A SEPARATING DEVICE FOR A PRINT ENGINE

摘要

A separating device (554) for a print engine (500) separates a piece of print media from a supply of print media after printing of an image by a printhead (516) of the print engine (500) on said piece of print media. The separating device (554) includes a cutter wheel (566), which acts on the print media to part the piece from the remainder of the supply of print media. The cutter wheel (566) is carried on a carrier (570). The carrier (570), in turn traverses a worm gear (560) to be displaced relative to the printhead (516). An arm (568) of a resiliently flexible material mounts the cutter wheel (566) to the carrier (570). The arm (568) is configured to facilitate resiliently bending out of the path of the print media of the separating device (554) if the print media is forced prior to completion of a separating operation to inhibit damage being caused to the separating (554).