Patent ID: 6874418

Claim:
A printing device, comprising: a printing unit which prints a web-shaped printing material; a feeder which feeds the printing material to the printing unit; a cutting device which cuts the printing material in order to remove the printing material from the printing device, the cutting device being arranged before the printing unit as viewed in a transport direction of the printing material; said cutting device comprising a reel cutter arranged on a push rod, the push rod being slidably mounted to a guide tube arranged parallel and adjacent to the printing material, the guide tube having in a longitudinal direction a guide groove which ends at one end in a transverse groove such that the reel cutter is hinged down in a parking position, and for cutting the printing material, the reel cutter is moveable in a rotary motion to the guide groove and in the guide groove along the printing material, cutting reels of the reel cutter grasping the printing material.