JPS61130455U - - Google Patents

Description

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a partial perspective view of a printer that embodies this idea, Fig. 2 is a plan view showing almost the entire printer, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the ribbon guide section, and Fig. 4 shows how the ribbon guide is attached to the ribbon. FIG. 5 is a partial side sectional view of the printer showing the ribbon guide placed in the ribbon use position. 2 is a platen, 3 is a printing paper, 10 is a carriage, 11 is a printing head, 12 is a ribbon cassette,
13 is a printing ribbon, and 17 is a ribbon guide.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. Carriage 1 movable along platen 2
0, a print head 11 attached to the carriage 10, and a ribbon cassette 12 with a print ribbon 13, and the print head 11 and the print ribbon 13 work together to print the print paper 3 on the platen 2.
In a printer that prints on a ribbon, a ribbon guide 17 that removably supports a part of the printing ribbon 13 exposed from the ribbon cassette 12 is placed on the carriage 10 so as to face the platen 2 in a ribbon mounting position. and a ribbon use position, and when the ribbon guide 17 is placed in the ribbon mounting position, the exposed portion of the printing ribbon 13 is placed in a substantially horizontal plane, and in that state. The exposed portion of the printing ribbon 13 can be attached to and removed from the ribbon guide 17, and when the ribbon guide 17 is placed in the ribbon use position, the exposed portion of the printing ribbon 13 is placed opposite the printing surface of the platen 2. A printer characterized in that it is configured to 2. The printer according to claim 1, wherein the ribbon guide 17 is detachably supported by the carriage 10.