Printer with cutter

摘要

A printer (10) with automatic cutter is provided with a built-in type cutting section. The printer includes a printing section (12), a cutting section (14) arranged downstream of the printing section (12) in a paper feeding direction, a support mechanism (24,26) for supporting the printing section (12) and the cutting section (14), and a drive source (60) provided in the cutting section (14). The printing section (12) acts to provide a print to printing paper fed continuously thereto. The cutting section (14) includes a fixed blade (20) and a moveable blade (22) which cooperate with each other to cut the printing paper, the fixed blade (20) and the movable blade (22) being shiftable relative to each other between a cooperative mutually-adjoining position and an uncooperative mutually-remote position. The support mechanism includes a first support member (24) supporting the fixed blade (20) of the cutting section (14) and a second support member (26) supporting the movable blade (22) of the cutting section (14), the first support member (24) being fixedly arranged to specify an operative printing point in the printing section and the second support member (26) being shiftably arranged relative to the first support member (24). The drive source (60) generates a driving force to move the movable blade (22) on the second support member (26), the drive source (60) being mounted on the first support member (24). <IMAGE>