Patent ID: 6711998
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B41L

Abstract:
A hybrid stencil printing apparatus comprising:a stencil-making/printing unit configured to perforate a stencil sheet corresponding to a first portion of a desired image, to wind the stencil sheet around an outer peripheral surface of a print drum, and to transfer a printing medium to the print drum with pressure, thereby printing said first portion of the desired image on the printing medium during a single transfer operation; an other-method image-formation unit configured to print a second portion of the desired image, in registration with said first portion, on the printing medium transferred during said single transfer operation according to a different printing method from the stencil-making/printing unit; and an image-formation unit selection-unit configured to input an original digital image comprising said first and second portions, to determine whether a color attribute of each image portion of the inputted original digital image is the same color as a color of ink filling the print drum, and to allocate an image portion of the same color as the color of the ink filling the print drum to the stencil-making/printing unit and allocate the other image portion to the other-method image-formation unit based on a determination result.