Printing method and printing apparatus

The present invention relates to a printing method for transferring a printing paste retained on a stencil (plate) onto an object on which a print is to be formed and printing apparatus for implementing the printing method. The temperature of a portion that belongs to a stencil and is located in the vicinity of a portion retaining a printing paste is increased to reduce the viscosity of printing paste that adheres to the portion retaining the printing paste, thereby allowing the printing paste to be easily separated from the retaining portion for the achievement of easy printing on an object on which a print is to be formed.