Patent ID: 6997095

Claim:
A label making apparatus having side walls that makes labels by performing a full cutting and a half cutting on a sheet, comprising: a cutter disposed between the side walls of the apparatus comprising a single cutting blade that cuts the sheet along a desired line; a switching device coupled to the cutter that switches a state of the cutter between a full cutting state and a half cutting state by moving the cutter from a first position to a second position via contact of the switching device and one of the side walls of the apparatus, the cutter performing the full cutting on the sheet in the full cutting state, and the half cutting on the sheet in the half cutting state, wherein, in the half cutting state, the sheet is cut partway in a direction of a thickness of the sheet; and a motor unit that moves the switching device to switch the state of the cutter between the full cutting state and the half cutting state by moving the switching device to a cutting state selection position based on proximity to the side wall of the apparatus; and a controller that communicates with the motor unit to control the switching device so that the half cutting is performed at least twice on the sheet before the full cutting is performed thereon.