Patent ID: 6371015
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B41C,B41L

Abstract:
A stencil printing apparatus comprising:a plate cylinder having a peripheral surface on which a master is wound and an open part formed for supplying ink to said wound master; a plate preparation mechanism for preparation, conveying, and cutting of said master; a pressing mechanism for contacting/separating a pressing member onto/from said plate cylinder on which said master is wound with interposition of a printing paper; reception/recognition means for receiving plate preparation image data from an external apparatus and converting said plate preparation image data to a raster image, and recognizing whether continuous next plate preparation image data is present during a plate preparation operation or before said plate preparation operation, and transmitting said plate preparation data to a control means; wherein said control means controllably drives said plate preparation mechanism so that when said reception/recognition means recognizes that no continuous next plate preparation image data is present, said master is cut to a length which is sufficient for covering a circumferential length area of the open part of said plate cylinder and said master is wound on said plate cylinder, and when said reception/recognition means recognizes that said continuous next plate preparation image data is present, said master is cut into a length of paper which is shorter than the circumferential length of the open part of said plate cylinder and said master is wound on said plate cylinder.