Patent ID: 9731523
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B26D,B41J

Claim:
1. A printer comprising: a first cutter blade; a second cutter blade; a first cutter blade driving mechanism configured to move the first cutter blade in a projection-and-retraction motion along a linear path between a first position where the first cutter blade cuts a continuous medium and a second position separated from the first position; a second cutter blade driving mechanism configured to move the second cutter blade back-and-forth between a third position where the second cutter blade cuts the continuous medium and a fourth position separated from the third position; and a controller configured to control the first cutter blade driving mechanism to move the first cutter blade from the second position to the first position and to control the second cutter blade driving mechanism to move the second cutter blade from the fourth position to the third position.