Patent ID: 7739950

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component, comprising: a preparation step of preparing a long composite sheet including a supporting film and a ceramic green sheet disposed on the supporting film; a first gravure-printing step of applying first paste to the ceramic green sheet in a first region of the ceramic green sheet by gravure printing; and a second gravure-printing step of applying second paste to the ceramic green sheet in a second region of the ceramic green sheet by gravure printing; wherein a first print mark is formed on the ceramic green sheet or the supporting film in the first gravure-printing step; a second print mark is formed on the ceramic green sheet or the supporting film in the second gravure-printing step; and actual transit times of the first and the second print marks formed in the first and the second gravure-printing steps, respectively, are compared with desired transit times of the first and the second print marks, and a subsequent second gravure-printing step is performed in accordance with the result of the comparison.