A printing apparatus includes a medium support portion which supports a medium, and can move in a movement direction; a printing unit which can print an image on the medium; a housing portion which accommodates the printing unit, and includes an opening portion to or from which the medium support portion can advance or retreat at one side in the movement direction; and a cover portion which can cover the opening portion, in which the cover portion covers the opening portion when the medium support portion enters inside the opening portion.