Slitter with translating cutting devices

Apparatus for cutting a moving receiver comprising:

• a. a plurality of cutting devices, each comprising two parallel cutting wheels and a pressure wheel arranged so that the cutting wheels are pressed laterally against the pressure wheel to form two cutting areas and a chad area arranged laterally between the cutting areas;
• b. a drive mechanism for rotating the cutting wheels or pressure wheel of two or more of the plurality of cutting devices so that the rotating cutting wheels engage the moving receiver to cut the moving receiver parallel to its feed direction in the cutting areas, whereby one or more chads are cut out of the receiver;
• c. a transport mechanism for selectively moving the plurality of cutting devices perpendicular to the feed direction of the receiver;
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• d. a controller for receiving a job specification including two or more specified cut locations and causing the transport mechanism to laterally position two or more of the plurality of cutting devices to cut the moving receiver in the specified cut locations.