Patent ID: 8840330

Claim:
A cutter comprising: a fixed knife; a movable knife that moves relative to the fixed knife and cuts paper; a paper exit from which a paper is discharged in a discharge direction, the paper having a paper width transverse to the discharged direction; a stage surface that defines a bottom surface of the paper exit, the stage surface having a first and second side; a first side wall on the first side of the stage surface; a second side wall on the second side of the stage surface and opposite the first side wall; at least one first protruding part disposed to the stage surface and the first side wall and extending transverse to the discharge direction by less than the paper width so as to support the paper over less than the width of the paper; at least one second protruding part disposed on the stage surface and extending in the discharge direction; and an inclined guide surface formed at a downstream side of the stage surface relative to the discharge direction, the inclined guide surface extending down in the discharge direction, wherein the inclined guide surface and the at least one protruding part causes the paper to discharge in the downstream direction.