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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1985
Tetsuo Tsukada, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Shimobuchi, Akishima, JP;
Takahiro Yoshikawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
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 has 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.