Patent ID: 8882376

Claim:
A printer comprising a cutter unit to cut a roll paper and discharging a cut paper cut by said cutter unit through a cut paper discharging mechanism, wherein said cut paper discharge mechanism has a discharge port which has two opposing sides and is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a paper passage extending in a vertical direction, and wherein each of the two opposing sides of said discharge port is provided with a holding member that holds said cut paper in said discharge port such that the cut paper does not fall in said paper passage, each of said holding members including a plurality of ribs provided along said discharge port in a direction crossing a discharge direction in which the cut paper is discharged, said plurality of ribs being provided at predetermined intervals and in an alternate pattern on said holding members along the two opposing sides of said discharge port so as to hold said cut paper with both faces thereof, said plurality of ribs storing a plurality of cut papers in a portion of the discharge port.