The invention relates to a method for printing a cylindrical printing surface of a beverage can with a print image and a beverage can. The method comprises a first and a second printing process, wherein in the first printing process a first section (212) of the printing surface is printed with a first printing process in a first printing machine, in the second printing process a second section (222) of the printing surface is preferably printed with one of the first printing processes different second printing process is printed in a second printing machine, wherein the beverage can is positioned before or in the second printing process in such a way that the second section of the printing surface is aligned in a predetermined position to the first section of the printing surface. The beverage can is printed with this method, the first cutout and the second cutout of the printing surface being arranged in a predetermined position relative to one another.
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