Patent ID: 7163287

Claim:
A combined cutter and slitter module for a printer, the combined cutter and slitter module comprising: at least two end plates, a media web able to pass between the at least two end plates; a rotating carousel of at least two slitter rollers rotatably held between the at least two end plates, each of the slitter rollers provided with at least one cutting disk, each of the cutting disks located at different positions along the length of the at least two slitter rollers; a guide roller positioned to selectively engage with the at least one cutting disk of one of the slitter rollers, the media web able to be passed between the guide roller and the at least one cutting disk; a drive motor to rotate the guide roller; a first actuating motor to selectively rotate the carousel so as to selectively engage the at least one cutting disk of a selected one of the slitter rollers with the guide roller; a transverse cutter positioned along at least the width of the media web; and, a second actuating motor to force the transverse cutter against the media web.