Patent ID: 8702331

Claim:
A printing apparatus with a cutter mechanism, comprising: a conveying path along which a roll-type recording paper is conveyed; conveying means that conveys the recording paper along the conveying path; printing means that prints on the recording paper that is conveyed along the conveying path; cutting means including a fixed blade and a movable blade that are disposed so as to be opposed to each other across the conveying path, the movable blade including a V-shaped cutting edge; and a movable paper-conveyance guiding member provided in a movable-blade receiving area into which the movable blade slides in a process of cutting the recording paper, the paper-conveyance guiding member including two guide members defining a projecting portion, the paper-conveyance guiding member urged such that the projecting portion projects toward the conveying path beyond a cutting edge of the fixed blade when the cutting process is not performed, the paper-conveyance guiding member being moved away from the conveying path when the cutting process is performed, a controller configured to control the conveying means to feed the recording paper forward toward a downstream side in a conveyance direction by a first predetermined amount and then feed the recording paper backward toward an upstream side in the conveying direction by a second predetermined amount during the time from when the recording paper is cut to when a printing operation is started, wherein the two guide members are pivotable around a rotation shaft in opposite directions with respect to each other so as to form a V-shape when the paper-conveyance guiding member is pushed by the movable blade.