A printer that enables to grasp a printer name on an information processing apparatus by a user easily when a printer driver is installed to the information processing apparatus from the printer side. A connection unit connects a portable information storage medium that equips an information processing module provided with an information acquisition unit that acquires and saves device information of the information processing apparatus, and a name saving unit that saves printer name information. An acquisition unit acquires the device information and the printer name information from the portable information storage medium. A registration unit accesses the information processing apparatus based on the device information acquired by said acquisition unit, and to register the printer into the information processing apparatus. A setting unit sets up the printer name acquired by said acquisition unit as a printer name of the printer registered into the information processing apparatus.