A drying apparatus for drying a printing medium having ink droplets dispensed thereto, comprising: a drive roller rotatable in contact with an opposite surface of a printed surface, to which the ink droplets have been dispensed, of the printing medium, while transporting the printing medium along a transport route; and a warm air blasting unit located opposite the drive roller across the transport route for blowing warm air toward a full width of the printing medium on the transport route; wherein the warm air blasting unit includes: a pair of warm air blasting portions, each having a nozzle case for heating air, the nozzle case forming a blasting port for blowing off warm air toward the transport route, a fan duct attached to the nozzle case for feeding air into the nozzle case, and a blasting fan attached to one end of the fan duct; one air intake duct located between the pair of warm air blasting portions in a transport direction of the printing medium and connected to one end of each of the fan ducts of the pair of warm air blasting portions for collecting part of the warm air blown off from the blasting ports of the pair of warm air blasting portions; and a suction fan disposed at the other end of the one air intake duct which corresponds to the other ends of the fan ducts for feeding ambient air into the one air intake duct, wherein the one air intake duct has: warm air intake ports arranged adjacent the transport route from adjacent the suction fan to adjacent the blasting port; and a plurality of air intake hoods arranged linearly along the warm air intake ports, with openings that open away from the suction fan; and wherein the openings of the air intake hoods are formed such that, when a ratio of a sectional area of each opening to a passage sectional area of the one air intake duct is a hood area percentage, the hood area percentage becomes smaller away from the suction fan. a drive roller rotatable in contact with an opposite surface of a printed surface, to which the ink droplets have been dispensed, of the printing medium, while transporting the printing medium along a transport route; and a warm air blasting unit located opposite the drive roller across the transport route for blowing warm air toward a full width of the printing medium on the transport route; wherein the warm air blasting unit includes: a pair of warm air blasting portions, each having a nozzle case for heating air, the nozzle case forming a blasting port for blowing off warm air toward the transport route, a fan duct attached to the nozzle case for feeding air into the nozzle case, and a blasting fan attached to one end of the fan duct; one air intake duct located between the pair of warm air blasting portions in a transport direction of the printing medium and connected to one end of each of the fan ducts of the pair of warm air blasting portions for collecting part of the warm air blown off from the blasting ports of the pair of warm air blasting portions; and a suction fan disposed at the other end of the one air intake duct which corresponds to the other ends of the fan ducts for feeding ambient air into the one air intake duct, a pair of warm air blasting portions, each having a nozzle case for heating air, the nozzle case forming a blasting port for blowing off warm air toward the transport route, a fan duct attached to the nozzle case for feeding air into the nozzle case, and a blasting fan attached to one end of the fan duct; one air intake duct located between the pair of warm air blasting portions in a transport direction of the printing medium and connected to one end of each of the fan ducts of the pair of warm air blasting portions for collecting part of the warm air blown off from the blasting ports of the pair of warm air blasting portions; and a suction fan disposed at the other end of the one air intake duct which corresponds to the other ends of the fan ducts for feeding ambient air into the one air intake duct, wherein the one air intake duct has: warm air intake ports arranged adjacent the transport route from adjacent the suction fan to adjacent the blasting port; and a plurality of air intake hoods arranged linearly along the warm air intake ports, with openings that open away from the suction fan; and wherein the openings of the air intake hoods are formed such that, when a ratio of a sectional area of each opening to a passage sectional area of the one air intake duct is a hood area percentage, the hood area percentage becomes smaller away from the suction fan. warm air intake ports arranged adjacent the transport route from adjacent the suction fan to adjacent the blasting port; and a plurality of air intake hoods arranged linearly along the warm air intake ports, with openings that open away from the suction fan; and wherein the openings of the air intake hoods are formed such that, when a ratio of a sectional area of each opening to a passage sectional area of the one air intake duct is a hood area percentage, the hood area percentage becomes smaller away from the suction fan.