeds pressure-sensitive tape from a supply roll, peels the liner off the tape, delivering the tape in one direction and the liner in another and separating the tape into predetermined lengths. The liner is peeled from the tape by being brought around an edge at an acute angle from the tape, while it is kept under tension by having its feed roller move at a greater peripheral speed than the feed roller for the unseparated tape. Means are provided for optional delivery of a selected length of tape each time a previous piece of tape is removed from the machine.