Patent ID: 7967517
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: B26D,B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. A printing system comprising: a printing device having a printing portion that prints print information onto a continuous sheet and prints cutting information indicating a cutting position for cutting the continuous sheet, and a printing control portion that controls printing of the printing portion; and a cutting device having a cutting portion that cuts the continuous sheet which has passed through the printing device, a conveying portion that conveys to the cutting portion the continuous sheet which has passed through the printing device, a detecting portion that detects the cutting information from the continuous sheet while the continuous sheet is conveyed by the conveying portion, and a cutting control portion which controls the cutting portion such that the continuous sheet is cut at the cutting position indicated by the cutting information, when the cutting information is detected at the continuous sheet within a predetermined range from a cutting position by the cutting portion at an upstream side in a conveying direction of the conveying portion, and controls the cutting portion such that the continuous sheet is cut at a set length which is set in advance independently of the predetermined range, when the cutting information is not detected at the continuous sheet within the predetermined range from the cutting position by the cutting portion at the upstream side in the conveying direction of the conveying portion, wherein the cutting portion is structured so as to not be able to cut the continuous sheet at intervals which are less than a predetermined cutting interval, the cutting control portion controls the cutting position of the cutting portion such that a cutting interval at a border portion between a portion where the cutting information is not detected and a portion where the cutting information is detected, is not less than the predetermined cutting interval, when the cutting information is detected after not having been detected at the continuous sheet within the predetermined range from the cutting position by the cutting portion at the upstream side in the conveying direction of the conveying portion, and the printing control portion controls the printing portion so as to insert a blank page for adjustment as the border portion at a forward side of a portion where the print information is printed, and print cutting information for adjustment onto the inserted blank page.