Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a simple construction for preventing a collision of the cutter with the surface of paper at a high speed, and the construction provides a controller 20 that minimizes the impression voltage to a cutter drive actuator 38 in the first stage and gradually increases by stages thereafter. After the impression voltage for descending of the cutter to the cutter drive actuator 38 arrives at a maximum set voltage, the controller 20 switches the impression voltage for the cutter drive actuator 38 to the predetermined voltage for cut, and thereafter, the cut operation proceeds.