Patent ID: 8747001

Claim:
A printing apparatus, comprising: a conveying mechanism that includes a conveying roller being a driving roller, a plurality of pinch rollers being passive rollers disposed facing the conveying roller, and a plurality of pinch roller axles supporting the pinch rollers; and a print unit that prints onto a sheet conveyed by the conveying rollers and the plurality of pinch rollers, wherein the conveying mechanism comprises a first pinch roller set including two pinch rollers and a first pinch roller axle supporting the two pinch rollers; a second pinch roller set including three pinch rollers and a second pinch roller axle supporting the three pinch rollers; and an urging unit configured to urge a portion of the second pinch roller axle so as to push the pinch rollers towards the conveying roller via the pinch roller axle, wherein the portion of the second pinch roller axle is between the two pinch rollers disposed closer to the center in the widthwise direction of the sheet from among the three pinch rollers.