A tablet printing device according to a mode of embodiment of the present invention includes: a conveying device which holds by suction and conveys successively supplied tablets； a printing head H which is provided facing the conveying device and which prints onto the conveyed tablets； a detecting device which detects the attitude of each tablet on the upstream side of the printing head H； and a print state verifying device 33 which verifies a print state of each tablet on the downstream side of the printing head H. The tablet printing device causes the suction force acting on the tablets in at least a region from a detecting position to a print state verifying position to be lower than in other regions.提供一種，藉由適切地控制為了錠劑的吸引保持而被使用的空氣之吸引，可實現印刷品質之維持的錠劑印刷裝置及錠劑印刷方法。 實施形態所述之錠劑印刷裝置，係具有：輸送裝置，係將被依序供給的錠劑予以吸引保持而輸送；和印刷頭(H)，係對向於輸送裝置而被設置，對被輸送之錠劑進行印刷；和偵測裝置，係在比印刷頭(H)還靠近上游側而偵測錠劑之姿勢；和印刷狀態確認裝置(33)，係在比印刷頭(H)還靠近下游側而確認印刷狀態。該錠劑印刷裝置，係至少使從偵測位置至印刷狀態確認裝置為止之領域中的對錠劑之吸引力，降到比其他領域還低。
