Patent ID: 7081942

Claim:
A photoprinter comprising: picture forming means to form a picture on a roll paper; cutting means to cut off a picture formed paper, on which a picture has been formed, and a margin paper, which constitutes a margin between the picture formed papers, from a continuous paper; margin paper receiving means to receive therein the margin paper; counting means to count a number of times, in which the cutting means performs cutting; and ejection means to eject the margin paper from the margin paper receiving means when the number of times counted by the counting means reaches a set value, wherein the margin paper receiving means is a box having an opening at an upper portion of the margin paper receiving means and is pivotally supported by a rotating shaft arranged substantially horizontal, the ejection means includes turning means to turn the margin paper receiving means the ejection means further includes a fan to blow a wind inside the margin paper receiving means, and the margin paper receiving means is provided on at least one of the bottom surface of the margin paper receiving means and the side of the margin paper receiving means with at least one gap sized not to allow the margin paper to pass through.