Paper cutters can be divided into three categories: manual cutters, electric cutters and hydraulic cutters; manual cutters do not require much explanation, and can also be called cutting knives. The cutting paper is not very large. Suitable for simple text cutting processing; while electric paper cutter is controlled by pure mechanical structure, the cutting of paper is convenient, suitable for batch processing of documents. Another type of hydraulic paper cutting machine, the internal structure contains hydraulic oil, the operation of the hydraulic oil to control the operation of the cutter.

         Electric paper cutters, when cutting some paper called soft paper, may not be cut through, which is not suitable for some industries that need to process a variety of paper materials. The hydraulic paper cutter can cut text from various materials such as rice paper, leather, paper, etc .; the processing speed is fast. Therefore, it is widely used in libraries and print publishing.