Patent ID: 7849793

Claim:
A double-sided stencil printing apparatus, comprising: plate making means that forms masters divided into front and rear surfaces along a direction of transport of a stencil blank sheet; transport means that transports a sheet and includes a transport belt, a suction fan, and a stopper, said stopper receiving, contacting, and holding the sheet printed on a front side thereof, when printing on both sides of the sheet by interchanging the front and rear sides thereof; a stopper release mechanism that releases the contact between the sheet and the stopper to print on the rear side of the sheet; a press roller that presses against the interchanged front and rear sides of the sheet that is to be printed; and a resist roller that brings the sheet into contact with the press roller when printing the rear side, wherein the transport means re-supplies the sheet to a printing position of the apparatus with the front and rear sides of the sheet being reversed to print on the rear side of the sheet, and wherein the transport belt is operated after the contact between the stopper and the sheet is released using an operation command signal of the resist roller as a reference.