Patent ID: 8047544

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a transfer device which continuously transfers paper sheets along a main transfer path; a printing device which prints information on the paper sheets, which are consecutively transferred along the main transfer path; a holding section connected to a downstream end of the main transfer path and formed of a curved transfer path, which consecutively transfers the paper sheets led out from the main transfer path in a curved state and holds them in an overlaid state, wherein the curved transfer path comprises a first arc-shaped transfer path connected to a downstream end of the main transfer path and a second arc-shaped transfer path connected to a downstream end of the first arc-shaped transfer path; a driving roller and a pinch roller, which face each other via the first arc-shaped transfer path and hold and transfer the paper sheets, wherein the driving roller and the pinch roller are separated from each other before passing a leading end of the paper sheet introduced in the first arc-shaped transfer path, and after the passing, hold and transfer the paper sheet to the second arc-shaped transfer path; wherein the driving roller and the pinch roller serve as a sending device, which collectively sends the paper sheets out of the holding section; and an ejecting section, which ejects the paper sheets collectively sent out by the sending device.