Portable printer equipped with manual cutter

Abstract

There is provided a portable printer equipped with a manual cutter. The portable printer equipped with a manual cutter may include: a fixed blade disposed at one side of a paper outlet; a movable blade holder disposed adjacent to the paper outlet opposite to the fixed blade; a movable blade slidably mounted in the movable blade holder; an operator slidably mounted in the movable blade holder and connected with the movable blade; and elastic members having ends connected to the movable blade holder and the other ends supporting the movable blade or the sides of the operator, and providing restoring force to return the movable blade or the operator to the initial position. Since the portable printer equipped with a manual cutter does not use a power source to cut paper, it is possible to reduce power consumption for the printer and cut paper with the cut surface smooth. Further, it is possible to improve convenience such that a user can operate the printer worn on the body with one hand, and reduce malfunctions by maximally preventing scraps of paper.

Description

Technical field [0001] The invention relates to a portable printer equipped with a manual cutter. Background technique [0002] Generally speaking, POS (point of sale) systems, automatic identification systems, etc. use printers to output receipts or labels. These printers generally use continuous paper tape, and printers using continuous paper tape are equipped with a cutter for cutting the output paper. [0003] With regard to existing cutters, there are known scissor, guillotine, rotary, etc., which work in an automatic cutting mode by driving force from a motor when power is supplied, and a tearing bar which works in a manual cutting mode. [0004] The automatic cutting type has a pair of blades (a fixed blade and a movable blade), wherein the movable blade moves and cuts the paper located between the blades. [0005] On the other hand, the manual cutting type tear bar has a fixed plastic or metal plate with a serrated blade formed on its edge. In this configuration, the user tou...

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Problems solved by technology

However, hand-cut cutters leave jagged shapes on the paper after cutting, making the cutting surface rough and generating a lot of paper dust during the cutting process

These paper dusts often collect inside the printer and cause problems in the operation of the printer by adversely affecting the optical sensor used to detect the paper as well as the drive system

[0009] In particular, portable printers need to be fixed to a main body such as a belt for use; however, when the printer is not firmly fixed, the printer may not be able to cut the paper, so that the user has to cut the paper with both hands

This increases the inconvenience in the use of the printer, making it impossible to take advantage of the hands-free advantages of the portable printer

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