| 摘要 |
A printer for transferring ink from a moving ink ribbon to a continuous moving substrate such as packaging film, the printer being suitable for printing the substrate with indicia such as a bar code. The printer comprises a print head movable between a parked position and a printing position, a ribbon drive motor and print head drive means for applying torque derived form the ribbon drive motor to the print head. By applying a torque to the print head, the print head can be moved by means of a simple mechanism that is robust and easily serviced. |
