Patent ID: 6951427

Claim:
A printer for a recording medium comprising: an exposing section for exposing the recording medium, first feed means arranged in the exposing section for feeding the recording medium while contacting two side edges of the recording medium in a feed direction of the recording medium, a developing section for pressing the recording medium exposed at the exposing section for development, a recording medium feed path arranged between the exposing section and the developing section for feeding the recording medium, second feed means arranged in the recording medium feed path for feeding the recording medium exposed at the exposing section to the developing section while contacting the two side edges of the recording medium, a cutting device for cutting four edges of the recording medium including the two side edges, third feed means arranged between the developing section and the cutting device for feeding the recording medium developed at the developing section to the cutting device while contacting the two side edges of the recording medium, a containing section arranged below the cutting device for containing the four edges of the recording medium cut by the cutting device so that the two side edges of the recording medium drop in the containing section in a curved path, and leading and trailing end edges of the recording medium drop in the containing section vertically, and an apparatus housing for retaining at least the exposing section, the developing section, the cutting device, and the first, second, and third feed means therein.