Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a transport unit configured to transport a printing medium in a transport direction;
• a printing head configured to print an image on the printing medium;
• a carriage configured to move the printing head back and forth above a transport path of the printing medium in a scanning direction intersecting the transport direction;
• a liquid container coupling portion to which a liquid container containing a liquid to be supplied to the printing head is coupled;
• a liquid supply tube coupled to the liquid container coupling portion to supply the liquid from the liquid container to the printing head via the liquid container coupling portion;
• a holding portion configured to hold a waste liquid container configured to contain a waste liquid discharged from the printing head;
• and
• a discharge portion including a nozzle in which a discharge port for discharging the waste liquid is formed, wherein
• the holding portion is disposed at a position at which a waste liquid container region defined by a region occupied by the waste liquid container held by the holding portion in the printing apparatus and a part of the movement path overlap when viewed from the transport direction, above the transport path and downstream of the movement path of the carriage in the transport direction,
• a portion of the liquid supply tube is located between the movement path and the waste liquid container region when viewed from a gravity direction and overlaps the waste liquid container region when viewed from the transport direction,
• the waste liquid container is configured to be coupled to the nozzle,
• the nozzle extends in a discharge port protrusion direction indicated by a composite vector of a vector indicating the direction opposite to the transport direction and a vector indicating the direction opposite to the gravity direction, and
• the discharge port is formed at a tip of the nozzle in the discharge port protrusion direction.