Ticket printer and cutter

Claim 1

IN A PRINTER, IN COMBINATION, A PRINTING STATION, A STATIONARY TRACK ADJACENT THE PRINTING STATION, A CARRIAGE MOUNTED TO RECIPROCATE ALONG THE TRACK, MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING THE CARRIAGE, A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED MEMBER CARRIED BY THE CARRIAGE, AN INK ROLLER CARRIED BY THE MEMBER, A PLATEN ROLLER CARRIED BY THE MEMBER, THE MEMBER HAVING AN INKING POSITION WHEREIN THE INK ROLLER CONTACTS AND INKS TYPE IN THE PRINTING STATION AND THE PLATEN ROLLER IS IN AN INOPERATIVE POSITION AND A PRINTING POSITION WHEREIN THE PLATEN ROLLER PRESSES AN ELEMENT TO BE PRINTED IN THE PRINTING STATION AGAINST THE INKED TYPE AND THE INK ROLLER IS IN AN INOPERATIVE POSITION, MEANS FOR HOLDING THE MEMBER IN THE INKING POSITION DURING A FORWARD STROKE OF THE CARRIAGE, MEANS FOR PIVOTING THE MEMBER INTO THE PRINTING POSITION AT THE END OF THE FORWARD STROKE, MEANS FOR HOLDING THE MEMBER IN ITS PRINTING POSITION DURING THE RETURN STROKE OF THE CARRIAGE, SUPPORT MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE ELEMENT IN THE PRINTING STATION AFTER THE TYPE HAVE BEEN INKED, THE SUPPORT MEANS RELEASING THE ELEMENT JUST BEFORE THE PLATEN ROLLER PRESSES THE ELEMENT AGAINST THE INKED TYPE, AND MEANS FOR RETURNING THE MEMBER TO THE INKING POSITION AT THE END OF THE RETURN STROKE OF THE CARRIAGE.