Patent ID: 7097272

Claim:
A printing apparatus for printing an image on a print medium by using a print head, comprising: transport means for transporting the print medium by a driving force of a first drive source; feeding means for feeding the print medium to the transport means by a driving force of a second drive source; and recovery means for performing, by a first drive mechanism and a second drive mechanism, a recovery operation to maintain a printing performance of the print head, wherein the first drive mechanism uses the first drive source as its drive source and is operated through a clutch mechanism according to a direction in which a driving force of the first drive source is generated, the clutch mechanism being adapted to transmit a rotation in only one direction of the first drive source, and wherein the second drive mechanism uses the second drive source as its drive source, has a dead zone in which a rotational force is not transmitted to the feeding means when the second drive source changes its rotation direction, and is operated in the dead zone according to a direction in which a driving force of the second drive source is generated.