Patent ID: 8482771

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a plurality of image printers that print an image on a front surface of a paper, respectively; a casing that houses the image printers and includes a door member; a back surface printer that prints given information on a back surface of the paper printed with the image by one of the image printers, the given information being related to the printing of the image on the front surface of the paper by the one of the image printers; a sorting unit that sorts papers printed with the given information on back surfaces by the back surface printer; a first conveying unit that conveys the paper printed with the image on the front surface by the one of the image printers to the back surface printer; and a second conveying unit that conveys the paper printed with the given information on the back surface by the back surface printer to the sorting unit to discharge the paper onto the sorting unit; wherein the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit form a continuous conveyance path, and the first conveying unit is disposed inside the door member.