PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing method that can control the top and bottom of the printing of front and rear sides of a secant tablet so as to be arranged.SOLUTION: A printing method includes the steps of: extracting a secant angle of one face of a secant tablet in a first carrier transferring the secant tablet to a second carrier and extracting the secant angle of the other face assuming an angle range of 180° ± a required angle as a setting angle range to the other face based on the secant angle extracted in the second carrier printing with a printed pattern corresponding to the angle of the secant of the printed pattern being set every required angle in the setting angle range transferring the secant tablet to the third carrier and extracting the secant angle of one face comparing the angle of the secant extracted when transferring the secant tablet with the secant angle extracted in the first carrier printing with a printed pattern of the angle if the former is present in the vicinity of the latter angle and considering the extracted angle to be the angle reversing by 180° if it is estranged beyond the required angle, and printing with the printed pattern of the angle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】割線錠剤の表裏面の印字の天地が揃うように制御できる印刷方法を提供する。【解決手段】第1の搬送体において割線錠剤の一方の面の割線角度を抽出し、割線錠剤を第2の搬送体へ移行させて他方の面の割線角度を抽出し、第2の搬送体において抽出した割線角度を基に他方の面に対し180°の角度範囲±所要角度を設定角度範囲とし、設定角度範囲で所要の角度毎に設定されている印刷パターンの割線の角度に対応する印刷パターンで印刷し、割線錠剤を第3の搬送体へ移行させ、一方の面の割線角度を抽出し、割線錠剤を移行させたときに抽出した割線の角度を第1の搬送体において抽出した割線角度と比較し、前者が後者の角度の近傍であれば、その角度の印刷パターンで印刷し、所要角度を超えて乖離していれば抽出角度を180°反転させた角度と見做してその角度の印刷パターンで印刷する。【選択図】図3
