Patent ID: 8899582

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a transport roller that includes a cylindrical shaft having a joint between end surfaces of a rolled plate defining the cylindrical shaft, the joint extending between one axial end of the cylindrical shaft and an opposite axial end of the cylindrical shaft; and a driven roller that nips a recording medium together with the transport roller and transports the recording medium together with the transport roller; and a recording unit for recording on the recording medium, wherein the joint further comprises: a first joint portion extending along an axial direction in which the cylindrical shaft extends; a projecting portion provided on one axial end side or an opposite axial end side than the first joint potion and extends in a direction cross-wise to the first joint portion, wherein a gap spacing between end surfaces in the first joint portion of the joint is wider than a maximum gap spacing between end surfaces in the projecting portion of the joint at the edge portion in a direction of rotation of the transport roller.