Patent ID: 8272733

Claim:
A printer apparatus comprising: a guide rail which faces a medium supporter to support an object medium and which is relatively movable in a predetermined feeding direction with respect to the object medium supported by the medium supporter, the guide rail extending in a scanning direction perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction; a first device comprising: a first carriage movable in the scanning direction along the guide rail; and a first head mounted on the first carriage so that ink is ejected to the object medium from the first head; a second device comprising: a second carriage movable in the scanning direction along the guide rail; and a second head mounted on the second carriage so that ink is ejected to the object medium from the second head; a hauling device comprising a driving member movable in the scanning direction between the first device and the second device; a first connecting mechanism connecting the first device to the driving member when ink is to be ejected from the first head; a second connecting mechanism connecting the second device to the driving member when ink is to be ejected from the second head; a first holding mechanism provided on one side of said printer apparatus with respect to the medium supporter in the scanning direction and holding the first device separated from the driving member when ink is ejected from the second head; a second holding mechanism provided on another side of said printer apparatus with respect to the medium supporter in the scanning direction and holding the second device separated from the driving member when ink is ejected from the first head; a third device comprising: a third carriage movable in the scanning direction along the guide rail; and a cutter device mounted on the third carriage to cut the object medium in a predetermined shape; a third connecting mechanism detachably connecting the third device to the driving member; and a third holding mechanism which is provided on at least one of the one side and the another side of said printer apparatus with respect to the medium supporter in the scanning direction and which is capable of holding the third device; wherein when the object medium is to be cut in a predetermined shape by using the cutter device, the first device and the second device are separated from the driving member and held by the first holding mechanism and the second holding mechanism respectively, and the third device is connected with the driving member by the third connecting mechanism.