Printer

A printer comprising:

• a loader configured to load a first printing medium including an IC tag, which is data-readable/writable by wireless communication, and a printing surface formed on one side of the first printing medium;
• a conveying unit configured to convey the first printing medium being delivered from the loader, along a conveyance path;
• a printing unit configured to print on the printing surface of the first printing medium in the conveyance path;
• a wireless reader/writer configured to read/write data from/on the IC tags by wireless data communication with the IC tag included in the first printing medium being conveyed along the conveyance path;
• and
• a control unit configured to control the wireless reader/writer, if printing on the first printing medium is completed, to record information on the number of printing media which have been printed on, up to the first printing medium, on an IC tag of a second printing medium which is subsequent to the first printing medium and is not yet printed.