Thermal transfer ribbon destroying structure and printer

The utility model discloses a thermal transfer ribbon destroying structure and a printer, the thermal transfer ribbon destroying structure comprises a heating assembly and a destroying assembly, the heating assembly comprises a heating rack and a heating unit arranged on the heating rack, and the destroying assembly comprises a destroying rack and a destroying unit arranged on the destroying rack. The heating assembly and the destroying assembly are oppositely arranged, a gap for the thermal transfer ribbon to pass through is reserved between the destroying unit and the heating unit, the printer comprises the thermal transfer ribbon destroying structure, when the printer is used for printing work, the printed thermal transfer ribbon can be destroyed, the privacy of a user can be protected, and information leakage is prevented. 本实用新型公开了一种碳带销毁结构及打印机，所述碳带销毁结构包括加热组件以及销毁组件，所述加热组件包括加热机架以及设于加热机架上的加热单元，所述销毁组件包括销毁机架以及设于销毁机架上的销毁单元，所述加热组件与所述销毁组件相对设置，所述销毁单元与加热单元之间预留有供碳带通过的间隙，所述打印机包括所述碳带销毁结构，在使用该打印机进行打印工作时，可将打印后的碳带进行销毁，可以