Drying apparatus, and an inkjet printing apparatus having the same

A printing apparatus for printing on a printing medium, comprising:

• a printing unit for performing printing by dispensing ink droplets to the printing medium;
• and
• a drying device disposed downstream of the printing unit;
• wherein the drying device includes:
• a drive roller rotatable in contact with an opposite surface of a printed surface, to which the ink droplets have been dispensed, of the printing medium, while transporting the printing medium along a transport route;
• and
• a warm air blasting unit located opposite the drive roller across the transport route for blowing warm air toward a full width of the printing medium on the transport route;
• the warm air blasting unit including:
• a pair of warm air blasting portions, each having a nozzle case for heating air, the nozzle case forming a blasting port for blowing off warm air toward the transport route, a fan duct attached to the nozzle case for feeding air into the nozzle case, and a blasting fan attached to one end of the fan duct;
• one air intake duct located between the pair of warm air blasting portions in a transport direction of the printing medium and connected to one end of each of the fan ducts of the pair of warm air blasting portions for collecting part of the warm air blown off from the blasting ports of the pair of warm air blasting portions;
• and
• a suction fan disposed at the other end of the one air intake duct which corresponds to the other ends of the fan ducts for feeding ambient air into the one air intake duct.