A gravure printing plate used for transferring a paste film onto a printing target material through gravure printing, the plate comprising:
- an image section to which a printing paste for forming the paste film is supplied,
- wherein the image section is provided with banks and a plurality of substantially recess-shaped cells defined by the banks;
- and
- a plurality of the cells being provided with a projecting portion that projects from a part of a bottom surface of the cell, each projecting portion being distant from the banks and being provided in such a location that a distance from the projecting portion to an outer edge of the image section is shorter than a distance from the projecting portion to the nearest bank.