Patent ID: 8142088

Claim:
A cartridge that is detachable from a printing apparatus that includes a printing unit that prints onto a print medium and a cutter member that cuts the print medium, the cartridge comprising: a print medium containment portion that contains print medium that are consumed along with printing operations performed by the printing unit; a cut piece collection portion that collects cut pieces of the print medium resulting from cutting operations performed by the cutter member; and a partition member that separates the print medium containment portion from the cut piece collection portion, wherein the partition member is movable and formed of an elastic material, wherein the partition member is installed in the cartridge in a state in which the partition member is undergoing elastic deformation by being pushed by the print medium contained in the print medium containment portion, and the restoring force of the partition member resulting from the elastic deformation works in the direction that increases the capacity of the cut piece collection portion.