Printer

A printer comprising:

• a feeder configured to feed a recording medium along a predetermined feeding path;
• a thermal head comprising heating elements that face said predetermined feeding path;
• a conducting device configured to conduct current to said heating elements;
• and
• a first control portion configured to control said feeder and said conducting device to perform printing on said recording medium;
• said first control portion executing:
• a first processing including printing on said recording medium while feeding said recording medium in a forward direction along said predetermined feeding path, based on first print data;
• detecting a print stop instruction, the print stop instruction received from an external source during the printing of the first processing, the external source being external to the printer, the print stop instruction instructing the printer to stop all current printing being performed by the printer;
• in response to detecting the print stop instruction from the external source during the first processing:
• a second processing including initiating printing on a first predetermined section of said recording medium while continuously feeding said recording medium in the forward direction along said predetermined feeding path, based on second print data that differs from said first print data, the second processing not being performed by the printer at the time the print stop instruction is detected;
• and
• after the second processing, a third processing for feeding said recording medium in a reverse direction opposite to said forward direction along said feeding path and, with current conduction to said heating elements stopped, making said heating elements face said first predetermined section of said recording medium for a first predetermined amount of time, wherein, when the heating elements face the first predetermined section, the thermal head is configured to print in the first predetermined section without moving the recording medium.