A fixed data printer is associated with a variable transaction data printer to print a customer receipt and includes a pivoted tape guide member having a tear-off edge by which the tape is severed aft
The main shaft 36 carries a printer control cam 61, FIG. 1, which engages a cam follower portion 62 formed on the printer member 19. The latter is held in engagement with the cam 61 by a spring 64 tensioned between the member and an element 65 freely supported by the rock shaft 12....