A printing apparatus includes a transport belt that transports a sheet, a charging roller that supplies an electric charge to the transport belt, a print head that causes ink to be attached to a printing surface of the sheet electrostatically adsorbed on the transport belt, a charge eliminating unit that is displaceable between a charge elimination position and a retreated position and that eliminates the electric charge from the printing surface by coming in contact with the printing surface of the sheet, and a charge elimination control device that controls the position of the charge eliminating unit.