A recording device includes: a storage unit configured to store a medium, a recording unit configured to dispense a liquid droplet onto the medium transported from the storage unit to perform recording, a discharge unit configured to discharge the medium on which recording was performed and an imaging unit disposed on a transport path running from the storage unit, past the recording unit, to the discharge unit, the imaging unit being configured to capture an image of the medium on which recording was performed, where a restricting wall narrowing a space above the medium on the transport path is provided between the recording unit and the imaging unit.

A cutter assembly for a printable medium comprises a cutter to cut the printable medium, a trench adjacent to the cutter, and a trench cover, the trench cover at least partially covering the trench. The trench cover is movable between a supporting configuration to support the printable medium, and an open configuration to receive portions of the printable medium in the trench. The cutter assembly comprises an elastic element for biasing the trench cover towards the supporting configuration. The cutter comprises an engaging element and the engaging element engages the trench cover to move the trench cover from the supporting configuration towards the open configuration.

A printing apparatus including: a carriage having a print head and configured to be movable in an intersecting direction; a slitter unit configured to be movable in the intersecting direction and cut a roll sheet in a conveyance direction; a detection sensor mounted on the carriage and configured to detect a cut portion of the roll sheet that has been cut by the slitter unit; and a control unit configured to control the carriage to move after controlling the slitter unit to move and cut the roll sheet, so that the cut portion made by the slitter unit is detected by the detection sensor, and configured to control a moving distance of the carriage or the slitter, based on a first moving distance by which the slitter unit has moved and a second moving distance of the carriage at a timing where the detection sensor detects the cut portion.

A medium transportation device includes a support table to support a medium, and a conveyor to transport the medium supported by the support table in a transportation direction. The conveyor includes a driving roller, a rail, and a pinch roller assembly. The driving roller is provided on the support table, extends in a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the transportation direction, and is rotatable in the transportation direction. The rail faces the support table and extends in the perpendicular direction. The pinch roller assembly is in engagement with the rail so as to be movable in the perpendicular direction along the rail. The rail includes shorter rails arranged along a line extending in the perpendicular direction.

A printer includes a driving roller to move a medium supported on a support table in a predetermined transportation direction, and pinch roller assemblies each including a pinch roller, a support to support the pinch roller to allow the pinch roller to contact, or to be spaced from, the driving roller, and an actuator provided upstream in the transportation direction with respect to the pinch roller. The actuator includes a contact portion contactable with the support, and an operation portion to press the contact portion to the support to move the pinch roller in a direction away from the driving roller.

A printer comprises at least one longitudinal cutter module to cut a print medium in a longitudinal direction with respect to a print media advance direction. The printer comprises a controller to position the longitudinal cutter module along a direction perpendicular to the print media advance direction. The controller is to receive a full-bleed print job and in response to receive print job to position the at least one cutter module along the direction perpendicular to the print media advance direction. The longitudinal cutter module is positioned by the controller to longitudinally cut the print medium.

According to an example, a cutting module may comprise a carriage and a cutting blade, wherein the carriage may be capable of reciprocating movement along a cutting path. The carriage may be supported by a support structure and the cutting blade may have a fitting pin to engage with the carriage. During a first direction movement along the cutting path, the fitting pin may obtain a first cutting-edge angle. During a second direction movement along the cutting path, the fitting pin may obtain a second cutting-edge angle.

An image printing apparatus includes: a print head configured to print an image on a printing medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the printing medium in a conveyance direction; a detection unit movable in an intersection direction intersecting the conveyance direction and configured to detect an end of the printing medium in the intersection direction; a cutting unit located downstream of a printing region of the print head in the conveyance direction and capable of cutting the printing medium by being moved in the intersection direction; and a control unit configured to control movement of the detection unit such that the detection unit detects a position of the end of the printing medium during movement of the cutting unit for a cutting operation of cutting the printing medium.

To provide a technology capable of appropriately suppressing deterioration in cutting accuracy of a slitter although the rigidity of a print medium changes, a printing apparatus is equipped with: a first conveyance unit configured to convey a print medium; a printing unit configured to print an image by applying ink to the print medium conveyed by the first conveyance unit; a cutting unit disposed on a downstream side in a conveyance direction in which the print medium is conveyed by the first conveyance unit and configured to cut the print medium, which is conveyed by the first conveyance unit, along the conveyance direction; and a second conveyance unit disposed on the cutting unit, and the printing apparatus includes a correction unit configured to correct a parameter related to conveyance of at least one of the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit, based on information about the print medium.

A method includes obtaining a nominal distance between a printhead and an X cut line position in a printer; obtaining a predetermined slice length of an image to be printed; determining an adjusted slice length as a function of the nominal distance and an offset; advancing a print medium through a print zone of the printer in accordance with the predetermined slice length or the adjusted slice length, and printing an image slice after a print medium advance; repeating the advancing and printing a number N of times; and after the Nth print medium advance, printing an image slice and cutting the print medium at the X cut line position.