Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the coating or flocking of articles, especially of textile material, mats, ceramic, plastic, paper, wood, metal or the like, with a container (12) for receiving a flock or coating material, and with a setting device (16) which is arranged on the container (12) and which has a stencil frame (23) having at least one printing motif (27), the setting device (16) receiving at least one adjusting element (32) which acts in the X- and Y-direction and engages on the stencil frame (23), and the setting device (16) comprising arranged fixing elements (34) which are provided outside the stencil frame (23) at least for arranging an aligning device (38) for the stencil frame (23), in order to align the coating or printing motif (27) of the stencil frame (23) in the X- and Y-direction with respect to the fixing elements (34) by means of the aligning device (38).

Abstract: Printing apparatus for objects to be printed, in particular textile objects, ceramic, paper, plastic or the like, having a circular indexing table which rotates about a vertical axis and has a rotary drive, having at least one pallet carrier arranged on the circular indexing table and in each case having a pallet that can be arranged on the pallet carrier, at least one printing unit arranged above the pallets circulating around the vertical axis, the printing unit and the pallet being arranged such that they can move relative to each other in the vertical direction, and the pallet carrier arranged on the circular indexing table assuming a plurality of electrically indexable, stepwise predefinable rotary positions with respect to the printing unit.