Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a printing unit configured to perform printing on a medium;
• a cutting unit configured to cut the medium downstream of the printing unit in a transport path through which the medium is transported;
• and
• an accommodating unit disposed below the cutting unit and configured to accommodate cutting waste generated when the medium is cut by the cutting unit, wherein
• the cutting unit is configured to cut the medium at a first boundary between a downstream margin that is an area between a downstream end of the medium and a print area on which printing is performed by the printing unit, and the print area, and is configured to cut the medium at a second boundary between an upstream margin that is an area between an upstream end of the medium and the print area, and the print area,
• gaps communicating with the accommodating unit are formed upstream and downstream of a position in which the medium is cut by the cutting unit in the transport path,
• the accommodating unit includes, a first accommodating unit including a first chamber configured to communicate with the gap upstream of the cutting position when the accommodating unit is located below the cutting unit, and a second accommodating unit including a second chamber configured to communicate with the gap downstream of the cutting position when the accommodating unit is located below the cutting unit, and
• the second accommodating unit is removable from below the cutting unit toward a front side that is a downstream side in a transport direction of the medium.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a printing unit configured to perform printing on a medium;
• a cutting unit configured to cut the medium downstream of the printing unit in a transport path through which the medium is transported;
• and
• an accommodating unit disposed below the cutting unit and configured to accommodate cutting waste generated when the medium is cut by the cutting unit, wherein
• the cutting unit is configured to cut the medium at a first boundary between a downstream margin that is an area between a downstream end of the medium and a print area on which printing is performed by the printing unit, and the print area, and is configured to cut the medium at a second boundary between an upstream margin that is an area between an upstream end of the medium and the print area, and the print area,
• gaps communicating with the accommodating unit are formed upstream and downstream of a position in which the medium is cut by the cutting unit in the transport path, and
• the cutting unit cuts the medium having a first surface on which printing was performed by the printing unit, at an intermediate position of the downstream margin and an intermediate position of the upstream margin, and cuts the medium having a second surface on which printing was printed by the printing unit, at a boundary between the downstream margin and the print area and a boundary between the upstream margin and the print area, the second surface being different from the first surface on which printing was performed.