Patent ID: 9656478
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A printing device comprising: an ink ribbon cartridge having a supply roll around which an ink ribbon is wound and a winding roll by which the ink ribbon supplied from the supply roll is wound; a housing to which the ink ribbon cartridge is detachably attached; a ribbon feed mechanism for feeding the ink ribbon between the supply roll and the winding roll; a thermal head configured to heat the ink ribbon supplied from the supply roll to transfer and print ink of the ink ribbon on a printing medium; wherein the ink ribbon cartridge comprises a case body having a cover part which covers a substantially entire ink ribbon wound around the winding roll; wherein when a direction in which the ink ribbon is wound by the winding roll is defined as a ribbon winding direction and a direction in which the ink ribbon is wound by the supply roll is defined as a ribbon rewinding direction,