Patent ID: 11904602
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A printing device comprising:
a transport roller configured to perform a first transport that transports recording paper drawn from a roll paper in a transport direction and configured to perform a second transport that transports the recording paper in a direction opposite to the transport direction;
a cutter configured to cut the recording paper;
a first guide member provided downstream of the cutter in the transport direction and configured to contact the recording paper; and
a second guide member provided upstream of the cutter in the transport direction and configured to contact the recording paper, wherein
the cutter includes:
a first blade configured to move between an advanced position and a retracted position; and
a second blade configured to cut the recording paper together with the first blade moving from the retracted position to the advanced position;
the first guide member is provided downstream of the first blade in the transport direction,
the second guide member is provided upstream of the first blade in the transport direction, and

the first blade includes a first site at least a part of which is covered by the first guide member and which cuts the recording paper together with the second blade, and a second site that forms an uncut portion without cutting the recording paper.