A ribbon rewinding mechanism for providing stable ribbon tension in a printer includes a base body, a supply shaft assembly, a take-up shaft assembly and a transmission system. Each of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly has an axis rod, an outer cover and an elastic member. The outer cover and the axis rod drive each other through the elastic member. The outer covers of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly are connectable to the two ends of a ribbon, respectively. The axis rods of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly are connected to the base body and the transmission system through unidirectional transmission elements, respectively, so that the ribbon can be stably and continuously rewound for a distance needed.

A ribbon rewinding mechanism for providing stable ribbon tension in a printer includes a base body, a supply shaft assembly, a take-up shaft assembly and a transmission system. Each of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly has an axis rod, an outer cover and an elastic member. The outer cover and the axis rod drive each other through the elastic member. The outer covers of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly are connectable to the two ends of a ribbon, respectively. The axis rods of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly are connected to the base body and the transmission system through unidirectional transmission elements, respectively, so that the ribbon can be stably and continuously rewound for a distance needed.

A ribbon rewinding mechanism for providing stable ribbon tension in a printer includes a base body, a supply shaft assembly, a take-up shaft assembly and a transmission system. Each of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly has an axis rod, an outer cover and an elastic member. The outer cover and the axis rod drive each other through the elastic member. The outer covers of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly are connectable to the two ends of a ribbon, respectively. The axis rods of the supply shaft assembly and the take-up shaft assembly are connected to the base body and the transmission system through unidirectional transmission elements, respectively, so that the ribbon can be stably and continuously rewound for a distance needed.

An ink ribbon cartridge may include a supply roll; a winding roll; and a power transmission mechanism to transmit power from a drive source to the supply roll and the winding roll. A direction in which an ink ribbon is wound by the winding roll is a ribbon winding direction and a direction in which the ink ribbon is wound by the supply roll is a ribbon rewinding direction. The power transmission mechanism may include a winding side one-way clutch to transmit a driving force in the ribbon winding direction to the winding roll and cut off transmission of the driving force in the ribbon rewinding direction to the winding roll; and a supply side one-way clutch to transmit the driving force in the ribbon rewinding direction to the supply roll and cuts off transmission of the driving force in the ribbon winding direction to the supply roll.

A printer includes a feeding shaft, a rolling shaft, a conveyance unit, a print head, and a turning force generation mechanism. The feeding shaft rotatably holds a supply roll in which the ink ribbon is rolled. The rolling shaft rotatably holds a collection roll in which the ink ribbon fed from the supply roll is rolled. The conveyance unit conveys a printing medium along the ink ribbon that moves from the supply roll toward the collection roll. The print head prints by bringing the ink ribbon into contact with the printing medium conveyed by the conveyance unit. The turning force generation mechanism generates a turning force in a direction in which the ink ribbon is rolled around the rolling shaft during back-feeding of moving the ink ribbon in a reverse direction by rotating the feeding shaft in a direction reverse to a feeding direction of the ink ribbon.

A printer includes a feeding shaft, a rolling shaft, a conveyance unit, a print head, and a turning force generation mechanism. The feeding shaft rotatably holds a supply roll in which the ink ribbon is rolled. The rolling shaft rotatably holds a collection roll in which the ink ribbon fed from the supply roll is rolled. The conveyance unit conveys a printing medium along the ink ribbon that moves from the supply roll toward the collection roll. The print head prints by bringing the ink ribbon into contact with the printing medium conveyed by the conveyance unit. The turning force generation mechanism generates a turning force in a direction in which the ink ribbon is rolled around the rolling shaft during back-feeding of moving the ink ribbon in a reverse direction by rotating the feeding shaft in a direction reverse to a feeding direction of the ink ribbon.

An ink ribbon cartridge may include a supply roll; a winding roll; and a power transmission mechanism to transmit power from a drive source to the supply roll and the winding roll. A direction in which an ink ribbon is wound by the winding roll is a ribbon winding direction and a direction in which the ink ribbon is wound by the supply roll is a ribbon rewinding direction. The power transmission mechanism may include a winding side one-way clutch to transmit a driving force in the ribbon winding direction to the winding roll and cut off transmission of the driving force in the ribbon rewinding direction to the winding roll; and a supply side one-way clutch to transmit the driving force in the ribbon rewinding direction to the supply roll and cuts off transmission of the driving force in the ribbon winding direction to the supply roll.