PRINTING APPARATUS

Provided is a printing device for realizing miniaturization. The printing apparatus (100) includes a printing unit (40), a transport belt (23), a scale portion (75) provided along a transport direction, a measuring unit (85) for measuring a relative moving amount with respect to the scale portion (75), a holding unit (80) which is configured integrally with the measuring unit (85) and in which a state thereof is changeable between a holding state of holding the transport belt (23) and moving along with the transport belt (23) and an unholding state of not holding the transport belt (23), and aswitching unit (74) of switching the state of the holding unit (80) between the holding state and the unholding state, in which at least a part of the holding unit (80) is configured with an elasticmember (83), and the switching unit (74) switches the state of the holding unit (80) from one side to the other side between the holding state and the unholding state using elasticity of the elastic member (83). 提供能够实现小型化的印刷装置