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The rolled media cutter includes an elongated tray and a cutting mechanism. The elongated tray includes first and second substantially parallel channels. The first channel is formed in the tray and is configured to receive the rolled media therein. The cutting mechanism is configured to be slidingly

The rolled media cutter includes an elongated tray and a cutting mechanism. The elongated tray includes first and second substantially parallel channels. The first channel is formed in the tray and is configured to receive the rolled media therein. The cutting mechanism is configured to be slidingly coupled to the second channel. The cutting mechanism includes a cutting surface and a slider coupled to the cutting surface. The slider is configured to be retained within the channel so as to prevent the cutting mechanism from being removed from a portion of the second channel.

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What is claimed is: 1. A rolled media cutter, comprising:(i) at least two elongated trays formed as thin wall sections having opposing first and second ends, each of said trays comprising:(a) a holding section comprising a concave first channel formed in said tray, wherein said concave first channel

What is claimed is: 1. A rolled media cutter, comprising:(i) at least two elongated trays formed as thin wall sections having opposing first and second ends, each of said trays comprising:(a) a holding section comprising a concave first channel formed in said tray, wherein said concave first channel is configured to receive a roll of media therein and retain the rolled media for unrolling; and(b) a cutting section comprising a second channel disposed substantially parallel to said concave first channel, wherein the second channel is:(1) bounded at a top side by two parallel flanges separated by a space, the flanges each having an upper surface and a lower surface;(2) bounded at a bottom side by a bottom surface including two vertical ribs extending perpendicular to the bottom surface; and(3) bounded by two lateral sides substantially perpendicular to both the top side and the bottom side, wherein one of said lateral sides extends from the top side, past the bottom side, and intersects with at least one rib, the rib connecting said lateral side to the thin walled tray section at a point spaced apart from said flanges, andwherein the holding section and at least part of the cutting section are a monolithic part formed by extrusion or injection molding, wherein the thin wall section comprises, in order from a front to a rear of the tray:(1) a convex curvature interrupted by said cutting section including said second channel, wherein said second channel opens generally upwards;(2) a transition from a convex to a concave curvature;(3) the concave first channel, wherein said first channel faces generally upwards;(4) a transition curvature; and(5) a vertically extending portion; and(ii) a cutting mechanism slidingly coupled to said second channel wherein said cutting mechanism comprises:(a) a blade having a cutting edge, a first end, and a second end remote from the first end, wherein a portion of said blade is configured to fit in said space;(b) a slider coupled to said first end of said blade and configured to be retained within said second channel along at least a portion of said second channel by making contact with the lower surfaces of the two flanges and a bottom of said second channel so as to maintain a fixed relative position between the slider and the ski; and(c) a ski with a leading edge coupled to said second end of said blade disposed above said slider and blade, wherein said ski is configured to slide above said second channel and force unrolled media into contact with a top surface of the second channel prior to the unrolled media reaching the blade, wherein the fixed relative position between the slider and the ski maintains a fixed gap between the ski and the upper surfaces of the flanges, that is so dimensioned as to be substantially the thickness of the unrolled media which the unrolled media cutter is configured to cut, and wherein an acute angle is formed between the cutting edge of the blade and an underside of the ski proximate to the leading edge; and(iii) two end-caps, each one coupled to at least two elongated trays at one of the first and second ends and configured to prevent said cutting mechanism from being separated from said second channel wherein each of said end-caps further comprises:(a) a vertical support configured to couple a first elongated tray to at least an additional elongated tray in a modular relation.