APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUTTING AND CREASING MEDIA

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet-moving type cutting plotter that is capable of both cutting and creasing.SOLUTION: An apparatus includes: a computer operated cutting and creasing tool 14 configured to move only in an X direction during use; a cutting and creasing platform 34 which has an elastically deformable creasing portion 40 configured to support a sheet of media during contact with a creasing tip 26 and has a non-deformable cutting portion 36 configured to support the sheet during contact with a cutting blade 22; and a positioner configured to draw the sheet of media along the cutting and creasing platform 34 during cutting and creasing. Methods of making and using the apparatus also are disclosed.