Abstract: An apparatus for processing preliminary products in the graphics industry with the preliminary products at a standstill in a processing position, includes a conveyor by which the preliminary products can be transported in a transporting direction, along a transporting section, into the processing position, a drive that operates the conveyor, a detector that detects a respective preliminary product en route along the transporting section, and a controller that is linked up with the detector and the drive and by which the drive can be brought to a temporary standstill when the respective preliminary product reaches the processing position. On account of stops not being present, the preliminary products remain intact at least along their leading edges, as seen in the transporting direction, there are no marks on these edges, and the set-up times during a changeover of the format of the preliminary products are relatively short.