Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a printing portion that performs printing on a printing surface of a medium;
• a transport portion that transports the medium in a transport direction and feeds out the medium to the printing portion;
• a medium support portion that is disposed on an upstream side in the transport direction with respect to the printing portion and, among surfaces of the medium, supports a surface on a side opposite to the printing surface;
• and
• a removal portion that has a flexible property and includes a first contact portion, which comes into contact with the printing surface in a case in which the medium is supported by the medium support portion,
• wherein the removal portion is spatially separated from the medium support portion at both a section further on the upstream side in the transport direction than the first contact portion and a section further on the downstream side in the transport direction than the first contact portion, and
• wherein an interval between the removal portion and the medium support portion becomes wider in tandem with progression toward a direction opposite to the transport direction on the upstream side in the transport direction of the first contact portion, and becomes wider in tandem with progression toward the transport direction on the downstream side in the transport direction of the first contact portion.