Patent ID: 7217051

Claim:
A slitting mechanism for a wallpaper printer, the slitting mechanism comprising: a chassis having end plates, the end plates being separated by a transverse portion of the chassis to allow a web of media to pass between them; and a rotating carrousel of rotating slitting shafts arranged about a central support shaft extending between the end plates, each slitting shaft having at least one slitter arranged along its length in a predetermined position different from those of the slitters of the other slitting shafts, each slitter having a cutting edge, wherein the slitting mechanism is selectively engageable to either enter or not enter a path followed by the web according to an input provided by an operator of the printer, the position of the slitting mechanism in relation to the path determining a width or widths of wallpaper output from the printer, based on a discrete number of width options provided to the operator.