Abstract: A suction-type sheet-separating device for a feeder of a printing press has suction-type grippers for lifting off an uppermost sheet from a pile of sheets and for transferring the lifted-off sheet to a transporting device for conveying the lifted-off sheet in a sheet travel direction towards a printing unit of the printing press. The suction-type grippers are disposed above the pile of sheets in the vicinity of the trailing edge of each sheet and when suction air is applied thereto, they initially grip the uppermost sheet and then execute a prestroke to a first height. The device includes a lifting gear drive and a horizontal carrying shaft parallel to the trailing edge of the sheet and carrying the suction-type grippers, the suction-type grippers being aligned with respect to the carrying shaft.