CPC B41F 17/001 (2013.01) [B41F 16/0086 (2013.01); B41F 17/30 (2013.01); B41M 1/40 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printing pad having a printing surface that is deformable to conform to a shape of a surface to be printed;
a printing original plate having a placement surface on which ink is placed;
a printing original plate stage on which the printing original plate is placed;
a printing stage on which an item to be printed having the surface to be printed is placed and fixed;
a head configured to print an image on the printing original plate by an ink jet system; and
a cleaning device configured to remove from the printing surface, by pressure of the printing pad against a surface of the cleaning device, substance on the printing surface remaining after printing,
the printing pad being configured to be moveable between an area above the printing original plate stage, an area above the printing stage, and an area above the cleaning device, and being configured to move perpendicularly to and vertically from and to the printing original plate stage, the printing stage, and the cleaning device,
the head including
a plurality of storage portions configured to store a plurality of inks including intermediate color ink, and
nozzles configured to discharge each of the plurality of inks toward the printing original plate, wherein
each of the plurality of storage portions includes a respective plurality of sub-storage portions configured to store each of a plurality of inks that are allowed to be mixed together in the respective storage portion of the plurality of storage portions.
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