Abstract: A sheet-like object transporting device disclosed herein includes a transport plate having suction holes made penetrating therethrough, a fan that sucks in air through the suction holes, a belt that moves along an upper surface of the transport plate, and a controller. Width of the belt corresponds to width of the transport plate. The belt has an open zone whose form corresponds to a sheet-like object. A sheet-like object is loaded on the transport belt so as to close up the open zone. The belt is moved with the sheet-like object attracted onto it by suction. The sheet-like object is stably held onto the transport belt, contacting the peripheries of the open zone without misalignment, and is stably transported without moving out of position or upward. It is possible to transport a sheet-like object attracted onto the belt, while suppressing suction force wasting.

Abstract: A sheet-like object transporting device disclosed herein includes a transport plate having suction holes made penetrating therethrough, a fan that sucks in air through the suction holes, a belt that moves along an upper surface of the transport plate, and a controller. Width of the belt corresponds to width of the transport plate. The belt has an open zone whose form corresponds to a sheet-like object. A sheet-like object is loaded on the transport belt so as to close up the open zone. The belt is moved with the sheet-like object attracted onto it by suction. The sheet-like object is stably held onto the transport belt, contacting the peripheries of the open zone without misalignment, and is stably transported without moving out of position or upward. It is possible to transport a sheet-like object attracted onto the belt, while suppressing suction force wasting.

Abstract: A printing machine comprises a printing drum rotationally driven around a central axis of itself. The drum has a cylindrical circumferential wall with an ink-permeable image area and an ink supplying device disposed to an inside of the circumferential wall for supplying ink to an inner surface of the circumferential wall. The machine also comprises a rotatable press roller vertically movably disposed below the drum and for sandwiching a printing body between the drum and the press roller. The machine also comprises a first supporting roller and a second supporting roller. The first supporting roller is disposed before the press roller in a printing body conveyance direction. The second supporting roller is disposed after the press roller in the printing body conveyance direction. Both the first and the second rollers are vertically movable in synchronization with a vertical movement of the press roller and supporting the printing body to be movable in the printing body conveyance direction.