Abstract: An electrostatic printer includes a photoconductive drum (2), a developer (5) for forming a toner image on a surface of the drum (2), a pickup roller (11) for removing a medium (10) in a cut sheet form from a hopper (8), a registration roller (12) for introducing the cut sheets (10) removed by the pickup roller (11) into a printing zone, a fuser (14) for fixing the toner image on the cut sheets (10), and an eject roller (16) for discharging the medium (10) from the printing zone. A single motor (19) is selectively rotatable in the normal direction and the reverse direction according to commands output by a control unit (300) is provided for driving the aforesaid rotating elements (2, 5, 11, 12, 14, 16).