Abstract: Methods of cleaning a surface with an assembly comprise (i) delivering cleaning fluid to a first portion of a cleaning fabric and/or a first region of the surface; (ii) engaging the first region with the first portion and moving the first portion in a predefined motion; (iii) disengaging the first portion from the first region; (iv) replacing the first portion with a second portion of the cleaning fabric; (v) engaging the first region with the second portion and moving the second portion in a predefined motion; (vi) disengaging the second portion from the first region; (vii) replacing the second portion with a third portion of the cleaning fabric; (viii) moving the assembly relative to the surface and/or moving the surface relative to the assembly; and (ix) repeating steps (i)-(viii) with respect to a second region of the surface and with the third portion and a fourth portion of the cleaning fabric.

Abstract: A device one of adjusts and changes a dampening medium profile, which extends in the direction of a printing width, in a printing unit comprising at least one printing unit cylinder, at least one inking unit which inks the printing unit cylinder, and at least one dampening unit which interacts with one of the printing unit cylinder and the printing unit. A drying device, which extends over the printing width, is provided with a number I(I?, 0>1) of drying elements, the influence of which, on a printing unit surface to be treated, allows moisture to be removed from a number of n(n?, n>1) axial portions aj(j=1, . . . , n) that are offset relative to one another in the direction of the printing width. One of an extent of the influence of the drying device with respect to the axial direction (aj) and the operating state of the drying device can be varied independently of one another.

Abstract: A variable lithographic inking system includes a chamber blade system configured to supply ink to an anilox member of an inking system. The inking system includes a soft ink transfer roll and a hard form roll. Ink is transferred from the anilox roll to the form roll by way of the transfer roll, and from the form roll to a reimageable surface layer of an imaging member of a variable data lithographic system. An ink layer free of ink history is uniformly applied onto a surface of the form roll, and subsequently transferred to the reimageable surface layer while avoiding or substantially eliminating image ghosting related to inking non-uniformities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a substance(s) deposition control device for an offset printing system, characterized in that it comprises:—at least one offset plate intended to receive a wetting liquid and a colored substance in succession,—at least one controlled-deposition means for each offset plate, the deposition means comprising at least one deposition head spraying at least one wetting solution and at least one deposition head spraying a defined colored substance,—at least one means for cleaning the offset plate, and in that the covering of the offset plate or plates comprises a mesh structure defined by a plurality of hydrophilic and lipophilic individual surfaces capable of receiving a controlled deposition of wetting liquid and/or colored substance, each of these hydrophilic and lipophilic surfaces being separated from its direct neighbors by at least one hydrophobic and lipophobic peripheral surface.

Abstract: A printing unit for a printing press includes a plurality of distributor rollers for carrying out an axial movement. At least one of the distributor rollers is associated with a separate drive motor exclusively for driving the axial movement and is adjustable independently of the movements of the other distributor rollers by using a control device.

Abstract: Provided are a roller apparatus, a printing method and a method of fabricating an LCD device using the same, which can minimize the number of processes and a printing defect. In the printing method, first patterns are formed on a blanket. The first patterns have different surface energy from that of the blanket, and the blanket is formed around a roller. The roller is rotated and a printing material is dropped to form second patterns on the blanket between the first patterns. The second patterns are transferred from the roller onto a substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexographic printing plate includes designing a photomask patterned design. The photomask patterned designed is laser-ablated into a thermal imaging layer. The laser-ablated thermal imaging layer is laminated to a top side of a flexographic printing plate substrate. A bottom side of the flexographic printing plate substrate is exposed to UV-A radiation. The top side of the flexographic printing plate substrate is exposed to UV-A radiation. The thermal imaging layer is removed. The flexographic printing plate substrate is developed. A flexographic printing system for printing a photomask includes an ink roll, an anilox roll, a printing plate cylinder, a flexographic printing plate disposed on the printing plate cylinder, and an impression cylinder. The flexographic printing plate comprises embossing patterns corresponding to a photomask patterned design. The flexographic printing plate may be used in a flexographic printing system to manufacture a photomask with flexography.

Abstract: A system comprises an electrophotographic subsystem, a transfer subsystem, an imaging member, and an inking subsystem. The electrophotographic subsystem comprises a photoreceptor, a charging subsystem, an exposure subsystem, and a development subsystem. In operation, the photoreceptor is charged areawise. An exposure pattern is formed by the exposure subsystem on the surface of the charged photoreceptor to thereby write a latent charge image onto the photoreceptor surface. The image is developed with an image defining material, such as a dampening fluid. The image defining material forms a negative pattern of the image to be printed. This negative image is then transferred to the reimageable surface. The negative image is then developed with ink. The inked image may be transferred to a substrate.

Abstract: A film transfer device guides a transfer film at least partly around a transfer cylinder having a channel. As a result of entrainment of the transfer film by an edge region of the channel during indexing, considerable impairment to web tension occurs, requiring an indexing speed to be reduced so as not to cause damage to the film. In order to increase an indexing frequency, in one region, i.e. more precisely in an edge region of the channel of the transfer cylinder, a coating is provided having such a nature that it at least reduces an adhesion of a rear side of the transfer film to the edge region of the channel, i.e. to the transfer cylinder in this case. In this way, the film slides better off the edge region of the channel and a higher indexing speed can be achieved.

Abstract: A flexographic printing unit includes an engraved roll, a form cylinder and an impression cylinder. Axes of rotation of the engraved roll and the form cylinder are disposed in a horizontal plane and axes of rotation of the form cylinder and the impression cylinder are disposed in a vertical plane. The printing unit has at least one knee lever system for applying a pretensioning force to the form cylinder. A narrow web label printing press having at least one flexographic printing unit is also provided.

Abstract: In an exchangeable cylinder type rotary press driven by a prime mover, it is made possible to make a print of any top-bottom length as desired, independently of a gear train that transmits power from the prime mover to an exchange cylinder unit.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for regulating the concentrations of components of additives in a printing process liquid for maintaining predetermined desired concentrations of components of additives in a printing process liquid, wherein the actual concentrations of components are determined followed by redosing of measured components to a predetermined desired concentration. The method is characterized in that the components to be measured are spectroscopically detected. The invention also concerns a device for regulating the concentrations of components of additives in a printing process liquid comprising a measuring means for measuring the concentrations of at least part of the components in the process liquid, comprising a control loop and a means for redosing at least part of the components, wherein the measuring means comprises at least one spectrometer.

Abstract: Provided are a member with recessed portions which solves the problem of fogging, and a method of manufacturing the same. The member with recessed portions, includes: a printing area in which a large number of recessed portions are formed on a surface thereof; and a non-printing area in which the recessed portions are not formed on the surface thereof, the surface being brought into contact with a viscous material so that the viscous material accumulates in the recessed portions, the excess viscous material being scraped off the surface by causing a doctor blade to horizontally stick up on the surface and relatively moving the doctor blade. The member with recessed portions further includes: a base member having the printing area in which the large number of recessed portions are formed on the surface and the non-printing area in which the recessed portions are not formed on the surface; and a DLC coating formed so as to cover the printing area and the non-printing area.

Abstract: A method for producing a pseudo-stochastic master surface for producing a cover or jacket of a cylinder for contacting printing material, includes providing the master surface with a pseudo-stochastic distribution of microsurfaces. The master surface is produced on the basis of a digital master in a jacket preliminary stage and serves for a preferably galvanic production of a microstructured cover, in which structure elevations correlate with the microsurfaces. The pseudo-stochastic distribution helps to avoid disruptive discernible effects, for example the moiré effect and helps to construct the microstructuring in a targeted manner. A master surface, a method for producing a cylinder cover, a cylinder cover, a machine for processing printing material, a method for producing printed products and a method for microstamping printed products, are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anilox roll for a printing apparatus. The anilox roll comprises a cylinder having a surface. The surface comprises a fluid distribution structure for receiving, distributing and transferring a fluid such as an ink. The fluid distribution structure comprises a channel formed in the surface having channel walls. This channel is arranged for distributing the fluid over the fluid distribution structure. The channel comprises channel parts, wherein the courses of connected channel parts are at an angle with respect to each other for preventing a linear distribution of the fluids to be received in a course direction of the channel, allowing a meandering distribution of the fluid to be received in the channel. Side walls of the channel are arranged for allowing a meandering flow of the fluid throughout the fluid distribution surface.

Abstract: A system for coating a printing material with a fluid includes a printing press. The printing press includes a metering apparatus for metering the fluid, which is disposed within the printing press, an intermediate storage container for the intermediate storage of the fluid, which is disposed within the printing press, and a first delivery pump for delivering the fluid from the intermediate storage container to the metering apparatus, which first delivery pump is disposed within the printing press. The metering apparatus, the intermediate storage container and the first delivery pump together form a circuit. A supply storage container stores the fluid and a second delivery pump delivers the fluid from the supply storage container to the intermediate storage container.

Abstract: An offset printing apparatus for transferring a phase change ink onto a print medium, which includes a) a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image; b) an imaging member for accepting the phase change ink image from the phase change ink component, and transferring the phase change ink image from the imaging member to the print medium, the imaging member having i) an imaging substrate, and thereover ii) an optional outer layer; and iii) iii) a release agent material coating, wherein the release agent material coating includes a perfluorinated polyether having a skeleton selected from the group consisting of Formulas I and II and mixtures thereof: CF3—(CF2CF2)m—O—(R1R2O)—(R3R3O)n—(R3O)p—(CF2)q—CF3??Formula I and R1—(CF2CF2)m—O—(R2R2O)n—(R2O)p—(CF2)q—CF3—R1??Formula II.

Abstract: A printing group of a printing press is comprised of a transfer cylinder, a forme cylinder and a first roller of an inking unit. That first inking unit roller cooperates, as an ink application roller, with the forme cylinder. The inking unit is provided with two axially traversing friction cylinders which are serially disposed in the ink path to the forme cylinder. The first inking unit roller has substantially the same diameter as the forme cylinder.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode includes printing an electrode ink on a portion of a substrate using a rotary lithographic printer. The electrode ink is allowed to dry on the substrate. A separator material is printed on the portion of the substrate using the rotary lithographic printer. A sealant wall is printed around the portion of the substrate using the rotary lithographic printer.

Abstract: An imaged plate with an oleophilic resin coating non-ionically adhered on a hydrophilic substrate can be directly processed on-press by the application of disruptive mechanical tension forces to remove the unimaged areas as undissolved particles, using the tack of the ink on-press.

Abstract: On-press development of an imaged printing plate on a plate cylinder, in which ink is applied by an ink form roll, a blanket roll is in contact with the plate, a rubber roll is opposed to the blanket roll, and printable media passes between the blanket roll and the rubber roll. The plate comprises a substrate carrying an imaged coating, in which nonimage areas have cohesion C1, adhesion to the substrate A1, and adhesion to the applied ink A3 and image areas have cohesion C2, adhesion to the substrate A2, and adhesion to the applied ink A4. The ink has cohesion C3 and adhesion A5 to the blanket roll. The nonimage areas have adhesion A6 to the printable medium and the ink has adhesion A7 to the medium. The adhesions and cohesions are such that the blanket roll pulls the ink from the plate and the ink pulls the nonimage areas from the substrate as undissolved particles that are transferred by the blanket with the ink to the printable media.

Abstract: Reusable printing forms and thermal image setting on the printing forms are optimized in terms of performance. The printing form includes a substrate and a thermally insulating layer that is formed on the substrate. The thermally insulating layer includes a multilayer system. The printing form can have images set on it with a low power image setting device since it is possible to effectively prevent heat from dissipating in an undesirably pronounced manner, for example, into a metallic carrier.

Abstract: Methods and systems for flexographic printing are discussed. The methods include removing solvent from a material to be transferred from a donor substrate to a feature of a flexographic printing plate. Solvent is removed from the material prior to transfer to the feature, resulting in improved transfer of the material to the feature. The systems include solvent removal apparatuses for facilitating removal of solvent from the material.

Abstract: Flexographic printing machine consisting of one or more printing stations (100) situated in series, each printing station (100) comprising a frame on which at least one cliché-holder cylinder (102) is assembled, suitable for applying ink, taken from a tank (104) by means of at least one inking cylinder (106) in contact with the cliché-holder (102) and rotating in an opposite direction with respect to this, on a continuous strip (108) of materials to be printed. The strip (108) is moved and kept in contact with the cliché-holder cylinder (102) by means of at least one counter-drum (110) which rotates in an opposite direction with respect to the cliché-holder cylinder (102). In correspondence with the counter-drum (110) downstream with respect to the cliché-holder cylinder (102), there are one or more devices (112) capable of drying, desiccating, polymerizing and/or heating the ink deposited on the strip (108) by the cliché-holder cylinder (102).

Abstract: A product of a web-processing machine includes at least one partial product which is combined in a first format. Another partial product is combined in a second format that is different from the first format. When the two partial products are combined in a final product, one of the partial products protrudes from the other partial product.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method to print objects employing a letterpress or offset printing method. The surface of the object to be printed or the holding device respectively is measured before printing so as to determine deviations of the distance and the parallelism between the impression cylinder and the object accommodated in a holding device. Based on this measuring, the inclination of the impression cylinder and its distance is adjusted by the holding device either before or during printing.

Abstract: A flexographic printing press is comprised of at least four printing cylinders which are each driven by a respective drive motor. These at least four printing cylinders cooperate directly with a common satellite cylinder during the printing of a web of material. Each of these printing cylinders supports at least one flexographic printing plate. Each end journal of such printing cylinder is mounted in at least one linear bearing that is located on a lateral frame, and which can be moved perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the respective cylinder. A stator of each driving motor can be moved along with the associated linear bearing, or along with the printing cylinder. Each such drive motor is configured as a synchronous motor which is excited by a permanent magnet. An independent hydraulic actuator is assigned to each printing cylinder, to change the position of that printing cylinder.

Abstract: A flexographic printing machine including at least one printing unit with an ink roller mounted at one end to a first sliding support and a plate-holding roller mounted at one end to a second sliding support, and at least one guide member for guiding the movements of the supports in directions parallel to an imaginary line which perpendicularly intersects the axes of the ink and plate-holding rollers. In addition, first upper and lower screws are provided parallel to said line above and below the axes of the ink and plate-holding rollers in order to move the first support, and second upper and lower screws are provided parallel to the line above and below the axes of the ink and plate-holding rollers in order to move the second support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a shaftless printing press (1), in which a product (5) is processed during a processing operation by at least one processing device (4a, 4b, 4c), wherein the processing device has at least one driven processing axle (6) as well as at least one further driven axle (11); a processing length (13) of the product (5) is capable of being predetermined by means of the rotary speed (1a, 1b) of the at least one processing axle (6); and the rotary speed (1a, 1b) of the at least one further driven axle (11) is predetermined as a function of the set-point rotary speed (1a, 1b) of the at least one processing axle (6). The present invention further relates to a corresponding printing press, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding computer program product.

Abstract: In a method to produce a printing form for rotogravure, in particular for heliorotogravure, a surface of the formis provided with a wear-resistant layer and the surface is provided with cups. Furthermore, a printing form is provided whereby the surface of the printing form comprises a wear-resistant layer in which the cups, with regard to their depth, are at least partially provided therein. The printing form may be used in a printing device for heliorotogravure.

Abstract: With the method according to the invention for producing a printing plate, in particular for flexoprinting, a layer of a curable elastomer is applied to a carrier (15) with a cylindrical surface area (26), subsequently the elastomer layer is cured to an essentially cylindrical endless printing form blank and possibly ground to a cylindrical peripheral form or processed otherwise, and afterwards the printing form blank (33) is separated along a line which is essentially parallel to the axial direction of the carrier and the printing plate produced in such a manner.

Abstract: A direct-to-press imaging method comprises:

Abstract: A combined lithographic/flexographic printing process having a plurality of successive printing stations for printing color images on a substrate in a continuous in-line process. One of the stations prints a first color image using the flexographic process and at least one of the successive printing stations prints a second color image over the first color image using an offset lithographic process in the continuous in-line process.

Abstract: A rotary printing press for printing on different width paper. The printing press utilizes multiple rotating plate cylinders of different width size housed in an independently rotating magazine which allows for printing on sheet fed or web paper without having to change printing modules or ink transfer cylinders. The multiple rotating cylinders of different width size are engaged with a continuous ink transfer device which transfers the ink from the imaged inked plate to the paper or printed substrate. This press may be utilized to print on both sides of the paper or printed substrate by combining two printing presses on either side of the paper or printed substrate.

Abstract: A rotary press includes a first motor for rotating a first rotary member; a second rotary member rotatable by the first motor and movable in an axial direction thereof; a second motor for moving the second rotary member in the axial direction and rotating the second rotary member; a connecting/disconnecting mechanism for permitting and stopping transmission of rotation from the first motor to the second rotary member; and a clutch for stopping transmission of rotation from the second motor to the second rotary member when the first motor is connected to the second rotary member by the connecting/disconnecting mechanism such that the first motor can rotate the second rotary member and for connecting the second motor with the second rotary member such that the second motor can rotate the second rotary member when transmission of rotation from the first motor to the second rotary member is stopped.

Abstract: A sheet member feeding device comprises a first gear transmitting a driving force to a feeding roller for intermittently feeding a sheet member per a predetermined feeding amount, a second gear having a first mark and a second mark representative of a maximum eccentric position and a minimum eccentric position along a radial direction relative to a predetermined concentric circle in a tooth space, in opposition to each other and directly or indirectly transmitting a driving force to the first gear, a third gear directly or indirectly transmitting driving force from driving means to the second gear, detecting means for detecting the first mark and the second mark in the second gear and transmitting a detection output, and a control portion operating the driving means for performing operation for rotating the second gear through 180° between the first mark and the second mark with respect to feeding for a feeding amount of the sheet member for one time, on the basis of the detection output from the detectin

Abstract: A printing press includes a printing unit, a plate making unit, and a control unit. The printing unit has a plate cylinder. The plate making unit is provided in the printing unit and performs plate making for a plate mounted on an outer surface of the plate cylinder. The plate making unit is supported to be movable between an operative position where it performs plate making while closing at least part of the printing unit, and a wait position where it opens at least part of the printing unit. The control unit selectively operates the printing press at a first speed at which normal printing is performed and a second speed lower than the first speed. The control unit serves to enable the printing press to operate at the first speed when the plate making unit is located at the operative position, and disable the printing press to operate at the first speed when the plate making unit is not located at the operative position.

Abstract: A printing press includes a plate cylinder, a plate making unit, and an adjuster. The plate cylinder is rotatably supported by a frame and has an outer surface on which a plate is mounted. The plate making unit performs plate making for the plate mounted on the plate cylinder. The plate making unit has a support member supported by the frame and an exposure unit. The exposure unit is supported by the support member to be movable in a direction to come close to and separate from the outer surface of the plate cylinder, and has a head which irradiates the plate with a laser beam to print an image on the plate. The adjuster is supported by the plate making unit to be detachable to adjust a position of the exposure unit with respect to the support member.

Abstract: A block copy sheet for lithographic printing plate to be interposed between a plate cylinder and a lithographic printing plate having a front surface and a back surface, at least the back surface being made of a material other than metals, wherein the block copy sheet have convex portions provided on a surface thereof, the convex portions having a predetermined shape so as to concave the back surface of the lithographic printing plate when pressed against the back surface of the lithographic printing plate, and wherein (1) the convex portions comprises a composite particle having protrusions provided on the surface thereof and having a hardness greater than that of the back surface of the lithographic printing plate and a particle diameter of from 1 &mgr;m to 100 &mgr;m, or (2) the convex portions comprises non-spherical fillers having an average length of from 1 &mgr;m to 200 &mgr;m and the contact area of the convex portions and the back surface of the lithographic printing plate is from 0.6% to 3.

Abstract: An elongated web of lithographic printing plate stock is intermittently fed to the drum of an external drum imaging device. The web is then cut to form the trailing end of an individual printing plate either before or after the leading end is clamped to the drum. The drum is then rotated such that the plate is wrapped around the drum and the trailing end is clamped to the drum.

Abstract: A printing press for newspaper production comprises several printing units each having two plate cylinders for concurrently printing on both sides of a web, each plate cylinder having several predefined plate-mounting positions. The control system includes an assignment controller for putting out ASSIGNMENT INFO indicative of how all the printing plates to made for each newspaper issue are assigned to the plate-mounting positions on the plate cylinders. A plate-maker controller provides CONTENTS INFO indicative of at least the page number of each printing plate being made. In response to the ASSIGNMENT INFO and CONTENTS INFO a printer controller produces POSITION INFO indicative of the desired plate-mounting positions on each plate cylinder to which the printing plates are to be mounted, causing a printer to print the POSITION INFO on each printing plate that has been made.

Abstract: A sheet-fed printing machine having a control console at the downstream end of a sheet transfer system which transfers printed sheets to a delivery unit. The control console has an inclined proof sheet support surface disposed in direct overlying relation to the delivery unit and sheet transfer system upon which a proof sheet withdrawn from the delivery unit may be positioned and assessed for quality. The support surface further includes control elements for directly adjusting and controlling printing quality based upon assessment of the proof sheet. With the control console support surface in overlying relation to the sheet transfer system and the delivery unit, the support surface is at a height which can be comfortably used by an operator of average height and does not impede access to the end of the printing machine nor increase its overall length.

Abstract: A rotary press includes a first motor for rotating a first rotary member; a second rotary member rotatable by the first motor and movable in an axial direction thereof; a second motor for moving the second rotary member in the axial direction and rotating the second rotary member; a connecting/disconnecting mechanism for permitting and stopping transmission of rotation from the first motor to the second rotary member; and a clutch for stopping transmission of rotation from the second motor to the second rotary member when the first motor is connected to the second rotary member by the connecting/disconnecting mechanism such that the first motor can rotate the second rotary member and for connecting the second motor with the second rotary member such that the second motor can rotate the second rotary member when transmission of rotation from the first motor to the second rotary member is stopped.

Abstract: A rotary printing machine for the printing of synthetic cork stoppers of the type having a surface which is normally non-ink receptive. A Ferris wheel mechanism is provided, having a plurality of evenly spaced carriers mounted a predetermined radial distance from and parallel to the axis of rotation for the Ferris wheel mechanism, each carrier for rotatably holding a synthetic cork stopper. An indexing drive system controls incremental rotation of the Ferris wheel mechanism through a predetermined sequence of steps, and a cork feeder introduces a single synthetic cork stopper into each of the carriers as empty ones of the carriers are presented one-by-one at the cork feeder. A corona discharger treats the surface of each synthetic cork stopper prior to being printed with sufficient energy to alter the surface energy of the cork sufficiently to permit receptivity of printing ink. A rotary printing system rotatably imprints with ink the surface of each held synthetic cork stopper with an image.

Abstract: Separate air curtains of low pressure, high flow volume air are discharged onto the leading inking form roller on the feeder side and onto the trailing inking form roller on the delivery side of the plate cylinder to evaporate water entrained with the ink and which has migrated from the printing plate to the inking form rollers as a result of uneven application of water to the plate cylinder. A pair of elongated distribution manifolds are mounted on the press in proximity to the inking form rollers, one manifold directing a curtain of air onto the inking form roller and adjacent vibrator roller on the feeder side, and the other manifold directing a curtain of air onto the inking form roller and adjacent vibrator roller on the delivery side of the plate cylinder.

Abstract: An automatic control apparatus in a printing press includes plate replacing units, an ink presetting portion, and a test printing control unit and a CPU. Each plate replacing unit mounts a printing plate on a circumferential surface of a plate cylinder. The ink presetting portion forms, in a roller group of an ink supply unit, an ink film thickness distribution corresponding to an image of the printing plate which is to be mounted on the plate cylinder. The test printing control unit and the CPU control the plate replacing units and the ink presetting portion to automatically perform, as a series of work steps, at least a mounting operation of mounting the printing plate on the plate cylinder and a forming operation of forming the ink film thickness distribution corresponding to the image of the printing plate.

Abstract: A printing unit of a rotary printing press utilizes a "waterless" planographic printing plate which is fastened on a printing cylinder. This "waterless" planographic printing plate receives ink from a short inking unit and directly prints a material to be printed. An additional printing cylinder, that is also equipped with a "waterless" planographic printing plate, acts as the counterpressure cylinder.

Abstract: A side wall of a printing unit of a sheet-fed rotary printing press is composed of a plurality of in-line printing units in accordance with unit construction principles. The side wall has a torsionally rigid side-wall body formed with a boxlike cross-sectional profile open on one side thereof and has a frame extending somewhat transversely to a plane wherein the side wall is disposed. The frame is formed with at least one recess through which gear wheels of a gear-wheel drive train are at least engageable or possess a kinking and back-springing course, respectively, between an upper structural region and a lower structural region of the side wall, including a removable lid ribbed on an inner side thereof and being disposed on the frame in the lower structural region wherein bearings for printing cylinders are received and at an open side of the boxlike cross-sectional profile for stiffening the frame. The frame is formed with recesses in the lower structural region thereof.

Abstract: Device for wrapping a flexible print image carrier around a printing form cylinder installed in a printing press, having a rewinding mechanism including a first winding spool for unwinding a print image carrier which is windable onto an outer cylindrical surface of the printing form cylinder, and a second winding spool for winding up the print image carrier from the outer cylindrical surface of the printing form cylinder, both of the winding spools being jointly disposed in a cavity formed in the interior of the printing form cylinder, the cavity having a single opening thereto formed in the outer cylindrical surface of the printing form cylinder, the print image carrier being windable from the first winding spool through the single opening onto the outer cylindrical surface of the printing form cylinder and being windable from the outer cylindrical surface of the printing form cylinder through the single opening onto the second winding spool, includes a bearing member supporting the rewinding mechanism for t

Abstract: A combined lithographic/flexographic printing process having a plurality of successive printing stations for printing color images on a substrate in a continuous in-line process. One of the stations prints a first color image using the flexographic process and at least one of the successive printing stations prints a second color image over the first color image using an offset lithographic process in the continuous in-line process.