To fast print various receipt print information in high quality by utilizing an ink jet printing head and also to print with low noise.

A printing head is formed from an ink jet printing head 40 capable of printing receipt print information while jetting ink dots on receipt paper 110, and final print information printed finally in a range to be a receipt after being cut is formed within the paper 110 in a readable way. When the final print information can not be read, an ink cassette 45 supplying ink to the head 40 can be discriminated as shortage of ink, and after the discrimination, the purport of being shortage of ink can also be outputted so that a cashier can recognize that the cassette 45 is short in ink.