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.

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.

The printing machine (1) comprises: a supporting structure (11); a thermal transfer assembly (20) movable in a predetermined horizontal direction (21) and comprising a rotatable motorized transfer roller (30) and heating means (70, 71) associated to the transfer roller (30), wherein the transfer roller (30) and the associated heating means (70, 71) are movable vertically towards and away from a path of the articles (A) to be printed; and supply means (2; 12-16, 33-40) arranged to advance a printing ribbon (N) which on a side facing the articles (A) carries at predetermined intervals images formed of a thermally transferable ink. The thermal transfer assembly (20) further comprises first and second deviation rollers (35, 36) whose axes of rotation are horizontal and substantially parallel to one another and to the axis of rotation (x) of the transfer roller (30). The deviation rollers (35, 36) are arranged one upstream and the other downstream of the transfer roller (30) on the path of the printing ribbon (N) and are displaceable vertically towards and away from said path of the articles (A). The printing machine (1) further comprises first and second motor means (43, 44) associated each with a respective deviation roller (35, 36), said first and second motor means (43, 44) being controllable independently of one another, whereby each of the deviation rollers (35, 36) is selectively displaceable vertically independently of the other one.

A printer includes a conveyor, a print head, a platen roller, an actuator, and a controller. The platen roller applies a conveying force by rotating while pinching a medium between the platen roller and the print head. The controller is configured to: enable a saving mode in which the print head is moved to a first position when a first area of the medium passes, and the print head is moved to a second position when a second area of the medium passes; detect a difference between a first conveyance amount of the medium when the actuator is in the saving mode, and a second conveyance amount of the medium when the print head is in the first position; and adjust a setting corresponding to the first conveyance amount so as to eliminate the difference.

A printer includes a conveyor, a print head, a platen roller, an actuator, and a controller. The platen roller applies a conveying force by rotating while pinching a medium between the platen roller and the print head. The controller is configured to: enable a saving mode in which the print head is moved to a first position when a first area of the medium passes, and the print head is moved to a second position when a second area of the medium passes; detect a difference between a first conveyance amount of the medium when the actuator is in the saving mode, and a second conveyance amount of the medium when the print head is in the first position; and adjust a setting corresponding to the first conveyance amount so as to eliminate the difference.

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 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 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 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 printing apparatus includes: a main body; a cassette including a cassette case and a printing medium accommodated in the cassette case; an installing portion provided on the main body for installing the cassette detachably; a thermal head arranged on a substrate provided in the installing portion and having heating elements arranged along a predetermined arrangement direction; a conveyor which conveys the printing medium of the cassette installed in the installing portion along a conveyance path orthogonal to the arrangement direction; a first temperature sensor provided, in the installing portion, on a side of the thermal head with respect to the conveyance path; a second temperature sensor provided in the interior of the cassette case or the installing portion; and a processor which corrects an amount of applying energy to be applied to the heating elements, based on first and second temperatures detected by the first and second temperature sensors.