A half cutter includes a cutting blade having a blade and a holder to which the blade is fixed, a blade receiving member having a blade receiving surface from and with which the blade is separated and comes into contact, and a spacer having at least one of a holder spacer arranged at the holder which is made of a material that is different from a material of the holder, is provided in the holder to protrude toward the blade receiving surface further than the blade, and generates a gap between the blade and the blade receiving surface and a blade receiving spacer arranged at the blade receiving surface which is made of a material different from a material of the blade receiving member, is provided to protrude from the blade receiving surface, and generates a gap between the blade and the blade receiving surface.

A cutter assembly for a printer comprises: an active cutter module to be arranged at a printer carriage, the active cutter module including a movable cutting blade and a transmission, a passive cutter module to be arranged opposite the active cutter module, with a print media path located between the active cutter module and the passive cutter module; and a drive component to be engaged and disengaged with the transmission.

A cutting device includes a cutter, a drive mechanism, a counting module, a determination module, and a detection module. The cutter has a movable piece that is configured to cut a medium. The drive mechanism is configured to change a position or posture of the movable piece. The counting module is configured to count a number of times the position or posture of the movable piece changes. The determination module is configured to variably determine a reference speed according to the number of times. The detection module is configured to detect an operation error of the cutter according to a comparison result between a speed at which the position or posture of the movable piece is changed and the reference speed.

A cutting device, having a supporting base, a cutter section, a protrusive part, is provided. The supporting base has a first area, in which a tape is placeable, and a second area on a surface thereof The surface is formed of a resin coating layer in the first area alone between the first area and the second area. The cutter section has a blade and is movable to approach and separate from the surface. The protrusive part protrudes from the cutter section in a direction, toward which an edge of the blade points. When the cutter section approaches the surface of the supporting base, with the protrusive part contacting the surface of the supporting base in the second area, the blade cuts the tape located between the surface of the supporting base in the first area and the blade partly in a direction of thickness of the tape.

A printing device includes: a motor; a rotary body driven by the motor to rotate; a movable blade driven by rotation of the rotary body to cut a printing tape; a gear mechanism provided on a power transmission path from the motor to the movable blade; a first detector outputting a first signal based on a rotated position of the rotary body; a second detector outputting a second signal based on the rotated position, and a controller performing positioning the rotary body to a predetermined reference rotated position. The positioning includes: starting rotating the rotary body in one direction on the basis of the first signal at the time of starting the positioning; halting the rotation in the one direction of the rotary body on the basis of the second signal; and rotating the rotary body in the opposite direction for a prescribed time period after the halting is completed.

A label cutter including a blade having a curved cutting edge configured and arranged to move towards a platen in order to cut a label material placed between them. The label cutter has a force applicator arranged and configured to apply a force to a portion of the blade in the direction of the platen. The label cutter includes an actuator operatively coupled to the force applicator and operable to cause the force applicator to move. The force applicator is moveable in order to, in use, apply a force to consecutive portions of the blade in the direction of the platen so as to provide a rolling engagement between the blade and the platen. A label issuing device including a label cutter is also provided.

A cutting device, including a rotating body, a first link member, a second link member, a placement part, and a movable blade holder, is provided. The first link member is swingable according to sliding movement of a first groove cam in the rotating body with respect to a first pin in the first link member. The second link member is swingable according to sliding movement of a second pin in the first link member with respect to a second groove cam in the second link member. The movable blade holder is swingable according to sliding movement of a third pin in the second link member with respect to a third groove cam in the movable blade holder between a cutting position, at which a printing medium is nipped to be cut between a movable blade and the placement part, and a retracted position retracted from the cutting position.

A cutting device, including a rotating body, a first link member, a second link member, a placement part, and a movable blade holder, is provided. The first link member is swingable by rotation the rotating body. The second link member is swingable by the movement of the first link member. The movable blade holder is swingable by the movement of the second link member between a cutting position and a retracted position. The rotating body is located sideward from a basal end portion of the movable blade holder, the motor is located sideward from a center of the placement part, a swing axis of the second link member is located sideward from the second end of the placement part, and the first link member is located between the second link member and the rotating body, sideward from the center of the placement part, in a predetermined orientation.

A cutting device, including a rotating body, a first link member, a second link member, a placement part, and a movable blade holder, is provided. The first link member swings according to rotation of the rotating body, and the second link member swings according to swing movement of the first link member. The movable blade holder swings according to swing movement of the second link member and includes a basal end portion, a distal end portion, and an attachment portion, on which a movable blade to cut a printing medium is attached. The movable blade holder is configured to swing between a cutting position, at which the printing medium is nipped between the movable blade and the placement part to be cut by the movable blade, and a retracted position retracted from the cutting position.

A carton sizing system (1) that has a frame (2), a controller (4), one or more cutters (51) movably mounted to the frame (2) and operatively connected to the controller (4), one or more markers (61) movably mounted to the frame (2) and operatively connected to the controller (4). The carton sizing system (1) also has a measuring system (7) that is operatively connected to the controller (4) and configured to determine, in use, the footprint of an open top carton and to determine the height of one or more objects contained within the carton. The controller (4) is configured to position the one or more cutters (51) based on the determined footprint and to cut vertical edges of the carton based on the determined height and also to position the one or more markers (61) based on the determined footprint and eight and to score or crease vertical walls of the carton between the vertical edges to at least partially define foldable panels.