Patent ID: 8400483

Claim:
A printer comprising: a conveying unit configured to convey a rewritable printing medium along a conveying path, the rewritable printing medium being erasable and printable by applying heat energy to the rewritable printing medium; an erasing unit including a heating body, the erasing unit configured to erase print of the rewritable printing medium by pressing the heating body to be in pressure contact with the rewritable printing medium; a printing unit located on a downstream side of the erasing unit along the conveying path, the printing unit configured to print the rewritable printing medium by applying heat energy to the rewritable printing medium; a determination unit configured to determine whether an abnormality occurs in conveyance of the rewritable printing medium; and a control unit configured to control at least one of the erasing unit and the conveying unit for releasing the pressure contact of the heating body on the rewritable printing medium, if the determination unit determines that an abnormality occurs.