Patent ID: 6935739

Claim:
A printing apparatus, comprising: a printing agent container for storing printing agent; printing means for replenishing the printing agent from said printing agent container and imparting the printing agent to a printing medium from a plurality of printing elements; and a pair of paper-conveying rollers for conveying the printing medium while maintaining the latter in a flat state by supporting the printing medium from front and rear surfaces thereof; wherein a printing region plane opposite to the printing medium in which said plurality of printing elements of said printing means are arranged, at least part of a paper-conveying roller region occupied with said paper-conveying rollers, and at least part of a printing agent region in which said printing agent container is located, are all arranged on a same straight line contained in said printing region plane, such that said at least part of said paper-conveying roller region is interposed between said printing region plane and at least part of said printing agent region.