Abstract: A carriage is displaceable parallel to a record carrier and supports a head displaceable in a direction essentially perpendicular to the record carrier. In order to obtain a mounting free of play while maintaining parallelism of the head during its movement and at the same time reduce the risk of damage to the head in the event of a collision, the head is supported by at least one leaf spring pair. Each leaf spring pair consists of a front and a rear leaf spring attached between the carriage and the head in attachment points. The connecting lines between the attachment points of the leaf springs substantially form a parallelogram. The apparatus is used as a printer for printing information on record carriers of paper type.

Abstract: A printing device including a printing station for printing on labels which may be in visually and machine readable formats, comprises rotatable typewheels and pressure rollers which can be brought into engagement for printing on the label while advancing it through the printing station. Drive means coupled to the typewheels and pressure rollers continually rotate the wheels and rollers at the same peripheral speed during and after engagement.