Abstract: A platen for a printer includes a tubular body section, shaft sections extending from opposite ends of the body section away from each other and coaxially with the body section and an elastic layer provided on an outer periphery of the body section. The shaft sections are smaller in diameter than the body section.

Abstract: An offset printer having a printing section and a plate making section in a unitary assembly. The plate making section is located above the printing section. The printing section includes a plate drum, a rubber drum, and a press drum. The press drum is disposed above and at a predetermined angle relative to the rubber drum. The diameter of the press drum is at least two times as great as the diameter of the rubber drum.

Abstract: A paper bail in a printer having a platen includes two bail levers rotatably mounted on the printer and pressed toward the platen by a spring. An elongate bail plate is formed as a flat metal sheet having a L-shaped section, one side of which extends substantially transverse to a line connecting the bail plate with a rotational axis of the bail levers. A bail roller on the bail plate is mounted thereon by an elastic member capable of permitting only axial movement of the bail roller when the bail roller is out of contact with the platen, and permitting only rotational movement of the bail roller when the bail roller is in contact with the platen.