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<p id="pa01" num="0001">A printing apparatus includes a transport roller which is formed in a cylindrical shape in which a pair of ends of a metal plate faces each other and has a high friction layer transporting a transport medium on an outer circumferential surface thereof; and a printing unit performing printing on the transport medium transported by the transport roller.
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