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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2018
Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Takayoshi Jinnouchi, Saitama, JP;
SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer includes a printing portion configured to print on a print medium, a ribbon supply shaft configured to hold an ink ribbon to be supplied to the printing portion, and a ribbon roll up shaft configured to roll up the used ink ribbon, wherein the ribbon supply shaft is provided movably between a ribbon supply position where the ink ribbon is supplied to the printing portion, and a ribbon replacement position where the ribbon supply shaft is attachable to and detachable from the printer, and rotated in the direction in which the ink ribbon is rolled up in the middle of moving from the ribbon replacement position to the ribbon supply position.