Cutter for a printer

Cutter of a printer, comprising:

• a fixed blade arranged on a cover bracket, said cover bracket being pivotally connected to a printer frame and movable between an open position and a closed position;
• a movable blade arranged on the printer frame;
• means for moving the movable blade from a home position into engagement with the fixed blade for cutting paper media during a cutting action;
• a sensor for sensing the home position of the movable blade, the sensor being in communication with the means for moving the movable blade;
• a spring-loaded blade bearing centered on the movable blade, the spring-loaded blade bearing biasing the movable blade transverse to a cutting plane against two stops when the cover bracket is in the open position, the stops protruding laterally from oppositely disposed sides of the printer frame, and the spring-loaded blade bearing biasing a cutting edge of the movable blade against the fixed blade when the cover bracket is in the closed position;
• and
• a rear frame portion of the printer frame adapted to support a tail section of the movable blade, the tail section being located at an opposite end of the movable blade from the cutting edge such that, when the cutting edge of the movable blade is biased against the fixed blade by the spring-loaded blade bearing, the fixed blade and the movable blade are angled towards one another;
• wherein in the open position of the cover bracket, the fixed blade and movable blade are separated, enabling paper jams to be cleared and paper to be loaded.