A digital scroll printing carbon ribbon of the invention comprises a base, a back coating layer coated on one side of the base and a thermal transfer layer coated on the other side of the base, wherein the thermal transfer layer is comprised of three parts: an abscission layer, a color layer and a link layer coated from interior to exterior on the other side of the base. Preparing the digital scroll printing carbon ribbon of the invention comprises: (a) preparing a back coating and then coating it on one side of the base; (b) preparing an abscission layer, a color layer and a link layer, and then coating them on the other side surface of the base successively.