Patent ID: 8016501

Claim:
A printer comprising: a print data storage unit that stores inputted print data; a print data printing device that prints the print data stored in the print data storage unit on a printing medium; a cutter that cuts the printing medium printed by the print data printing device; a cut-on mode setting device that sets the printer in a cut-on mode so that the cutter is operated after the printing medium is printed by the print data printing device; and a first-cut operation control device that operates the cutter after the printing medium is printed by the print data printing device only when the cut-on mode setting device sets the printer in the cut-on mode, wherein the printer is provided with: a determination device that determines whether a predetermined condition is met or not; and a second-cut operation control device that, if the determination device determines that the predetermined condition is met, operates the cutter after the printing medium is printed by the print data printing device even when the cut-on mode setting device does not set the printer in the cut-on mode, wherein the printer further comprises: an entry user information storage unit that stores entry user information which includes a source of entry of the print data; and an identification device that identifies whether or not entry user information newly stored in the entry user information storage unit is different from entry user information last stored in the entry user information storage unit, and wherein the determination device determines that the predetermined condition is met when the identification device identifies the new entry user information as being different from the entry user information last stored in the entry user information storage unit.