Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a container configured to accommodate a plurality of sheets of print media;
• a conveyor having a first conveying route and configured to convey each sheet of the print media taken out from the container in a conveying direction along the first conveying route;
• a printing unit configured to print an image on each sheet of the print media which is being conveyed in the first conveying route;
• and
• a dividing unit configured to perform a dividing processing with respect to each sheet of the print media which is being conveyed in the first conveying route,
• wherein the conveyor is provided with a second conveying route which is branched from the first conveying route at a branching part and in which each sheet of the print media having the image printed thereon by the printing unit is conveyed,
• the printing unit and the dividing unit are positioned above the container, and
• the dividing unit and the branching part are positioned on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the printing unit.