Double-sided printing apparatus

摘要

The present invention is made to provide a double-sided printing apparatus at a relatively lower cost having little possibilities of dust generation or slowing feed speed of a continuous paper without complex mechanical structure nor control process, which includes: a first printer (2A) including a first transporting unit (5); a first recording unit (21) disposed on upper or lower side of a transportation path of a recording medium (11), the recording medium being horizontally transported from the first transporting unit; and a first discharging unit (7) for discharging the recording medium after printing; a second printer (2B) including a second transporting unit (5); a second recording unit (21) disposed on upper or lower side of the transportation path of the recording medium horizontally transported from the first transporting unit, wherein the second recording unit is disposed on the same side where the first recording unit is disposed; and a second discharging unit (7) for discharging the recording medium; and a guiding path (43) disposed from the first discharging unit to the second discharging unit through which the recording medium printed by the first recording unit is guided, wherein surface of the recording medium is maintained in a plane while the recording medium is guided by the guiding path.