To prevent deterioration of the surface conditions of a blanket due to absorption of a solvent.
This printing apparatus uses a solvent absorbing mechanism equipped with a solvent absorbing body 3 which can absorb a solvent of a transfer material 8 used for offset printing and with a contact means whereby a blanket 2 receiving the transfer material 8 from an intaglio 9 on the occasion of offset printing and transferring it onto a printing material 10 is brought into rotary contact with the solvent absorbing body 3 in the course from transfer of the transfer material 8 to reception of a subsequent transfer material 8 and the solvent of the transfer material 8 absorbed in the surface of the blanket 2 is made absorbed in the solvent absorbing body 3.
YONEMOTO KAZUNARI
ISHIKAWA NOBUYUKI
NAKAHARA NOBUYUKI