Patent ID: 7287465
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: B41L

Abstract:
1. A stencil printing machine having first and second printing drums, which makes first and second stencil sheets based on original images, winds the first and second stencil sheets around the first and second printing drums respectively, and presses print sheets on the first and second printing drums to print the original images onto the print sheets, the stencil printing machine comprising: an operator for allowing a user to input a first number of print sheets consisting of first printed sheets and a second number of print sheets consisting of second printed sheets with respect to each group; a group-printing setting information storage unit for storing the first number of print sheets and the second number of print sheets with respect to each group inputted by the operator; and a controller configured to control an operation of the stencil printing machine so as to perform a printing operation of firstly allowing the first printing drum to print the first printed sheets by the first number of print sheets stored in the group-printing setting information storage unit and subsequently allowing either the second printing drum only or the first and second printing drums to print the second printed sheets by the second number of print sheets stored in the group-printing setting information storage unit, wherein the printing operation is carried out with respect to each group.