Printer
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshinori ASAI
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AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshinori ASAI
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A printer includes a printing unit having a printing head and a platen positioned opposite the printing head, the printing head being configured to print on a print medium that is fed between the printing head and the platen, a ribbon holding shaft configured to hold an ink ribbon that is wound thereon, a ribbon winding shaft configured to wind and collect the ink ribbon supplied from the ribbon holding shaft, and first and second guide shafts provided along a feeding route of the ink ribbon between the ribbon holding shaft and the ribbon winding shaft to apply tension to the ink ribbon. At least one of the first and second guide shafts has a tilt adjuster that applies a twist to the ink ribbon in a width direction of the ink ribbon through said at least one of the first and second guide shafts.
A printer comprising:
The printer according to claim. 1, wherein the ribbon holding shaft and the ribbon winding shaft each have a fixed end on the same end as the pivoting first end and a free end on the same end as the movable end.
A method of correcting a twist of an ink ribbon in a printer that is fed from a ribbon holding shaft to a ribbon winding shaft via an ink ribbon feeding path that passes between a printing head of the printer and a platen of the printer, said method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.