Patent ID: 8721064

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a transport unit that transports a printing medium subjected to recording by adhering of a liquid from an upstream side to a downstream side in a transport direction; a printing head that performs printing on the printing medium in the course of a transport path; a drying unit that performs a drying process on the printing medium in the course of the transport path of the printing medium; a control device; and a curl correcting unit including: a transport roller; and a de-curl roller, wherein the transport roller is disposed further downstream in the transport direction than the drying unit, the de-curl roller is configured to correct curling of the printing medium by pinching the printing medium with the transport roller, wherein the control device controls the curl correcting unit to move the de-curl roller between a de-curl position where the printing medium is pinched by the de-curl roller and the transport roller and a non-de-curl position wherein the de-curl roller is separated from the transport roller, and wherein the de-curl roller is positioned at the de-curl position at a time of increasing the drying unit to a predetermined temperature.