PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tablet printing apparatus and tablet manufacturing method which can perform proper processing to tablets by conveying the tablets by surely spacing them.SOLUTION: A tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyance device 20 which conveys tablets Tb a supply device 10 which supplies the tablets Tb to the conveyance device 20 and a printing unit 50 which performs printing on the tablets Tb conveyed by the conveyance device 20. The supply device 10 includes: a movement path part 12 in which the tablets Tb move toward the conveyance device 20 a standby part 13 which is provided at the end on the conveyance device 20 side of the movement path part 12 and in which the tablets Tb stand by and a supply part 14 which supplies the tablets Tb to the conveyance device 20 by discharging the tablets Tb standing by in the standby part 13 to a position where a gap according to the length in the conveyance direction of the tablet Tb occurs between the tablet Tb and the tablet Tb sequentially conveyed by the conveyance device 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】錠剤を、確実に間隔を空けて搬送させて、錠剤に対して適正な処理を行うことができる錠剤印刷装置及び錠剤製造方法を提供する【解決手段】錠剤Tbを搬送する搬送装置20と、搬送装置20に錠剤Tbを供給する供給装置10と、搬送装置20に搬送されている錠剤Tbに印刷する印刷部50と、を有し、供給装置10は、錠剤Tbが搬送装置20に向かって移動する移動経路部12と、移動経路部12の搬送装置20側の端部に設けられ、錠剤Tbが待機する待機部13と、搬送装置20に順次搬送される錠剤Tbと錠剤Tbの間に、錠剤Tbの搬送方向の長さに応じた間隔が生じる位置に、待機部13に待機している錠剤Tbを排出することにより、搬送装置20に錠剤Tbを供給する供給部14とを有する。【選択図】図2
