APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTICOLOR PRINTING FOR CYLINDRICAL MEMBER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately execute multicolor printing of high quality on a cylindrical member, in an apparatus and method for multicolor printing for the member. SOLUTION: The apparatus 10 for multicolor printing on a cylindrical member comprises a plurality of ink adhering steps of adhering different colors to an outer periphery of the member C, and a plurality of ink drying steps of drying the inks adhered to the member C after the adhering steps. The adhering steps each moves a mandrel 24 for holding the cylinder C in an externally inserting state in a circular arc state along an outer periphery of a blanket in the state that an outer periphery of the member C is brought into contact with an outer periphery of the blanket coated with ink and provided on the outer periphery of the blanket cylindrical part 19. In this case, the part 19 is rotated in reverse direction to the moving direction of the mandrel 24 at an axis as a center, and the mandrel 24 is rotated at the axis as a center so that the relative speed between parts in contact with the member C and the blanket becomes zero.