Printing device

A printing device comprising:

• a transporting unit that transports a medium and that includes a first roller and a second roller which is positioned on a downstream side of the first roller in a transportation route of the medium;
• a printing unit that performs printing on the medium transported by the transporting unit;
• a controller that controls the transporting unit and the printing unit and that allows an overlapping operation of feeding a following medium, which is transported later than a preceding medium, at a feeding speed higher than a transportation speed of the preceding medium, which is transported by the transporting unit earlier than the following medium, to cause a leading end portion of the following medium to overlap a trailing end portion of the preceding medium and a consecutive overlap-feeding operation of transporting the preceding medium and the following medium together after printing on the preceding medium is finished while maintaining a state where the preceding medium and the following medium overlap each other;
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• a sensor that detects a leading end of the following medium at a position between the first roller and the second roller in a case where the following medium is transported via a course for achieving a state where the leading end of the following medium can overlap a trailing end side of the preceding medium on which the printing is performed,
• wherein the controller allows the consecutive overlap-feeding operation in a case where the sensor has detected the following medium and does not perform the consecutive overlap-feeding operation in a case where the following medium has not been detected.