Patent ID: 8613253

Claim:
A printing apparatus, capable of regulating a deformation of a web when the web is held during a print waiting state, comprising: a web conveyance unit configured to convey the web; a printing unit configured to print an image on the web; a web discharging unit configured to discharge the web, on which the image is formed with the printing unit, the web discharging unit being placed downstream of the printing unit; a web withdrawal unit configured to withdraw the web into the printing apparatus, the web withdrawal unit including a web withdrawal roller and at least one pressing roller; a web suspending unit configured to suspend a portion of the web in between the web withdrawal unit and the web conveyance unit; and a web amount detecting unit configured to detect an amount of the portion of the web, wherein, when the printing apparatus is in the print waiting state, the printing apparatus drives the web withdrawal roller intermittently, while a pressing force from the at least one pressing roller to the web is maintained, so as to convey the web in a first direction in which the web is conveyed during a printing operation or to convey the web in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, and a direction the web is conveyed is switched based on the amount of the portion of the web.