Apparatus for printing on elongated medium to be printed

An apparatus for printing on an elongated medium to be printed having:

• a printing head for printing based on printing data;
• transporting means for transporting the medium relative to said printing head;
• completely cutting means having a cutting edge for completely cutting the medium on a downstream side of said printing head, as seen in a direction of travelling of the medium;
• and
• partially cutting means having a cutting edge for partially cutting the medium on the downstream side of said printing head,
• wherein said apparatus comprises:
• completely cutting driving means for driving said completely cutting means, so constructed and arranged to be automatically started at a complete cutting position of the medium based on a length contained in the printing data to thereby perform complete cutting of the medium, and
• partially cutting driving means for driving said partially cutting means, so constructed and arranged to be automatically started, independent of said completely cutting means, at a partial cutting position;
• and
• wherein said completely cutting driving means, said partially cutting driving means, and printing head driving means for driving a printing head towards a platen have a common driving source.

An apparatus for printing on an elongated medium to be printed having:

• a printing head for printing based on printing data;
• transporting means for transporting the medium relative to said printing head;
• completely cutting means having a cutting edge for completely cutting the medium on a downstream side of said printing head, as seen in a direction of travelling of the medium;
• partially cutting means having a cutting edge for partially cutting the medium on the downstream side of said printing head,
• wherein said apparatus comprises:
• completely cutting driving means for driving said completely cutting means, so constructed and arranged to be automatically started at a complete cutting position of the medium based on a length contained in the printing data to thereby perform complete cutting of the medium;
• partially cutting driving means for driving said partially cutting means, so constructed and arranged to be automatically started, independent of said completely cutting means, at a partial cutting position;
• and
• means for controlling said completely cutting means and said partially cutting means for obtaining from the elongated medium, a desired combination of a predetermined number of units of completely cut printed medium and a predetermined number of segments of half-cut printed medium, respectively.