The present invention provides a printer that prints on a rolled recording paper, cuts the printed recording paper to a predetermined length, and ejects the cut recording paper. The printer includes storage means 30b that stores a print status wherein, at power-on time, the printer references a previous print status based on the print status stored in the storage means and, if the previous print operation is not completed, ejects the recording paper for a maximum print length and cuts the ejected recording paper.