Patent ID: 9174472
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a feeder configured to feed a long recording medium along a feeding path; a printing head configured to perform printing on said recording medium fed by said feeder; a cutter that is configured to cut said recording medium on which printing was performed by said printing head, and is disposed on said feeding path on a downstream side of said printing head; a take-up portion that is configured to take up said recording medium on which printing was performed by said printing head, and is disposed on said feeding path on a downstream side of said cutter; a first memory configured to store a value related to a remaining amount or a consumed amount of said recording medium; a consumed amount calculating portion configured to calculate a first consumed amount of said recording medium based on a fed amount by said feeder; a first correcting portion configured to correct the value related to a remaining amount or a consumed amount of said recording medium stored in said first memory by means of said first consumed amount calculated by said consumed amount calculating portion; an operation signal input portion configured to input a predetermined operation signal; and a second correcting portion configured to correct the value related to a remaining amount or a consumed amount of said recording medium stored in said first memory by using a predetermined second consumed amount, triggered by input of said operation signal to said operation signal input portion.