Continuous medium printing apparatus

摘要

Continuous medium printing apparatus is provided which can exert a transporting force to act upon a continuous medium without additional provision of a new tractor mechanism or some other transport mechanism. In the continuous medium printing apparatus, upon automatic loading of a continuous medium (1), a control section (not shown) controls a charging operation of a charging section (212a) so that a leading end portion (1b) of the continuous medium (1) may be electrostatically attracted to an image forming drum (211). The image forming drum (211) to which the continuous medium (1) is attracted is rotated in a printing transporting direction to exert a transporting force to act upon the continuous medium (1) to transport the continuous medium (1) in the printing transporting direction. Such apparatus may be used to print on a continuous medium such as continuous recording paper (continuous paper), for example, by electrophotography.