Patent ID: 6631674
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B41L

Abstract:
A stencil printing machine having a plurality of printing drums, each printing drum capable of having a stencil sheet mounted thereon wherein the stencil sheet has been made based on data to be printed, the stencil printing machine for performing a stencil printing process by pressing a printing paper delivered on each printing drum and for disposing of a used stencil sheet from each printing drum, the stencil printing machine further comprising:a mode designation section designating operation modes including a first operating mode in which the stencil printing process is a process of a plurality of printing information including common printing data and a second operating mode in which the stencil printing process is not a process of a plurality of printing information; and a control section controlling operations of a stencil making process, a stencil disposal process, and a stencil printing process for the printing information according to an instruction from the mode designation section, wherein the control section controls that both the stencil disposal process and the stencil making process are not performed for a printing drum on which the stencil sheet made for the common printing data is mounted when the first operating mode is designated.