Patent ID: 8920055

Claim:
A printer device which prints and cuts each boarding pass from a series of boarding passes, comprising: a feed amount storage unit storing a first amount of feed corresponding to a first boarding pass length of one boarding pass, and a second amount of feed corresponding to a difference between the first boarding pass length and a second boarding pass length longer than the first boarding pass length of the one boarding pass; a conveyance unit conveying the series of boarding passes to a cutting position; a cutter unit performing a cut operation by pressing a cutter against the series of boarding passes and being returned to the original position; and a control unit reading the first amount of feed from the feed amount storage unit, the control unit driving the conveyance unit to convey an end portion of the series of boarding passes by the first amount of feed read from the feed amount storage unit from a position where the cutter unit is mounted, driving the cutter unit to perform a first cut operation on the series of boarding passes, determining whether or not one of the boarding passes has been cut off from the series of boarding passes, and setting the first boarding pass length as the length of the one of the boarding passes if it is determined that the one of the boarding passes has been cut off from the series of boarding passes.