US Patent 7430962 Printing device and printing method using the same

A printing device and a printing method using the same is disclosed. An air pocket is formed in a cliché stage to prevent a cleaning solution from permeating into a space between the cliché stage and a cliché plate, thereby preventing a lower surface of the cliché plate from being contaminated. The printing device comprises a cliché stage for fixation of a cliché plate, a plurality of vacuum holes disposed in the cliché stage for providing a vacuum to fix of the cliché plate to the cliché stage; and an air pocket surrounding the plurality of vacuum holes for providing air to minimize permeation of a cleaning solution into a space between the cliché plate and the cliché stage.