Patent ID: 9290024
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A printer comprising: a feeder configured to feed a long recording medium; a printing head configured to perform desired printing on said recording medium fed by said feeder; a movable blade that is configured to partially cut said recording medium in a thickness direction by performing a advancing and retreating movement in a direction orthogonal to a feeding path of said recording medium, and is provided near said feeding path by said feeder; a blade receiving member that is configured to receive said movable blade that advances toward said feeding path and to perform said partial cutting in coordination with said movable blade, and is provided on a side opposite said movable blade, sandwiching said feeding path; a battery storage part configured to store at least a battery; a motor configured to generate a driving force for performing said advancing and retreating movement of said movable blade; a constant voltage circuit configured to output a constant voltage to a secondary side based on a primary-side voltage supplied from said battery stored in said battery storage part; a route switching device configured to selectively switch a current supply route from said battery to said motor to either one of a first route by which said constant voltage on said secondary side from said constant voltage circuit is supplied based on said primary-side voltage from said battery, and a second route by which said primary-side voltage from said battery is supplied without passing through said constant voltage circuit; a cutting detection device configured to detect whether performance or non-performance of said partial cutting on said recording medium by said movable blade has occurred; and a switching control portion configured to control said route switching device so that, when triggered by said detection of said non performance of said partial cutting with said current supply route switched to said first route by said route switching device, said current supply route is switched from said first route to said second route.