PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD

To obtain a printing apparatus and a printing method in which a print image formed on a printing original plate by an ink jet system is transferred to an item to be printed from the printing original plate by using a printing pad with improved accuracy of colors that can be expressed. A printing apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a printing pad having a printing surface that is deformable to conform to a shape of a surface to be printed; a printing original plate having a placement surface on which ink is placed; a printing original plate stage on which the printing original plate is placed; a printing stage on which an item to be printed having the surface to be printed is placed and fixed; and a head configured to print an ink image on the printing original plate by an ink jet system, the printing pad being configured to be moveable between an area above the printing original plate stage and an area above the printing stage, and being configured to move perpendicularly to and vertically from and to the printing original plate stage or the printing stage, the head including a plurality of storage portions configured to store each of a plurality of inks including intermediate color ink, and nozzles configured to discharge each of the plurality of inks toward the printing original plate.