PURPOSE: To effectively print ticket paper in a manner that the longitudinal direction of the paper, e.g., periodical railroad thicket, etc., is positioned in parallel with the printing line by a method in which printing for line is made while feeding a ticket paper under the condition that a printing head is stopped and line feeding is made by moving the printing head.

CONSTITUTION: A wire dot type printing head 2 in which dots are aligned at a right angle to the feeding direction 1 of a ticket and an ink ribbon 3, etc., are mounted on a carrier 4, and the carrier 4 is positioned and stopped by a controller 24 at a place where detection signals are sent forth from a sensor 28, or the first printing line position. Then, printing is made while feeding a ticket paper 27 obtained by sending out a given amount of ticket paper 17 and cutting it in the direction of arrow 1 by rolls 13a and 13b driven by a step motor 15. After the printing of data for the first line, the printing head 2 is moved to the second line printing position by the step motor 8, and the ticket paper 27 is set back to the print starting position by reversely turning the step motor 15. Afterwards, printing for the second line is made. These operations are repeated to perform printing for given lines.