Patent ID: 7798062

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a feed-out unit for feeding out an elongated base material which is wound up in a roll; a printing unit for printing a liquid resist onto the elongated base material that is fed out of the feed-out unit, the printing unit being operative to print the liquid resist onto an individual print area of the elongated base material while the elongated base material is positioned at a placement portion of the printing unit; a wind-up unit for winding up the elongated base material on which the liquid resist is printed by the printing unit into a roll; and a suction unit positioned at a fixed location between the printing unit and the wind-up unit in a transport direction of the elongated base material for sucking up a solvent in the liquid resist while the elongated base material is positioned at the placement portion of the printing unit, such that the solvent is sucked out of the liquid resist immediately after printing thereby to immediately suppress any flowing of the liquid resist, wherein the suction unit comprises a suction duct with a plurality of suction holes which are aligned in both a vertical direction and a horizontal direction.