Patent ID: 7117786

Claim:
A stencil printing machine, comprising: a rotatable printing drum including an outer peripheral wall of ink impermeable material, wherein a stencil paper is mounted on the surface of the outer peripheral wall; an ink supplying mechanism including an ink supplying unit in the outer peripheral wall of the printing drum, configured to supply ink from the ink supplying unit to the surface of the outer peripheral wall; a pressure roller configured to press a fed print medium against the outer peripheral wall; an ink volume timer for measuring a time needed for supplying ink; and a controller, for initial printing operation after stencil paper is mounted on the printing drum, for supplying an amount of ink which is larger than an amount of ink which is supplied for second and proceeding printing operations based on time data from the ink volume timer while rotating the printing drum at a speed which is slower than a speed at which second and proceeding printing operations are performed.