To prevent traces from being left on paper by an intermittent feeder, and to reduce costs.

In this variable printing machine wherein the intermittent feeders for intermittently feeding the paper to a printing part in synchronization with variable printing operations in the printing part are arranged on upstream and downstream sides of the printing part capable of doing variable printing, the intermittent feeders 6a and 6b are composed of two feed rolls 8a and 8b which are rotated in directions opposite to each other in a vertically separated state, and retaining rolls 9a and 9b which are brought into rolling contact with the respective feed rolls, and the paper S is run on both the rolls in an S-shape.In this variable printing machine wherein the intermittent feeders for intermittently feeding the paper to a printing part in synchronization with variable printing operations in the printing part are arranged on upstream and downstream sides of the printing part capable of doing variable printing, the intermittent feeders 6a and 6b are composed of two feed rolls 8a and 8b which are rotated in directions opposite to each other in a vertically separated state, and retaining rolls 9a and 9b which are brought into rolling contact with the respective feed rolls, and the paper S is run on both the rolls in an S-shape.