Patent ID: 7617770

Claim:
A stencil printing apparatus capable of performing duplex printing, in which a front surface printing process for printing a front surface image on one surface of a sheet is performed, said sheet is re-fed, and then a rear surface printing process for printing a rear surface image on the other surface of said sheet is performed, comprising: a printing unit including a printing cylinder and a pressing device provided to be free to contact and separate from said printing cylinder; a sheet feeding unit for feeding said sheet toward said printing unit; a sheet re-feeder that temporarily accommodates said sheet after a printed image is formed on said front surface thereof in said printing unit, and that then re-feeds said sheet toward said printing unit; and a controller configured to control at least the printing unit and the sheet feeding unit to set a position of said front surface image and a position of said rear surface image to be formed on said sheet to be moved together by a predetermined amount in an identical direction side of a sheet conveyance direction based on a single selection of an image position adjustment setting by a user.