Patent ID: 8038237

Claim:
In a printing apparatus having a printing module, a pressing apparatus and a transport belt acting on a part of a surface of an item of mail with a predefined adhesion friction in a transport region, the part of the surface of the item of mail not being printed, a transport apparatus for flat materials to be printed, the transport apparatus disposed stationary in the printing apparatus relative to the pressing apparatus pressing the item of mail onto the transport belt, the transport apparatus comprising: two deflection rollers and a supporting plate associated with the transport belt to form the transport region; said two deflection rollers defining an intermediate space therebetween into which the printing module at least partially protrudes; the transport belt being a driven wide tensioned flat belt, guided along over the printing module and under the printing module by said two deflection rollers, while the printing module is situated in a printing position; and at least one ink cartridge of the printing module having an inkjet print head disposed outside the transport region.