Abstract: Printing apparatus for objects to be printed, in particular textile objects, ceramic, paper, plastic or the like, having a circular indexing table which rotates about a vertical axis and has a rotary drive, having at least one pallet carrier arranged on the circular indexing table and in each case having a pallet that can be arranged on the pallet carrier, at least one printing unit arranged above the pallets circulating around the vertical axis, the printing unit and the pallet being arranged such that they can move relative to each other in the vertical direction, and the pallet carrier arranged on the circular indexing table assuming a plurality of electrically indexable, stepwise predefinable rotary positions with respect to the printing unit.