| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To eliminate the legibility of a printing trace remaining on a used ink ribbon by providing a cutter mechanism for cutting the used ink ribbon printed by a heat transfer type printing head into a plurality along its longitudinal direction on a ribbon winding route. CONSTITUTION:A cutter mechanism 12 includes a board 12a, and a plurality of cutters 12b implanted to the board 12a, and the board 12a is mounted at the end of a guide protrusion 9. The cutters 12b are so disposed in parallel as to cut an ink ribbon 3 longitudinally into a plurality. That is, since the used ribbon 3 moving in a direction of an arrow P is cut into a plurality in its longitudinal direction by the cutters 12b, a printing trace remaining on the used ribbon 3 is damaged to become impossible to be legible. A winding reel 4 is formed in a spool structure with two upper and lower collars formed thereat. The two collars 14 regulate the cut and used ribbon 3 in vertical directions to prevent them from entangling with each other. |
