Abstract: This invention relates to a printing device of the type having a carriage which supports a printing roll. In order to perform the printing operation, the carriage is pivotally and slidably mounted on a slide rod. An arm of the carriage is mounted in a housing and is provided with a guide roller that is located in the same vertical plane as the printing roll. The guide roller cooperates with a guide means that extends parallel to the slide rod to keep the printing roll in engagement with a printing anvil and to enable the printing roll to swing upwardly into a raised position when arriving at one of the ends of the slide rod.

Abstract: This invention relates to a manual printing device of the type for printing onto a print medium of the kind comprising at least one form and an ink transferring ribbon or the like associated with it. The printing device has a printing anvil serving as support for the print medium and a plate having raised characters. The printing plate is preferably made of plastic. The printers have a printing head which is moved across the print medium and plate to cause imprinting upon the print medium.