Color printer having apparatus for shifting ink ribbon

Details Color printer having apparatus for shifting ink ribbon Color printer having apparatus for shifting ink ribbon

1988-04-28

1990-09-18

Wright, Jr., Ernest T.

Typewriting machines

Including interposed inking device for record-medium

Endless ribbon or cartridge therefor

4002161, 400225, 400240, 4002404, 400248, B41J 3202

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RE0333409

ABSTRACT:
A color printer inludes an ink ribbon supporting frame mounted on a base unit swingingly about an axis parallel to a platen. A ribbon cassette comprises a cassette case for accommodating a color ink ribbon which as a plurality of different color longitudinal stripes so that at least a part of the ink ribbon forms a loop exposed from and extending to the cassette case. The ribbon loop is positioned along the platen and between a printing head and the platen, when the ribbon cassette is set on the ribbon frame. A ribbon guide is slidably mounted on a carrier for supporting the ink ribbon at a position adjacent to the printing head. The ribbon frame and ribbon guide are simultaneously shifted so that a desired one of color stripes of the ink ribbon is positioned on a predetermined printing line.

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