Recording apparatus

摘要

The present invention provides a compact recording apparatus including a paper chamber (2) capable of containing paper and a ribbon chamber (6) containing an ink ribbon in a manner such that the ink ribbon on a supply shaft (4) can be taken up onto a take-up shaft (5), by utilizing the dead spaces in the paper chamber and the ribbon chamber. The distance between the paper chamber and the rotation center of the take-up shaft is larger than the radius of a ribbon take-up portion of the take-up shaft and is smaller than the radius of a fully taken up roll of the ink ribbon.