Printing method, printing apparatus

To enable UV ink to be reliably transferred from a blanket roller 2 to a board B without requiring material different from that of the UV ink. A first ink layer L1 and a second ink layer L2 are formed on a blanket roller 2 in this order in an overlapped state. Further, the first ink layer L1 is cured in advance before the formation of the second ink layer L2 by being irradiated with light. Thus, on the blanket roller 2, the cured first ink layer L1 and the uncured second ink layer L2 which has not been irradiated with UV light are laminated in this order. Then, by bringing the uncured second ink layer L2 into contact with the board B, the first ink layer L1 and the second ink layer L2 are transferred from the blanket roller 2 to the board B. In this manner, it becomes possible to reliably transfer UV ink from the blanket roller 2 to the board B without requiring material different from that of the UV ink.