A mechanism for feeding an ink ribbon comprises a pair of ratchet wheels for taking up the ink ribbon, a feed pawl for rendering an intermittent movement to said ratchet wheels, a lever for preventing the backward movement of said ratchet wheels, a reverse mechanism for said ink ribbon, wherein a stopper which engages or disengages with said supply ratchet wheel in response to the movement of said lever is provided, thereby, through preventing the slack of the ink ribbon which occurs when the ink ribbon is taken up, the feeding of the ink ribbon is stabilized and the printing quality is improved.