Ticket production device and ticket production method

A ticket production device configured to cut and issue a continuous recording paper on which information is printed as a ticket from a paper exit, comprising:

• a paper feeding mechanism configured to convey the recording paper through a paper conveyance path;
• a print mechanism configured to print information on the recording paper conveyed by the paper feeding mechanism;
• a paper cutter configured to cut the recording paper printed with information into a ticket of a specific length;
• a paper position detector-configured to detect a change of the recording paper in a waiting position of the recording paper conveyed by the paper feeding mechanism to a position of a trailing end of the recording paper;
• and
• a controller configured to control the paper cutter;
• wherein
• the paper position detector is configured to detect whether the recording paper in the waiting position changed,
• the controller is configured to operate the paper cutter to cut the trailing end of the recording paper when the paper position detector detects the change of the recording paper and to produce the ticket, and
• the paper position detector is configured to detect change in the waiting position of the recording paper at least in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction of the recording paper.

A ticket production method that cuts by a paper cutter a recording paper on which information was printed by a printing mechanism and issues a ticket from a paper exit, comprising:

• feeding the recording paper, having the information printed thereon, to a position of a trailing end of the recording paper;
• waiting during a period in which the recording paper is held in a waiting position;
• detecting, by a paper position detector, a change of the recording paper in the waiting position of the recording paper at the paper exit;
• and
• cutting the recording paper when the paper position detector detects the change of the recording paper in the waiting position.