Cutting device and printing device

A printing device comprising:

• a printer configured to print on a long fabric medium;
• a cutter positioned along a conveyance path for conveying the printed fabric medium, the cutter configured to cut the fabric medium into a predetermined length;
• a placement surface defining a part of the conveyance path, the placement surface configured to receive the fabric medium cut by the cutter;
• a rotation shaft positioned above the conveyance path and configured to rotate in a conveyance direction of the fabric medium;
• a paddle portion attached to the rotation shaft and configured to scrape the fabric medium placed on the placement surface in the conveyance direction by moving in the conveyance direction while being in contact with the placement surface in accordance with a rotation operation of the rotation shaft;
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• a driver configured to transmit a driving force to the cutter and the rotation shaft, and such that a cutting operation of the cutter and the rotation operation of the rotation shaft are performed in conjunction with each other.

A method comprising:

• providing a fabric label to a printer, the printer configured to print information on the fabric label;
• conveying the fabric label along a conveyance path to a cutter, the cutter comprising a fixed blade positioned above the conveyance path, and a movable blade positioned below the conveyance path, the movable blade defining a placement surface and a blade surface;
• cutting the fabric label by rotating the movable blade from a first position to a second position by rotating the cutter about a shaft such that the blade surface of the movable blade contacts the fixed blade;
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• scraping, by a first paddle portion, a first portion of the fabric label from the placement surface towards a discharge port.