A printer, comprising: a housing section configured to house a roll-like image receiving medium; and a printer section configured to rotate around a rotating shaft independent of a platen and comprising a print head configured to print information on the image receiving medium fed from the housing section, the platen arranged opposite to the print head configured to rotate around the rotating shaft and a discharge section configured to discharge the image receiving medium passing through a space between the print head and the platen characterized in that the printer further comprises: a housing comprising an opening configured to receive an image receiving medium roll and the printer section; a lid configured to be openable with respect to the opening; a detection section (Sl) configured to detect opening and closing of the lid; a rotation section configured to rotate the printer section according to detection of opening of the lid and sets the receiving port to a medium receiving position; and a designation section configured to designate the discharge section to a predetermined position, wherein the printer section comprises a receiving port configured to receive the image receiving medium drawn out from the image receiving medium roll and the rotation section rotates the printer section according to the designation and sets the discharge section rotating integrally with the printer section to the predetermined position, further rotates the printer section according to detection of the opening of the lid and sets the receiving port rotating integrally with the printer section to a medium receiving medium, and rotates the printer section according to detection of closing of the lid and sets the discharge section rotating integrally with the printer section to the predetermined position. a housing section configured to house a roll-like image receiving medium; and a printer section configured to rotate around a rotating shaft independent of a platen and comprising a print head configured to print information on the image receiving medium fed from the housing section, the platen arranged opposite to the print head configured to rotate around the rotating shaft and a discharge section configured to discharge the image receiving medium passing through a space between the print head and the platen characterized in that the printer further comprises: a housing comprising an opening configured to receive an image receiving medium roll and the printer section; a lid configured to be openable with respect to the opening; a detection section (Sl) configured to detect opening and closing of the lid; a rotation section configured to rotate the printer section according to detection of opening of the lid and sets the receiving port to a medium receiving position; and a designation section configured to designate the discharge section to a predetermined position, wherein a housing comprising an opening configured to receive an image receiving medium roll and the printer section; a lid configured to be openable with respect to the opening; a detection section (Sl) configured to detect opening and closing of the lid; a rotation section configured to rotate the printer section according to detection of opening of the lid and sets the receiving port to a medium receiving position; and a designation section configured to designate the discharge section to a predetermined position, wherein the printer section comprises a receiving port configured to receive the image receiving medium drawn out from the image receiving medium roll and the rotation section rotates the printer section according to the designation and sets the discharge section rotating integrally with the printer section to the predetermined position, further rotates the printer section according to detection of the opening of the lid and sets the receiving port rotating integrally with the printer section to a medium receiving medium, and rotates the printer section according to detection of closing of the lid and sets the discharge section rotating integrally with the printer section to the predetermined position.