Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a print section configured to perform printing on a first side of a medium and then perform printing on a second side that is a back side of the first side;
• a supply path configured to supply the medium toward the print section;
• a feeding roller configured to feed the medium along the supply path from an upstream side to a downstream side in a transport direction;
• a toothed roller provided on the downstream side of the feeding roller in the transport direction;
• a drive source configured to rotate the feeding roller and the toothed roller;
• and
• a controller configured to control driving of the drive source,
• wherein the controller performs rotation control for rotating the feed roller prior to the rotation of the toothed roller with which the medium has collided, and
• the controller performs the rotation control when the controller determines that a coverage rate at the time of printing on the first side of the medium is greater than or equal to a threshold value.