Patent ID: 8540360

Claim:
An apparatus for performing duplex printing comprising: a sheet feeding unit configured to feed a sheet along a path, wherein the sheet is continuous; a printing unit, disposed in the path, configured to perform inkjet printing on the sheet; a cutter unit, disposed downstream of the printing unit in the path, configured to cut the sheet; a drying unit, disposed downstream of the cutter unit in the path, configured to dry the sheet printed in the printing unit; and a reverse unit configured to reverse the sheet that has passed through the drying unit, wherein, in the duplex printing, the printing unit prints a plurality of images on a first surface of the sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit, the sheet printed on the first surface passes through the drying unit and is led to the reverse unit, the reverse unit feeds the reversed sheet to the printing unit, the printing unit prints a plurality of images on a second surface that is a back of the first surface of the sheet fed from the reverse unit, the cutter unit cuts the sheet printed on the second surface into a plurality of cut sheets, and the cut sheets pass through the drying unit and are ejected, wherein the reverse unit includes a winding rotary member, and in the duplex printing, the sheet having a plurality of images printed on the first surface is reeled in the winding rotary member, subsequently, the winding rotary member rotates in an opposite direction, and the reeled sheet is fed to the printing unit again.