Patent ID: 8277013

Claim:
A printer which jets an ink onto a printing medium to perform printing, comprising: a first rotatable body which has an outer peripheral surface; a first rotational drive mechanism which drives the first rotatable body to rotate; a first attaching mechanism which is configured to attach the printing medium to the outer peripheral surface of the first rotatable body; an ink-jet head which is arranged to face the outer peripheral surface of the first rotatable body, and which performs the printing by jetting the ink onto the printing medium attached to the outer peripheral surface of the first rotatable body; a second rotatable body which has an outer peripheral surface and which is arranged to be near to the first rotatable body to face the first rotatable body; a second rotational drive mechanism which drives the second rotatable body to rotate; a second attaching mechanism which is configured to attach the printing medium to an outer peripheral surface of the second rotatable body; a transfer mechanism which transfers the printing medium between the first and second rotatable bodies, the transfer mechanism having: a first transfer path; and a second transfer path; wherein the first transfer path connects the first rotatable body and the second rotatable body, and runs through a facing area, which is located between the first rotatable body and the second rotatable body and at which the first rotatable body faces the second rotatable body; and wherein the second transfer path connects the first rotatable body and the second rotatable body, without running through the facing area; and a transporting control mechanism controlling the first and second rotational drive mechanisms: to transfer the printing medium, having a front surface for which the printing has been performed by the ink-jet head, from one rotatable body of the first and second rotatable bodies to the other rotatable body of the first and second rotatable bodies, via the first transfer path of the transfer mechanism; and to transfer the printing medium having the printed front surface from the other rotatable body to the one rotatable body, via the second transfer path of the transfer mechanism.