Printing apparatus and method of producing printed object

A method of producing a printed object by pressing a printing surface of a printing pad against a surface to be printed of the object to be printed to transfer ink deposited on the printing surface, thereby forming an ink layer on the surface to be printed, the printing surface of the printing pad having irregularities, the method comprising:

• depositing the ink on a surface of a printing original plate in such a manner as to also adopt to solid printing in which a predetermined print region of the surface of the object is filled with ink without any gaps, by sliding a squeegee along a surface of a screen after the ink is deposited on the screen, and causing the ink to pass through openings provided in the screen;
• transferring the ink deposited on the printing original plate to the printing surface by pressing the printing surface against the printing original plate on which the ink is deposited;
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• pressing the printing surface against the surface of the object to be printed while deforming the printing surface in such a manner as to conform to the surface of the object, thereby forming the ink layer.