Patent ID: 8152394

Claim:
A printer with a cutter, for performing printing on a recording sheet pulled out from a paper roll, and then cutting the recording sheet, comprising: a fixed blade arranged so as to face the pulled out recording sheet; a movable blade slidably arranged with respect to the fixed blade and riding on an upper surface of the fixed blade when sliding, for sandwiching and cutting the pulled out recording sheet together with the fixed blade; a movable blade drive system having a rack attached to the movable blade, and a rack gear which gears with the rack, rotates in accordance with rotation of a drive gear coupled to a forward/reverse rotatable motor, and linearly moves the rack; a manipulatable lever portion; a cooperative mechanism having a pushing portion for moving the fixed blade in a direction of moving away from the movable blade in conjunction with manipulation of the lever portion, and for releasing a contacting pressure of the fixed blade and the movable blade; a first unit incorporating the fixed blade and the cooperative mechanism; and a second unit incorporating the movable blade and the movable blade drive system, and being combined with respect to the first unit, wherein one of the first unit and the second unit is separable from the other of the first unit and the second unit, and the combination is released.