Paper conveying apparatus and printing apparatus

A paper conveying apparatus for conveying paper, comprising:

• first conveying means including a plurality of paired driving rollers, the paired driving rollers being arranged in a direction perpendicular to a paper conveying direction;
• and
• second conveying means including a plurality of paired driving rollers, the paired driving rollers being arranged at predetermined intervals away from the first conveying means,
• wherein the pairs of driving rollers constituting the second conveying means each include a driving roller which is rotationally driven and a driven roller which is trailingly rotated with paper being gripped between the driving and driven rollers,
• wherein the pairs of driving rollers of the second conveying means are arranged in a plurality of different positions along the paper conveying direction,
• and wherein a paper gripping pressure of the pair of driving rollers arranged on an upstream side along the paper conveying direction is set to be lower than those of the other pairs of driving rollers.