Patent ID: 7021755

Claim:
A printing apparatus for introducing a printing medium from a first printing medium holding region and discharging the printing medium after being printed to a second printing medium holding region disposed above the first printing medium holding region, the first printing medium holding region and the second printing medium holding region being disposed on a first side of an apparatus body, comprising: paper-feeding means for conveying the printing medium from the first printing medium holding region; reversal means for reversing the conveying direction of the printing medium conveyed by said paper-feeding means generally in the reverse direction, said reversal means including a reversal roller having a peripheral surface which is in close proximity to both of the first side of the apparatus body and a second side of the apparatus body opposite to the first side; deflection means for deflecting the printing medium reversed by said reversal means such that the printing medium advances upward generally in the vertical direction in the vicinity of the first side of the apparatus body, the printing medium being conveyed between said paper-feeding means and the second printing medium holding region; holding means for holding printing means such that the printing means is held at a position where the printing means is directly over said reversal means; and paper-discharging means for discharging the printing medium on which the record is printed by the printing means to the second printing medium holding region, wherein the printing means is located above said paper-feeding means, wherein the printing means performs printing by ejecting inks onto the printing medium that is guided by said deflection means so as to advance upwardly generally in the vertical direction, wherein an ink tank, for storing ink that is to be supplied to the printing means, is arranged above the printing means, and wherein the printing medium is conveyed between the ink tank and the first side of the apparatus body above the printing means in a manner such that the printing medium is conveyed along the ink tank and the first side of the apparatus body in the vicinity of the first side of the apparatus body.