摘要 |
<p>To provide a thermal printer in which cutting performance with respect to a recording sheet is enhanced, a thermal printer (1) includes a thermal head (34) for performing printing on successively supplied recording sheets, a platen roller (65) for feeding the recording sheets, and a cutter for cutting the recording sheets. The thermal printer includes: a fixed blade (30) and a movable blade (10) that constitutes the cutter; a main body unit (4) which supports the fixed blade (30) ; a cover unit (3) which is removable with respect to the main body unit (4) and which supports the movable blade (10) ; and a pinion gear (42) which meshes with a rack (44) constructed integrally with the movable blade (10) to move the movable blade (10), wherein the main body unit (4) supports the pinion gear (42), and the cover unit (3) supports only the movable blade (10) and the platen roller (65).</p> |