Patent ID: 8529145

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a media transport path to transport media in a media advancement direction; a reciprocating printhead assembly to reciprocate across the media transport path in a printing mode to print on the media and in a cutting mode; and a cutter device including a cutter housing, a pair of rotary cutting wheels, a cutter guide, and a gear assembly; the cutter housing to selectively engage the reciprocating printhead assembly to move across the media transport path in the cutting mode; the pair of rotary cutting wheels rotatably coupled to the cutter housing to pass through a cutting region traverse to the media transport path to cut the media in the cutting mode; the cutter guide disposed outside of the cutting region to remain in a same position in the printing mode and the cutting mode; and the gear assembly to engage the cutter guide and one of the rotary cutting wheels to rotate at least one of the rotary cutting wheels in the cutting mode.