To provide a dryer for a printing machine which can improve quality by conveying papers stably, facilitate maintenance by avoiding enlargement of an apparatus, and reduce costs.

In the dryer for the printing machine having a conveyance chain 17 which holds the front end part of a sheet W printed in a printing part 2 and conveys the sheet W from the printing part 2 to a delivery part 3 and an ultraviolet curing dryer 20 for drying ink applied on the printing surface of the sheet W held by the chain 17 to be conveyed, the chain 17 for conveying the sheet W horizontally, dryer 20 installed on the lower side of the conveyance route of the chain 17, and a vacuum table 21 which is installed on the upper side of the conveyance route of the chain 17 and sucks the conveyed sheet W are provided.