Printer, method of printing control, and computer-readable storage medium

A method of printing control to be performed by a printer that includes a printing device that prints printing data corresponding to one or more printed materials on a printing medium;

• and a first cutting device that separates the printing medium that has been printed on, the method comprising:
• acquiring first printing data for creating one or more first printed materials on the printing medium and first identification information that identifies at least one of a user who sent the first printing data and a device that generated the first printing data;
• after causing the printer to create the one or more first printed materials on the printing medium based on the first printing data, maintaining the printing medium on standby at a position at which the creation of the one or more first printed materials was completed;
• if the printer acquires second printing data for creating one or more second printed materials on the printing medium and second identification information that identifies at least one of a user who sent the second printing data and a device that generated the second printing data, causing the printer to create the one or more second printed materials based on the second printing data and the second identification information;
• determining, in accordance with the first identification information and the second identification information, whether to use the first cutting device to separate the one or more first printed materials created on the printing medium in accordance with the first printing data from the one or more second printed materials created on the printing medium in accordance with the second printing data;
• and
• controlling the first cutting device in accordance with said determination,
• wherein the first printing data includes information indicating whether a continuous printing mode for creating a continuously printed material is specified,
• wherein the step of determining includes:
• determining not to separate the one or more first printed materials from the one or more second printed materials when the continuous printing mode is specified in the first printing data and the first identification information matches the second identification information;
• and
• determining to separate the one or more first printed materials from the one or more second printed materials when the continuous printing mode is not specified in the first printing data even when the first identification information matches the second identification information, and
• wherein the method further includes, in the continuous printing mode, absent a specific command from a user to separate the printing medium, not causing the first cutting device to separate the printing medium while the second identification information and the second printing data are not acquired by the printer, thereby leaving the printing medium unseparated if the second identification information and the second printing data are never acquired.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a printing control program executable by a printer,

• wherein the printer includes an acquisition device that acquires printing data for creating one or more printed materials and identification information that identifies at least one of a user who sent the printing data and a device that generated the printing data;
• a printing device that prints the printing data corresponding to the one or more printed materials on a printing medium;
• and a first cutting device that separates the printing medium that has been printed on based on the printing data, and
• wherein, when the acquisition device acquires first printing data and first identification information as the identification information of the first printing data and then acquires second printing data and second identification information as the identification information of the second printing data, said printing control program causes the printer to determine, in accordance with the first identification information and the second identification information, whether to use the first cutting device to separate one or more first printed materials created on the printing medium in accordance with the first printing data from one or more second printed materials to be created in accordance with the second printing data, and controls the first cutting device in accordance with said determination,
• wherein after causing the printer to create the one or more first printed materials based on the first printing data, said printing control program causes the printer to maintain the printing medium on standby at a position at which the creation of the one or more first printed materials was completed, and thereafter causes the printer to create the one or more second printed materials when the acquisition device acquires the second printing data and the second identification information,
• wherein the first printing data includes information indicating whether a continuous printing mode for creating a continuously printed material is specified,
• wherein said printing control program causes the printer to determine not to separate the one or more first printed materials from the one or more second printed materials when the continuous printing mode is specified in the first printing data and the first identification information matches the second identification information,
• wherein said printing control program causes the printer to determine to separate the one or more first printed materials from the one or more second printed materials when the continuous printing mode is not specified in the first printing data even when the first identification information matches the second identification information,
• wherein in the continuous printing mode, absent a specific command from a user to separate the printing medium, said printing control program does not cause the first cutting device to separate the printing medium when the second identification information and the second printing data are not acquired by the printer, thereby leaving the printing medium unseparated if the second identification information and the second printing data are never received.