Patent ID: 7712411
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: B41L

Abstract:
1. A stencil printing apparatus having a plate cylinder that can be attached to and detached from an apparatus main body freely and pressing means provided so as to be free to contact and separate from said plate cylinder, with which duplex printing, in which a rear surface printing step is performed after a front surface printing step, and simplex printing can be performed alternately by wrapping a duplex master formed with a first engraved image and a second engraved image in a length direction thereof around said plate cylinder during duplex printing, and wrapping a simplex master formed with a third engraved image for simplex printing around said plate cylinder during simplex printing, said stencil printing apparatus comprising: a storage unit for storing master identification information, indicating whether said master is engraved with duplex printing images or a simplex printing image during engraving, in association with plate cylinder identification information; and control means for selecting a duplex printing mode or a simplex printing mode on the basis of at least plate cylinder identification information obtained anew when an operation command or a plate cylinder attachment/detachment command is input into said apparatus, and said master identification information stored in said storage unit in association with said plate cylinder identification information.