Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Masaya Hashimoto

Masaki Suzuki

An ink cassette capable of being mounted in a printer includes a supply bobbin, a winding bobbin, a plate member, and at least three engaging portions. The plate member is provided on an end part of the ink cassette on a near side of the ink cassette in a mounting direction of the ink cassette. The at least three engaging portions are provided in the plate member and engage with engaging portions of the printer when the ink cassette is mounted in the printer. In a case where the ink sheet, pulled out from the supply bobbin, and a print sheet are overlaid and pressed against a print head of the printer, ink is transferred from the ink sheet to the print sheet.

Ink cassette and printer

Ink ribbon cassette for printer

An ink ribbon cassette and printing apparatus capable of stably conveying an ink ribbon includes a supply shaft around which an ink ribbon is wound, a rewinding shaft around which the ink ribbon from the supply shaft is to be rewound, a guide shaft configured to abut the ink ribbon on a conveying path of the ink ribbon from the supply shaft to the rewinding shaft, and a regulation portion configured to abut the guide shaft according to a force applied to the guide shaft by the ink ribbon, thereby deforming the guide shaft to protrude toward the ink ribbon.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Masaya Hashimoto