Printing apparatus

Abstract

There is provided a technique capable of easily identifying a deformed idler roller when strong tension is applied to a print medium and of suppressing the deformation of some important idler rollers. A printing apparatus includes a transport mechanism having multiple idler rollers. At least one of the idler rollers is a sacrificial roller that is more deformable than the other idler rollers. When strong tension is applied to the print medium, the sacrificial roller becomes deformed in preference to the other idler rollers. This allows the deformed idler roller to be easily identified, and suppresses the deformation of the idler rollers other than the sacrificial roller.

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