Patent ID: 8317419

Claim:
A cassette, adapted to be inserted into, and removed from, a printer capable of transferring ink from an ink sheet to a recording sheet with a thermal head unit, wherein the cassette is configured to be inserted into the printer in a longitudinal direction of the thermal head unit, comprising: a first bobbin around which the ink sheet is wound; a second bobbin for taking up the ink sheet drawn from the first bobbin; and a housing configured to support the first bobbin and the second bobbin; wherein the housing is provided with a contact portion which comes into contact with a contact member for the thermal head unit when the cassette is inserted into the printer, thereby causing the thermal head unit to move away from the ink sheet, and wherein the housing further comprises a recording sheet storage unit configured to accommodated recording sheets, and a leading end of the recording sheet storage unit, in an insertion direction in which the cassette is inserted into the printer, is located in front of a leading end of the contact portion in the insertion direction.