Abstract: A drying apparatus includes a heating mechanism arranged so as to heat a medium supported by a support surface, an air sending path that includes an air intake port through which outside air is introduced and an air outlet port that opens to the support surface, and an air blower arranged so as to flow gas in the air sending path toward the air outlet port. The air sending path may include an inside layer that can suppress ventilation and a heat insulating layer that is arranged superimposed on an outside of the inside layer.

Abstract: A printing apparatus capable of properly drying a medium includes a printing mechanism configured to print an image on the medium with a desired number of passes, a medium transporter configured to intermittently transport the medium by a transportation amount based on the desired number of passes of the printing mechanism, and a dryer configured to heat the medium on which printing has been performed by discharging a liquid from the printing mechanism. The plurality of patches with a different amount of liquid discharged from the printing mechanism are printable on the medium. The plurality of patches include a reference patch and a pseudo patch. The reference patch includes a first amount of liquid, and the pseudo patch includes a second amount of liquid that is determined with reference to the first amount of liquid, based on numbers of passes settable in the printing mechanism.

Abstract: An adjustment method of a printing apparatus capable of properly drying a medium is provided. An adjustment method of a printing apparatus is provided and the adjustment method includes printing on a medium a plurality of patches having different amounts of liquid discharged from a printing unit, and adjusting a heating temperature of a drying unit configured to heat the medium by referring to correspondence data indicating a correspondence relationship between the heating temperature of the drying unit and an amount of evaporation of the liquid caused by the drying unit, based on a dry condition of the patch that have been subjected to drying by the drying unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing portion that performs printing on a medium transported in a transport direction, a transport roller that supports the medium, a pressing roller that is capable of rotating with a width direction set as an axial direction and that press the medium down toward the transport roller, and a roller support portion that supports the pressing rollers so as to be capable of revolving with an axis of revolution, which is an axis of revolution in which a direction that intersects both directions of the transport direction and the width direction set as an axial direction thereof and which is positioned between an end portion of a first end side and an end portion of a second end side in the axial direction of the pressing rollers, set as a center thereof.