Patent ID: 8870479

Claim:
A printer comprising: a printing head; a first transport mechanism which transports a printing medium along a transport path; a second transport mechanism which includes a first roller and a second roller, and transports the printing medium along the transport path between the printing head and the first transport mechanism; a control unit which executes a forward transport control transporting the printing medium from the first transport mechanism to the printing head and a reverse transport control transporting the printing medium from the printing head to the first transport mechanism using the second transport mechanism wherein the control unit adjusts a load applied to the printing medium amount of force with which the first roller and the second roller pinch the printing medium therebetween, such that the control unit applies a first load to the printing medium by pinching the printing medium between the first roller and the second roller in the reverse transport control, the first load being smaller than a second load applied to the printing medium by pinching the printing medium between the first roller and the second roller in the forward transport control.