Patent ID: 6874961

Claim:
A method for printing an image on a printing paper by a printer, comprising the steps of: accommodating a printing paper in an accommodating portion; conveying the printing paper from said accommodating portion to a recording device by a conveying device by nipping margins of the printing paper; printing an image on the printing paper by the recording device; conveying the printing paper from the recording device to a discharging portion by the conveying device by nipping margins of the printing paper; and discharging the printing paper with the image printed thereon to the discharging portion, wherein the printing paper includes at least one printing portion and the margins, and a print is formed by detaching the at least one printing portion from the printing paper after the printing paper with the image printed thereon is discharged to the discharging portion; and wherein the step of conveying the printing paper from the accommodating portion to the recording device is performed by nipping the printing paper at substantially spaced apart locations so as to avoid nipping the at least one printing portion of the printing paper; and wherein the printing paper that is conveyed comprises at least one intermittent cut line in which a plurality of cut portions and a plurality of separating portions separating the plurality of cut portions are alternatively formed, the at least one intermittent cut line is formed along only one direction of the printing paper that is orthogonal to a conveying direction of the printing paper within the recording device, and a continuous cut line extending in a longitudinal direction of the printing paper and orthogonal to the at least one intermittent cut line, and the at least one printing portion is detached from said printing paper along the at least one intermittent cut line and the continuous cut line.