Abstract: Apparatus for makeready of a business forms press having an unwind apparatus (12) for supporting a rolled web (20) of material and having a plurality of rotatable members in spaced alignment defining a path for the web and arranged to perform operations on said web such as printing (22, 23), perforating (45), numbering (35), punching (40, 42) or slitting, wherein the members are rotated in synchronism and are adjustable laterally and/or circumferentially with respect to the web path, is disclosed as comprising markings (90) and scales (110) establishing a reference position in the unwind apparatus for the rolled web and further devices (125, 230, 250, 270, 297, 327) establishing separate side reference positions for each of said rotatable members which has a lateral adjustment with respect to the unwind reference position, and further markings and scales (128, 222, 247, 272, 298, 308) establishing a circumferential reference position for each of said rotatable members with respect to each other.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for makeready of a web press having an unwind apparatus for supporting a rolled web of material and having a plurality of rotatable members in spaced alignment defining a path for the web and arranged to perform operations on said web such as printing, perforating, numbering, punching or slitting, wherein the members are rotated in synchronism and are adjustable laterally and/or circumferentially with respect to the web path, is disclosed as comprising markings and scales establishing a reference position in the unwind apparatus for the rolled web and establishing separate side reference positions for each of said rotatable members which has a lateral adjustment with respect to the unwind reference position, and further markings and scales establishing a circumferential reference position for each of said rotatable members with respect to each other.

Abstract: An improved knife mounting arrangement is provided for a rotary cutter or perforator having a cutter cylinder with a longitudinally extending slot and a knife blade located in said slot. The back edge of the blade is spaced from the bottom of the slot and the cutting edge of the blade protrudes from the slot. A wedging member is fitted in the slot to clamp the blade in a seated position to cooperate with an external anvil. Preloading springs act on the wedging member with a force sufficient to retain the blade during mounting and seating operations, while allowing limited movement of the knife blade into the slot. Holding bolts act on the wedging member in addition to the preloading springs to secure the position of the knife blade after it is seated against an anvil.