Printer

A printer comprising:

• a feeder configured to feed a long recording medium along a feeding path;
• a printing head configured to perform printing on said recording medium fed by said feeder;
• a cutter that is configured to cut said recording medium on which printing was performed by said printing head, and is disposed on said feeding path on a downstream side of said printing head;
• a take-up portion that is configured to take up said recording medium on which printing was performed by said printing head, and is disposed on said feeding path on a downstream side of said cutter;
• a first memory configured to store a value related to a remaining amount or a consumed amount of said recording medium;
• a consumed amount calculating portion configured to calculate a first consumed amount of said recording medium based on a fed amount by said feeder;
• a first correcting portion configured to correct the value related to a remaining amount or a consumed amount of said recording medium stored in said first memory by means of said first consumed amount calculated by said consumed amount calculating portion;
• an operation signal input portion configured to input a predetermined operation signal;
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• a second correcting portion configured to correct the value related to a remaining amount or a consumed amount of said recording medium stored in said first memory by using a predetermined second consumed amount, triggered by input of said operation signal to said operation signal input portion.