Abstract: A thermal head is supported by a head arm which can move between a position where it is close to a platen and a position where it is apart from the platen. The thermal head is configured such that it can move between a printing position where a sheet and an ink ribbon are pushed against the platen and a retracted position where the ink ribbon is spaced from the platen sot that the ink ribbon is spaced from the sheet. The thermal head moves between the printing position and the retracted position by a cam mechanism, for example. Such a mechanism is effective, for example, in allowing only a sheet to feed, preventing wasteful feeding of an ink ribbon.

Abstract: A coordinate determining tablet and method for determining an X-Y coordinate position using electromagnetic induction, including a plurality of conductive wires mounted on an insulating plate such that the wires are formed in a parallel return winding pattern displaced from each other by an interval; one end of the conductive wires forming the return are connected to a common conductive wire, while the other end of the conductive wires are each connected to one terminal of a switch provided for each parallel winding; the other terminals of the switches are connected alternately to three common conductive wires; the switches are arranged in a number of groups so as to simultaneously turn on and off groups of parallel winding patterns at a predetermined interval.