| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To enable to easily set a ribbon without making dirt the hand, by a method wherein an indicator located between a head and a platen and moved together with the head is constituted of two special members. CONSTITUTION:In a serial printer wherein the ink ribbon 4 is stretched over the substantially entire length of the platen 1, the indicator 11 fitted between the platen 1 and a printing head 2 and moved together with the head 2 is constituted of a fixed member 12 faced to a front end face of the head 2 and fixed to the carriage and a detachable member 13 detachably supported by the fixed member 12. When replacing the ink ribbon 4, the member 13 is detached. The fixed member 12 is provided with a notch 14 at a central part thereof, and provided with projections 15 on both side walls. The detachable member 13 is provided with an opening part 16 corresponding to the notch 14, a pair of grooves 17 engaged with the projections 15, and a pair of ribbon guide parts 18. |
