Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a print unit that performs printing onto a medium;
• a first roller that transports the medium along a predetermined transportation path;
• a plurality of second rollers cooperating with the first roller to nip the medium therebetween at a plurality of positions that face the first rollers;
• a third roller disposed downstream relative to the first roller and the second roller in the transportation path so as to hold the medium which has been transported by the first roller and transport the medium to a print path in which printing is performed by the print unit;
• a specific second roller which is a roller located most downstream in the transportation path among the plurality of the second rollers, the specific second roller being displaced between a first position in which the specific second roller cooperates with the first roller to nip the medium therebetween and a second position in which the specific second roller is separated from the first roller and does not hold the medium;
• and
• a control unit that controls each of the roller and the print unit, wherein
• the control unit causes the specific second roller to be displaced from the first position to the second position after the medium is held by the third roller.