摘要 |
A ribbon cartridge for a printer is disclosed which is low in production cost and which is applicable to various kinds of ribbons including one-time ribbons and multiuse ribbons, and in which loadability of the ribbon cartridge in a printer is improved, and in which it is easy to remedy slack in the printing portion of a ribbon. The ribbon cartridge includes a cartridge casing housing therein a ribbon-feeding member and a ribbon-winding member with a printing ribbon entrained therebetween, the cartridge casing having a lid member detachably secured thereto. A projectionless ribbon-feeding roller is rotatably mounted on the cartridge casing and has its outer periphery formed of a high friction material such as rubber. The ribbon-feeding roller is adapted to be housed in the cartridge casing with a part thereof exposed outwardly of the cartridge casing. The ribbon-feeding roller is detachably supported by the cartridge casing and placed in pressure engagement with the winding side of the ribbon wound around the ribbon-winding member.
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