Patent ID: 8714083

Claim:
An ink transfer member position adjusting method of a rotary stencil printing press including, a stencil printing plate cylinder which supports a stencil printing plate and is supported rotatably, and an ink transfer member which is located within the stencil printing plate cylinder and, when printing is done, contacts an inner peripheral surface of the stencil printing plate to transfer ink stored within the stencil printing plate cylinder to a material to be printed via holes of the stencil printing plate and, when printing is stopped, leaves the inner peripheral surface of the stencil printing plate, the method comprising: performing, by a motor, movement of the ink transfer member to a position for replacement of the ink transfer member, movements of the ink transfer member to a position of a throw-off, different from the position for replacement, with respect to the inner peripheral surface of the stencil plating plate, movement of the ink transfer member to a position of a throw-on with respect to the inner peripheral surface of the stencil printing plate, and adjustment of the position of the throw-on.