A printing apparatus (10) for printing an image on a receiving substrate (20) including ink application means (11) for imagewise applying liquid side of the receiving substrate; a drying section (12) for drying the receiving substrate after the ink application; transportation means (13,14,15) for transporting the receiving substrate along a path (30 36) past the ink application mean (11) and through the drying section (12); wherein the path (30 36) has a path section (30 36) between a first position (P1,P2) at the ink application means (11) and a second position (P3 P7) downstream the first position (P1,P2), the path section (30 36) having first (30) and second (32) substantially straight portions and a convex curve (31) between the first (30) and second (32) substantially straight portions.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Divisional application of patent application Ser. No. 09/781,861, filed Feb. 12, 2001, entitled "Compact Printing Apparatus and Method", now U.S. Pat. No. 6,782,822 which claims benefit of 60/188,947 filed Mar. 13, 2000.
