PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tablet printing device and printing method which can improve the visibility of printing and the like printed on a tablet surface and improve public recognition of a tablet provider.SOLUTION: A tablet printing device 1 includes: a conveyance disk C which conveys a tablet 3 while suctioning and supporting a side surface 5 of the tablet 3； and ink jet heads 4, 6 which can perform printing processing to the side surface 5 and front and rear surfaces 7a, 7b of the tablet 3 conveyed by the conveyance disk C. The tablet 3 is transferred from a conveyance disk A to a conveyance disk B by a tablet delivery part 8a and is transferred from the conveyance disk B to the conveyance disk C by a tablet delivery part 8b. The tablet 3 is suctioned and supported in a state where a large portion of the side surface 5 and the entire front and rear surfaces 7a, 7b are exposed by a suction hole 28 formed on an end surface Xc of the conveyance disk C. A provider name and the like are printed on the side surface 5 of the tablet 3 by the ink jet head 4, and active ingredient name and volume are printed on the front and rear surfaces 7a, 7b by the ink jet head 6.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】錠剤面に記載された印字等の視認性向上を図ると共に、錠剤提供元の認知度向上を図り得る錠剤印刷装置・印刷方法を提供する。【解決手段】錠剤印刷装置１は、錠剤３の側面５を吸着支持しつつ錠剤３を搬送する搬送ディスクＣと、搬送ディスクＣによって搬送される錠剤３の側面５や表裏面７ａ,７ｂに対し印刷処理が可能なインクジェットヘッド４,６を有する。錠剤３は、錠剤受け渡し部８ａにて、搬送ディスクＡから搬送ディスクＢに移され、錠剤受け渡し部８ｂにて、搬送ディスクＢから搬送ディスクＣに移される。錠剤３は、搬送ディスクＣの端面Ｘｃに形成された吸着孔２８によって、側面５の大部分と表裏面７ａ,７ｂ全体が露出した状態で吸着支持され、インクジェットヘッド４により錠剤３の側面５に提供元名等が、インクジェットヘッド６により表裏面７ａ,７ｂに有効成分名や容量が印刷される。【選択図】図１
