Printer

A printer comprising:

• a pair of input rollers configured and arranged to pinch a print medium;
• a pair of output rollers configured and arranged to pinch the print medium;
• a print head configured and arranged to print onto a target region on the print medium while moving between the input rollers and the output rollers in a direction which intersects with a transport direction of the print medium;
• and
• a control section configured to transport the print medium by rotating the input rollers and the output rollers after printing on the target region and before printing on a next target region, the control section being configured to determine, before carrying out transporting, whether or not a combination of the input rollers and the output rollers which pinch the print medium would change in a case where the print medium were transported from a current position to a next target position, and, in a case where there would be a change, the control section being configured to transport the print medium from the current position to the target position in a retracted state where the print head is moved to an outside of a range where the print medium passes.