To provide a printer in which a print head can be stopped at a predetermined position in the scanning direction.

A printer 1 executes printing by moving a print head in a direction intersecting a feed direction of print papers. Moreover, when the print head is moved outsides an edge in the scanning direction of a print region of the paper, the paper is sent, so that one printing is carried out by scanning and printing a plurality of lines. The printer 1 has scanning speed control means 101, 105 and 114 for controlling a scanning speed so that a scanning speed (Ps) of the print head at a last line before the scanning and printing stops is lower than a normal scanning speed (Pn) at intermediate lines.