Patent ID: 9025196
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing system comprising: a printing device of a digital system that includes a printing head for discharging ink onto a printing target material based on digital data, and a printing unit of a non-digital system, the non-digital system configured to form a print image on the printing target material, and a placement table that includes a reference mark formed in a three-dimensional shape, wherein the placement table is used commonly by the printing device of the digital system during discharging ink onto the printing target material and forming the print image by the printing unit of the non-digital system, the printing unit of the non-digital system includes a fitting portion which is fitted into the reference mark, and the fitting portion and the reference mark are fitted with each other so as to perform positioning of a printing position for forming the print image with the printing unit of the non-digital system when the printing target material is mounted on the placement table, and the printing device of the digital system includes a detecting unit which detects the reference mark, and a controller which controls the printing device of the digital system to perform positioning of a printing position based on a detected result by the detecting unit when the printing target material is mounted on the same placement table.