US Patent 7909435 Printing apparatus and printing medium conveying apparatus

A printing apparatus which performs printing by injecting liquid from a liquid injection head onto a printing medium adhered by electrostatic force on the surfaces of a plurality of conveyor belts disposed at predetermined intervals in a direction crossing a printing medium conveyance direction during carry of the printing medium, characterized in that: the printing medium is electrostatically adhered by potential difference produced between the conveyor belts and a contact portion provided in the vicinity of the sides of the conveyor belts in the width direction such that the contact portion contacts the back surface of the printing medium and does not contact the surfaces of the conveyor belts.