Patent ID: 6285387
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recording device comprising an ink ribbon cartridge containing a thermal-transfer ink ribbon, said ink ribbon cartridge being demountably secured at a printing position defined in said recording device, a thermal head unit having a thermal printing head for thermally printing information on a recording medium while pressing the ink ribbon against the recording medium, said thermal head unit being movable back and forth toward said ink ribbon to come in contact with the recording medium through said ink ribbon when effecting printing on the recording medium, and a head holder fixed at a head unit holding position so as to secure said thermal head unit at the printing position and allowing said thermal head unit to be attached into and detached from said recording device perpendicularly to a direction in which said thermal head unit moves back and forth toward said ink ribbon, without moving, said head holder from said head unit holding position.