An ink ribbon supporting cassette includes: a plate; a shaft having a hole in a tip thereof; a rotating body being rotatable around the shaft; a spring biasing the rotating body in a direction separating from the plate; a column including a first bottom surface, a second bottom surface, a side surface, a through-hole penetrating between the first and second bottom surfaces, and a groove provided for the side surface; a shoulder bolt including a rod inserted in the through-hole of the column and the hole of the shaft to attach the column to the shaft, and a head; a projection provided for the rotating body, projecting toward a rotational center of the rotating body, and being configured to enter the groove of the column; and an elastic body disposed between the first bottom surface of the column and the head.

A tape cassette includes a cassette case, a tape roll, an ink ribbon, an arm portion, a long hole, and a ribbon take-up spool. A first distance, which is a length of the long hole in a left-right direction, is larger than a second distance, which is a length from a right side surface of the cassette case to a right side end portion of the long hole. A center of gravity of the tape cassette is located in a specific area, which is an area whose both end positions in the left-right direction are the same as both left and right side end portions of the long hole, and which extends in a front-rear direction of the cassette case. The right side end portion of the long hole is located further to the right than a center of the ribbon take-up spool.

A described example includes a ribbon cartridge having a first spool housing configured to receive a first spool. The ribbon cartridge having a second spool housing that is configured to receive a second spool. The ribbon cartridge having a first frame member that extends between the first spool housing and the second spool housing. The ribbon cartridge having a first locking feature defining a locked position and an unlocked position, the first locking feature adapted to lock the ribbon cartridge within a ribbon positioning assembly.

A thermal-transfer printer including a movable member and a head holder, is provided. A first axis of the movable member is located to be closer to a second side of the thermal-transfer printer in an orthogonal direction than a first center being a position of a center of a first spool, and higher than a lower-end position, which is lower than the first center and a second center being a position of a center of the second spool, and is apart from the first center and the second center for a half distance being a predetermined distance divided equally by two. A second axis being a pivot axis of the head holder is located to be closer to the first side in the orthogonal direction than the first center, closer to the second side in the orthogonal direction than the second center, and higher than the lower-end position.

A thermal-transfer printer, including a first case, a second case, an ink ribbon supporting member, a cover, and a head holder, is provided. The first case has a first opening on an upper side thereof. The second case is located on the upper side of the first case and attached movably to the first case to open and close the first opening. The second case includes a second opening on an upper side thereof and a third opening on a lower side thereof. The ink ribbon supporting member is attached to one of the first case and the second case. The cover is attached movably to the second case to open and close the second opening. The head holder is attached to the inner face of the cover and holds a printing head.

A tape cassette includes a cassette case, a tape roll, an ink ribbon, an arm portion, a long hole, and a ribbon take-up spool. A first distance, which is a length of the long hole in a left-right direction, is larger than a second distance, which is a length from a right side surface of the cassette case to a right side end portion of the long hole. A center of gravity of the tape cassette is located in a specific area, which is an area whose both end positions in the left-right direction are the same as both left and right side end portions of the long hole, and which extends in a front-rear direction of the cassette case. The right side end portion of the long hole is located further to the right than a center of the ribbon take-up spool.

A disclosed media processing device includes a lid hingedly attached to the base movable relative to the base between a closed position and an open position, wherein a cavity is defined between the base and the lid; a platen roller to form a first nip with a printhead, wherein media having a backing is to travel through the first nip; a modular peeler configured to remove the backing from the media downstream from the first nip, the modular peeler including a peel roller to form a second nip with the platen roller, wherein the backing is to travel through the second nip after being removed from the media.

A tape cassette includes: a cassette casing; and a tape roll that is a roll of a tape extending in a lengthwise direction and a widthwise direction. The tape includes: a subject surface exposed in a thickness direction; and a first image provided on the subject surface and indicating first information. The tape roll has: a first end portion located at an inner portion of the tape roll in a radial direction of the tape roll; and a second end portion located at an outer portion of the tape roll in the radial direction. The first information relates to an amount of a portion of the tape which is located on a first-end-portion-side of a reference position in the lengthwise direction. The reference position is located on the first-end-portion-side of the first image in the lengthwise direction on the tape at a particular distance from the first image.

A ribbon core that is used with a consumable ribbon in a card processing system. The ribbon core can be a take-up core that takes-up used ribbon that has been used in a processing operation in the card processing system, or a supply core around which unused ribbon is wound and that is to be used in a processing operation in the card processing system. The ribbon core is configured to accommodate uneven material on the consumable ribbon.

An elongated printing tape includes a heat-sensitive layer, a first protective layer, a second protective layer, and a first adhesive layer. The heat-sensitive layer produce color at temperatures within a prescribed range. The first protective layer is provided on the heat-sensitive layer. The second protective layer is provided on the side of the heat-sensitive layer opposite the first protective layer. The second protective layer contains at least one resin selected from a group consisting of fluorine-based resins, silicone-based resins, olefin-based resins, polyester-based resins, epoxy/polyester-based resins, and silicon-based resins. The first adhesive layer is provided on the side of the second protective layer opposite the heat-sensitive layer. The first adhesive layer contains at least one adhesive selected from a group consisting of (a) emulsion-type adhesive compounded with tackifying resin and containing acrylic polymer and rubber-based adhesive, (b) silicone-based adhesive, and (c) rubber-based adhesive.