Patent ID: 8811883

Claim:
A printing apparatus which prints an image on a printing medium at a printing position, conveyed along a conveyance path, using a printing head, capable of applying ink to the printing medium, the printing apparatus comprising: first and second trays being capable of having the printing medium mounted thereon, the first tray being provided on a front side of the printing apparatus body, and the second tray being provided on a back side of the printing apparatus body; and a conveying unit configured to convey the printing medium through the printing position along the conveyance path, wherein if a flat-pass key is operated, the printing medium mounted on the first tray is conveyed by the conveying unit through the printing position along the conveyance path in a first direction toward the second tray without being printed on, and then the printing medium is conveyed by the conveying unit in a second direction opposite to the first direction so that the printing medium switchbacks, the printing medium is printed on at the printing position while the printing medium is conveyed by the conveying unit in the second direction toward the first tray and the printing medium is discharged on the first tray.