A MOTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A PRINT ENGINE

摘要

A separating device for a print engine separates a piece of print media from a supply of print media after printing of an image by a printhead of the print engine on said piece of print media. The separating device includes a cutter wheel which acts on the print media to part the piece from the remainder of the supply of print media. The cutter wheel is carried on a carrier. The carrier, in turn traverses a worm gear to be displaced relative to the printhead. An arm of a resiliently flexible material mounts the cutter wheel to the carrier. The arm is configured to facilitate resiliently bending out of the path of the print media of the separating means if the print media is forced prior to completion of a separating operation to inhibit damage being caused to the separating means.