Production method for absorbent article

This invention relates to a method for manufacturing an absorbent article with a predetermined pattern arranged at a predetermined position thereof A method for manufacturing an absorbent article comprising the steps of continuously feeding out a long, extensible, continuous member () from a predetermined position, cutting the continuous member () into lengths (P) each equivalent to a length of one sheet of the absorbent article at a predetermined position, and fixedly arranging the cut continuous member at a predetermined position of the absorbent article, wherein a predetermined pattern is preliminarily printed on the continuous member () at a printing pitch shorter than the cutting length (P) of the continuous member, and the speed for feeding out is controlled such that the predetermined pattern is located at a predetermined part of the cut continuous member, thereby obtaining the absorbent article in which the predetermined pattern is arranged at a predetermined position.