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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuyoshi Matsuzawa, Iruma, JP;
Hideo Kawahara, Iruma, JP;
Assignee:
Ye Data, Inc., Saitama-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400206 ; 400692 ; 400231 ;
Abstract
A print unit provided with one or a multi-serial heads having a plurality of print pins widely arranged in a direction of the feeding of paper and is provided laterally movably on a guide shaft. A cassette holder having a plurality of monochromatic ribbon cassettes that are juxtaposed and received therein is arranged in parallel with and close to the moving path of the print unit. A suitable one of the monochromatic ribbon cassettes is transferred, in response to a control signal, from the cassette holder to the print unit, and from the print unit to the cassette holder.