Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a recording medium read-out means for reading from a recording medium for recording image data to be printed and recording medium information indicative of a state of the recording medium, the image data and the recording medium information;
• a print control means for giving a print command for printing the image data recorded in the recording medium;
• a recording means for recording the recording medium information of the recording medium and information on automatic print records, indicative of, in the image data designated by the print command of the print control means, the number of images whose prints of quantities designated by the print command of the print control means have been outputted and the number of outputted prints of an image whose prints of a quantity designated by the print command of the print control means have not been outputted;
• and
• a comparator;
• wherein when the print control means has detected that a battery for a power source will run down during printing, the recording medium information and the information on the automatic print records are recorded in the recording means and then, the comparator compares, after turning on of the power source again, the recording medium information recorded in the recording means, with the recording medium information read from the recording medium by the recording medium read-out means after turning on of the power source again so as to detect whether or not the recording medium information recorded in the recording means is coincident with the recording medium information of the recording medium;
• wherein when the comparator has detected that the recording medium information recorded in the recording means is coincident with the recording medium information of the recording medium, the print control means gives a further print command for continuously printing, in accordance with the information on the automatic print records recorded in the recording means, the image data designated by the print command given prior to turning on of the power source again.