To provide printing equipment with a plurality of plate cylinders such as stencil printing equipment, in which the plurality of plate cylinders can be driven in conjunction with each other and, at the same time, the waste of energy can be prevented or suppressed from developing when the plate cylinder out of use exists.

This printing equipment 100 has the plurality of plate cylinders 1A and 1B, a driving force transmitting means 49 enabling to drive the plurality of plate cylinders 1A and 1B together and a driving interrupting means 70 for interrupting the transmission of the driving force to at least one plate cylinder 1B included in the plurality of plate cylinders 1A and 1B by the driving force transmitting means 49. The printing method using this printing equipment 100 is dealt.