Abstract: To adjust peripheral register of engraved cylinders, the positions of a respective angular register mark arranged on each cylinder is measured with respect to a zero reference, and an angular printing mark characteristic of the position of the engraving is associated with each cylinder. The data of the job to be run are stored. The respective angular displacements of the engraved cylinders are indexed with respect to a reference cylinder in accordance with the job. By determining the web length separating two printing points of two successive engraved cylinders, this length is divided by the peripheral length of the cylinder and the remaining amount of the division is used for determining the angular indexing. Each cylinder is then brought into its angular indexed position, is first disconnected from a common transmission, and then all the cylinders are simultaneously reconnected to the transmission.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for aqueous multicolor gravure printing which can print at a high speed without color drift, which is formed of plural printing unit processes, each of which contains a printing process, a drying process and a cooling process, wherein the quantity of heat supplied in the drying process in each printing unit is removed in the cooling process to render the temperature of the printed web uniform before the next printing process, and an apparatus therefor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printing machine by intaglio engraving comprising a rack (01; 11; 14) with a stationary part (01) and a moving part (11; 14). A plate cylinder (07) is rotationally mounted inside the stationary part, and an Orlof-type cylinder (12) is mounted inside the moving part. The moving part is mounted on a rail (04) in a suspended manner.

Abstract: A method by which stacks of printed sheets can be formed and, at the same time, the risk of soiling of the stacked sheets can be reduced to the maximum extent. To this end a printing machine is proposed, in particular a sheet-fed printing machine, into which unprinted and intermediate sheets are alternatively feed, wherein the printing is registered such that the printing occurs only on the unprinted sheets and not on the intermediate sheets. In this way, the intermediate sheets prevent damage to the print on the printed sheets.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printing machine by intaglio engraving comprising a rack (01; 11; 14) with a stationary part (01) and a moving part (11; 14). A plate cylinder (07) is rotationally mounted inside the stationary part, and an Orlof-type cylinder (12) is mounted inside the moving part. The moving part is mounted on a rail (04) in a suspended manner.

Abstract: An intaglio printer has a form or plate cylinder and a printing or counterpressure cylinder. In addition, at least one screen printing cylinder is provided and transfers screen printing ink to the form or plate cylinder.

Abstract: An intaglio printing press which includes an intaglio plate cylinder supported to be freely rotatable, at least one inking unit which supplies ink to the intaglio plate cylinder, and an ink removing unit which removes ink the supplied to the intaglio plate cylinder. In this intaglio printing press, an ink recycling unit is provided upstream of the ink removing unit with respect to a rotation direction of the intaglio plate cylinder and downstream of the inking unit, and the ink recycling unit removes surplus ink of the ink supplied to the intaglio plate cylinder and returns the removed ink to the inking unit.

Abstract: A method by which stacks of printed sheets can be formed and, at the same time, the risk of soiling of the stacked sheets can be reduced to the maximum extent. To this end a printing machine is proposed, in particular a sheet-fed printing machine, into which unprinted and intermediate sheets are alternatively feed, wherein the printing is registered such that the printing occurs only on the unprinted sheets and not on the intermediate sheets. In this way, the intermediate sheets prevent damage to the print on the printed sheets.

Abstract: A nine-cylinder satellite printing unit includes printing stations having a first, second, third and fourth transfer cylinder which a web passes through. The transfer cylinders are capable of being stopped when the printing assembly is switched off. A distance between each of the first and second transfer cylinders, the second and third transfer cylinders, and the third and fourth transfer cylinder is shorter than the distance between the first and fourth transfer cylinder. A guide roller keeps a supplied portion of the web away from the first transfer cylinder and another guide roller keeps a discharged portion web away from the fourth transfer cylinder when the first and fourth printing cylinders are respectively in print thrown-off positions.

Abstract: A printing cylinder with a cylinder core (10), on which a carbon fiber-containing casing (20) is disposed, wherein the casing (20) is self-supporting and held at a distance from the peripheral surface (18) of the cylinder core (10) by disks (22) disposed at the two ends.

Abstract: An intaglio printing press comprises a plate cylinder capable of having three intaglio plates mounted along a circumferential direction of the plate cylinder; an ink collecting cylinder contacted with the plate cylinder and capable of having four blankets mounted along a circumferential direction of the ink collecting cylinder; five inking devices and five chablon rollers, disposed along the circumferential direction of the ink collecting cylinder, for supplying inks to the blankets of the ink collecting cylinder; a wiping roller contacted with the plate cylinder; and an impression cylinder having the same diameter as the diameter of the plate cylinder, and contacted with the plate cylinder. This intaglio printing press can perform printing in five or more colors.

Abstract: In a rotary rotogravure printing press for accomplishing the multicolor printing of first and second sides of a material to be printed, first side printing units and second side printing units are arranged in an alternating form. Dryers are located between the alternating first and second material side printing units, which may be configured as tower printing units.

Abstract: The intaglio printing machine comprises a main structure (6), a plate cylinder (4), an impression cylinder (3), a wiping device (10) and an inking system consisting of a collector inking cylinder (5), of at least four color-selector cylinders (7a to 7d), and of an inking device (8a to 8d) associated with each color-selector cylinder (7a to 7d) and mounted in a mobile inking carriage (9). The ratio between the diameter of the collector inking cylinder (5) and the diameter of the plate cylinder (4) is equal to 2/3. The two extreme color-selector cylinders (7a, 7d) are placed so that they are approximately diametrically opposed with respect to the collector inking cylinder (5).

Abstract: A digital printer of the present invention employs a single laser depress unit. In a prepress process, an impression cylinder is used as a plate retention member for holding four printing plates. Image formation on the four printing plates held on the impression cylinder is achieved by way of the single laser prepress unit disposed adjacent to the periphery of the impression cylinder. The printing plates thus prepressed are transported from the impression cylinder to plate cylinders. After the printing plates are mounted on the plate cylinders, a printing sheet is fed from a sheet feeding section to the impressing cylinder via a loading unit. Dampening water and color ink is applied to the plate cylinders 17 from dampening water units and inking units, respectively. The various colors of ink are respectively transferred onto blanket cylinders from the plate cylinder, and further transferred from the blanket cylinders onto the printing sheet on the impression cylinder.

Abstract: Modules, such a paper tray 21, are stacked under a printer (3). Power to drive the paper feed originates from the printer. A housing (9, 27) carries a shaft (17, 35) which is keyed to turn with the housing. The shafts have abutment surfaces (47a) which mesh with abutment surfaces on the housing (29a, 29b). A thrust bearing (51) supporting the housing has a configured bottom to permit limited adjustment by rotation of the housing around the gear (35) at the opposite end of the housing. The top of the modules under the printer extend past their general frame and have a conical guide surface (23) to direct an entering shaft. The bottom of the modules has an opening (19e) to receive the extended part from a module on which it is stacked.

Abstract: In a printing method, an electrically encoded image to be transferred to a printing substrate during a printing process is provided in an electronic memory. A flexible carrier web is attached under tension to a cutting cylinder identical in dimensions to a blanket or printing cylinder of a printing machine. The curing cylinder may be a blanket or printing cylinder in a printing machine or a dedicated support cylinder in a stand-alone cutting assembly. The carrier web is cut automatically in accordance with the electrically encoded image after attachment of the carrier web to the cutting cylinder. Subsequently, sections of the carrier web are removed therefrom along cut lines made in the carrier web during the cutting thereof.

Abstract: Reprintable impression cylinder for a printing press, the impression cylinder having an outer cylindrical surface wettable, during printing, with a heated printing ink which is transferrable to printing material or stock, includes two superimposed layers formed on the outer cylindrical surface of the impression cylinder, including an outer layer of relatively lower heat capacity and an inner layer of relatively higher heat capacity.

Abstract: In a printing press, a bearing for supporting a cylinder axle of a printing cylinder is supported by a bearing housing attached to a frame of the printing press. A heating device circulates heated water through a path formed in the cylinder. A path is formed in at least one of the bearing housing and the frame, and heated water is supplied to that path in order to shorten the warming up period for printing.

Abstract: A method used in offset printing utilizes an electrically encoded image, stored in an electronic memory, to be transferred to a printing substrate during a coating application in an offset printing process. An offset printing blanket is attached under tension to a blanket cylinder of an offset printing machine. After attachment of the blanket to the cylinder, the blanket is automatically cut in accordance with the electrically encoded image. Subsequently, sections of the blanket are removed along cut lines made in the outer layer during the cutting thereof.

Abstract: A rotary intaglio printing machine has at least two printing mechanisms and a drying device arranged between the printing mechanisms, through which a web of paper to be printed upon successively passes. The printing mechanisms are so arranged that the web of paper is guided only by the plate cylinders and the impression cylinders of the printing mechanisms in a straight line from the preceding printing mechanism through the drying device in a contact-free mode to the following printing mechanism. The drying apparatus includes a housing through which the web of paper passes, as well as a fan arrangement and nozzle pipes which extend transversely to the direction of movement of the web of paper substantially over the entire width thereof and by which air, that is sucked out of the housing by the fan arrangement, is blown onto the web of paper.

Abstract: The web-fed printing machine has two cylinders (2, 3) which form the nip, a paper-web-directing device (10) with an infeed roller (14) and a discharge roller (15), which are arranged adjustably on both sides of the nip (S), and an upstream web-feeding device (20), which likewise exhibits an infeed roller (22) and a discharge roller (23). In order to align the paper web, the web-directing device (10) can be displaced in a plane running through the axes of the rollers, and can be adjusted as a function of the signals from web-edge sensors (16, 17) such that it can be adjusted in the direction of the axes of rotation of the rollers and can be pivoted into an oblique position. The web-feeding device (20) can be pivoted about a stationary spindle (24) and is connected mechanically to the web-directing device.

Abstract: A rotary printing press built on a frame structure in which printing units, normally mounted on a floor foundation, are instead suspended from the frame structure to minimize clutter in the vicinity of the printing press and simplify the operation of changing the printing units when a printing run is complete.

Abstract: The plural cylinders comprising a printing unit in a rotary printing press, are mounted for synchronous rotation within a single frame structure, aligned under the impression cylinder, such that the frame structure including the cylinders is removably securable to the printing press as a cassette unit. Each cylinder is rotatably journalled within a bearing housing, which is displaceable on a vertical bearing rail. A hydraulic cylinder is disposed under the lowermost bearing housing for lifting and lowering the cylinders, to selectively raise them into engagement or lower them out of engagement.

Abstract: A multi-color printing press having a single segmented impression cylinder with multiple, segmented blanket cylinders of equal diameter arranged about the periphery thereof. The segments of the impression cylinder and the blanket cylinders are equal in length and the number of segments on the impression cylinder is equal to the number of segments on the blanket cylinders multiplied by a whole number, plus one additional segment. Each blanket cylinder is provided with a plate cylinder of equal diameter which has the same number of segments. Color rolls provide each segment of the plate cylinder with a different color. Sheets to be printed are fed to the gripping means on the successive segments of the impression cylinder and delivery means removes sheets after printing. Each sheet is held on the impression cylinder for a number of revolutions equal to the number of segments on any one blanket cylinder.

Abstract: Prevention of damages on the printing surface of plastic gravure plate is the object. Radius of the plate cylinder 14, impression cylinder 11, and transfer drum 2 located between units are identical. The plate cylinders 14, 24 and the impression cylinders 11, 21 are arranged so that the lines L1 and L2 are parallel to each other. The grippers 12, 22 are arranged so that the gripper 22 of the impression cylinder 21 is at the point P.sub.21 when the gripper 12 of the impression cylinder 11 is at the point P.sub.11. Thus, a paper sheet transferred from the impression cylinder 11 to the transfer drum 2 at the nearest point P.sub.1 is transferred by the rotation of the transfer drum 2 at the nearest point P.sub.2 by the rotation of the transfer drum 2. Since the phases of the plate cylinders 14 and 24 are in agreement, the doctor blade is stopped at the same relative location for all the units.

Abstract: Safety device for control or regulation systems of drive units of a printing machine having at least individual sub-aggregates thereof mechanically disconnected from one another, a plurality of motors connected via respective gear transmissions to the sub-aggregates for driving them in synchronous rotation, at least one measuring device for ensuring synchronous running of the sub-aggregates, and a device for controlling the rotary speed or the torque of the motors connected to the measuring device, further includes a clutch disposed between the gear transmissions of two of the at least individual sub-aggregates located adjacent one another, the clutch having clutch halves respectively connected to a synchronously running gearwheel of the respective gear transmissions, the clutch halves being connected to one another for transmitting torque when a preset rotational-angle difference between the clutch halves is exceeded.

Abstract: The intaglio printing machine has three machine stands (I, II, III). Essentially, the impression cylinder (1) and the plate cylinder (2) are mounted in the first stand (I), the stencil rollers (10) and the inking unit (11) are mounted in the second stand (II), and the color-collect cylinder (8) is mounted in the third stand (III). The third stand (III) is adjustable in such a way that it can be removed from the space between the first and second stands and brought into an inoperative position, so that it is possible to bring the second stand (II) up against the first stand (I) to form an intaglio printing machine with direct inking. This results in a convertible intaglio printing machine by means of which a collect intaglio print can be made in a first operating position, in which all three stands assume their working position, and a direct intaglio print can be made in a second operating position, with the use of only the first and second stands.

Abstract: A printing press having an impression cylinder with a bearing at each end an image carrier cylinder and a frame in which both cylinders are positioned. A device is provided for moving the impression cylinder between an engaged printing position cooperating with the image carrier cylinder and a disengaged position and also for producing a larger motion of the impression cylinder for the purpose of replacing the image carrier cylinder. A lead screw is provided for each bearing for lifting and lowering the bearing of the impression cylinder and a thrust piston and cylinder unit for acting on each bearing for urging the impression cylinder towards the image carrier cylinder. A nut engages each lead screw, each nut having a tubular section with a constant external diameter, and a pinion is mounted on each tubular section, and having a hub supported for pinion rotation in a fixed position relative to the frame.

Abstract: Within the impression cylinder of a rotogravure press and within the roll shell thereof there are provided over the width of the impression cylinder a number of layer packages which can be separately supplied with electrical charge in order to apply electrostatic charges to the impression cylinder surface for the purpose of augmenting printing of a material web. By differently controlling segments of the impression cylinder, there can be accommodated different widths of the material web to be processed. In order to concentrate the electric charge at the actually used region of the impression cylinder and for protecting the zones of the impression cylinder which are not currently being used, there are provided internally of the roll jacket, in axial direction thereof, a number of support elements arranged adjacent one another and braced against a central carrier.

Abstract: The machine substantially comprises two bays (9, 9a) accommodating the rotorgravure cylinders, either one of which is approachable from alongside by a trolley (4, 4a) carrying the print cylinder (6, 6a) and individually accessible regardless of whether the remaining bay is already occupied by a trolley and cylinder or not; each bay is served by its own impression cylinder (10, 10a) and doctor (8, 8a), which operate in conjunction with each replacement print cylinder brought in on the trolley. The speed with which print cylinders can be changed over and recommence operation is considerably enhanced by the design of the improved machine.

Abstract: The intaglio printing machine comprises a plate cylinder (4) with a plurality of engraved printing plates equipped with intaglio cuts representing the elements of a main design and with less deep and finer intaglio cuts representing the elements of a safety background, an impression cylinder (3), a wiping device (10) and a multicolor inking system. This inking system consists of a collector inking cylinder (5) having an elastic surface interacting with the engraved plates mounted on the plate cylinder (4) and having the same diameter as this. The collector inking cylinder (5) is inked by as many selective color inking cylinders (7) as there are colors to be printed, these selective color inking cylinders (7) having reliefs corresponding to the colored zones of the safety background and of the main design, an inking device (8) being associated with each selective color inking cylinder (7).

Abstract: The rotary web-fed printing machine has three successively arranged printing units, namely one offset and two intaglio printing units which are all of a similar design to sheet-fed printing units and in which the cylinders (2, 3) forming the printing nip have a plurality of sectors separated by cylinder pits (2a, 3b). Each printing unit has, in front of the printing nip, a first paper-web store (29) and an intermittently controllable first draw-roller unit (30) and, after the printing nip, an intermittently controllable second draw-roller unit (31) and second paper-web store (32), the draw-roller units (30, 31) which have only one suction roller being controllable for the forward and backward movement of the web (P) by means of individually regulated drives (30a, 31a) and at the same time serving for the register check.

Abstract: The printing machine is composed of an indirectly printing printing unit (A), and a sheet transport device (B), composed solely of drums (18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24), and of a following intaglio printing unit (C). The indirectly printing printing unit (A) has two interacting blanket cylinders (3, 5), each of which is inked with several colors by several plate cylinders (12, 15; 7, 10). The sheets are passed onto one of the blanket cylinders (3) from a carry-over drum (2) and, after passing through the nip between two blanket cylinders (3, 5), thereby being printed on both sides, are taken over by a transfer drum (18) of the sheet transport device. The circumferential region which is located between the carry-over drum (2) and transfer drum (8) and over which the sheet passes extends over at most 180.degree., preferably less than 150.degree., so that that free circumferential region of this blanket cylinder not covered by the sheet is available for accommodating several plate cylinders.

Abstract: A defect print detecting device having photographing means for photographing as an image the surface of a printing plate having a pattern to print and mounted on a plate cylinder, which compares reference image data acquired at the beginning of printing using the photographing means with checking image data acquired during printing, thereby determining the quality of the printed matter.

Abstract: To permit easy change-over between double-prime, double-verso (2/2) printing on a substrate web (5) and double-prime, single-verso (2/1) printing, the cylinders are arranged in printing couples so that first and second blanket cylinders (1, 2) are in printing engagement with each other, with the web (5) therebetween and printing couples including blanket cylinders (3, 4) independently of the blanket cylinders (1, 2) are in engagement with each other, with the web therebetween. One (3) of the blanket cylinders of the printing couples is eccentrically shiftable from engagement with the associated blanket cylinder into engagement with another blanket cylinder (2) so that said other blanket cylinder will function as an impression cylinder for one prime image, and as a printing cylinder for the verso image, while, at the same time, another prime image is being applied thereagainst by the shifted blanket cylinder (3).

Abstract: An intaglio cylinder for effecting intaglio printing is disposed in contact with an impression cylinder and a blanket cylinder for effecting dry offset printing is disposed in contact with the intaglio cylinder. These cylinders are disposed such that a line interconnecting the axes of the impression cylinder and the intaglio cylinder will make an angle of about 90.degree. with respect to a line interconnecting the axes of the intaglio cylinder and the blanket cylinder. When printing with the printing press described above a method is used comprising the steps of forming an intaglio image on the intaglio cylinder, forming a dry offset image on the blanket cylinder, transferring the dry offset image on the blanket cylinder onto non-image portions of the intaglio cylinder, and simultaneously transferring the dry offset image and the intaglio image on the intaglio cylinder onto a sheet wrapped about the impression cylinder.

Abstract: A printing press unit for a printing press system which has a main frame with an impression roller mounted for rotation on a first axis characterized by a sub-frame being mounted for pivotal movement around a second axis and supporting a printing cylinder which will be moved into contact with the web passing between the impression roll and the cylinder. The sub-frame can be laterally adjusted along the second axis and the second axis can be skewed as necessary for purposes of registration of the web during a printing process. For a rotogravure printing, the ink applicator and doctor blade holder are both releasably mounted on positoning assemblies which are provided on the sub-frame.

Abstract: A printing apparatus has an array of cartridges for printing a web of e.g. paper passing through the array, and one or more units containing printing medium. The cartridges each are capable of transferring the printing medium from the unit(s) to the web. The unit(s) and the cartridges of the array are relatively movable, to allow the unit(s) to interact successively with at least two of the cartridges. In this way it is possible to change printing from one cartridge to another, allowing changes to be made to what is printed, without halting the movement of web significantly. The present invention also proposes that the cartridges may have printing cylinders of different sizes, and furthermore that a mobile unwind stand may be used to move web material to the printing apparatus, and the web output from the printing apparatus processed by sheet folding techniques.

Abstract: In an image recording apparatus in which an image optically formed on a photosensitive material is transferred as a visible image onto an image receiving material by pressurization, a back-up roller is employed to press a free nip roller against a fixed nip roller so that the pressure at the nip region of the two nip rollers is made uniform over the entire length thereof. The back-up roller has a width smaller than the width of the free nip roller against which it presses, and the back-up roller presses only against a central portion of the free nip roller.

Abstract: A printing machine comprising an indirect printing device, a drying device, a sheet transfer and turning device actuated according to requirements, and an intaglio printing machine. It permits printing in a single pass through the device a simultaneous recto-verso printing, namely on one side according to the color collecting printing method, an image with juxtaposed colors, and on the other side according to the offset printing method an image with superposed colors and designs, notably for creating safety background on bank notes, and after drying and, if necessary, turning the sheets, an image printed by intaglio printing on one of the sides, notably for creating a main design on the bank note. The multicolor printing on the side receiving the image with juxtaposed colors may be completed in the device by a monochrome wet offset printing. Moreover, a register control device is incorporated between the sheet transfer and turning device and the intaglio printing machine.

Abstract: A multicolor half-tone image of an original object is formed on preformed plastic containers or other recipient surface by printing such image while wet from an offset blanket cylinder on which the image is formed by overlying a plurality of one-color half-tone images.

Abstract: A gravure printing system comprises at least one printing unit for printing a material fed from a supply side, a washing system for supplying a washing solvent to the printing unit and duct assemblies operatively connecting the printing unit and the washing system. The printing unit comprises unit frames located on both the sides of the printing unit, a plate cylinder supported by support shafts rotatably supported by the unit frames, an ink pan disposed movably to an upper operating position and a lower waiting position, a device for closing an upper opening of the ink pan in the operating position and the plate cylinder above the ink pan, a device operatively connected to the washing system for ejecting washing solvent to the plate cylinder, the plate cylinder support shafts, and the ink pan, a plate cylinder exchanging mechanism for conveying the plate cylinder out of the printing unit to exchange a used plate cylinder with a new plate cylinder.

Abstract: According to the machine and method, one of the paper sides is printed with a collect print image with juxtaposed colors by means of a typographic plate cylinder inked by a collecting cylinder inked in turn by selective color inking cylinders of which the number corresponds to the number of colors, and on the other side an image with superposed colors and designs by means of offset plate cylinders contacting an offset blanket cylinder and of which the number corresponds to the number of colors and designs of the image. For this purpose the machine comprises another blanket cylinder contacting the typographic plate cylinder and pressed against the offset blanket cylinder, the paper passes between this cylinder and the other blanket cylinder. The multicolor collect print side may be completed by at least one monochrome wet offset print. In additional embodiments, the geometrical arrangement of the blanket cylinders is changed to enable additional printing units to contact the other blanket cylinder.

Abstract: An imprinter, particularly for use downstream of a flexographic printing machine, wherein the stubs at the ends of the counterpressure roller which forms part of the web guiding system are suspended on levers. The levers are pivotable about a horizontal axis defined by a pivot member on one or more carriages which are movable in the frame up and down to move the counterpressure cylinder nearer to or further away from two printing cylinders. The printing cylinders flank the counterpressure cylinder and their stubs are removably installed in open-sided sockets which are provided therefor in the sidewalls of the frame. Each printing cylinder receives ink from a discrete source.

Abstract: In a machine for successively processing cardboard sheets running through a printing machine having more than one printing station, the active parts of each of the printing stations being mounted on a vertical slide in the machine frame with an arrangement for lifting the parts from a working position to either a standby or a preparatory position with the printing cylinder of each station being out of engagement with the sheet being carried by a conveyor arrangement through the machine. This will allow easy access to the printing cylinder. The machine includes a shiftable guide or shutter, which can be moved to a position beneath the printing cylinder when the cylinder is raised from the working position to guide the sheet passing through the station which is not in a working mode.

Abstract: The machine comprises an indirect printing device, a drying device, a sheet transfer and turning device actuated according to requirements, and an intaglio printing machine. It permits of printing--in a single pass--through device a simultaneous recto-verso printing, namely on one side according to the color collecting printing method, an image with juxtaposed colors, and on the other side according to the offset printing method an image with superposed colors and designs, notably for creating safety background on bank notes, and after drying and, if necessary, turning the sheets, an image printed by intaglio printing on one of the sides, notably for creating a main design on the bank note. The multicolor printing on the side receiving the image with juxtaposed colors may be completed in device by a monochrome wet offset printing. Moreover, a register control device may be incorporated between the sheet transfer and turning device and the intaglio printing machine.

Abstract: The machine can print on one of the paper sides an image with juxtaposed colors by means of a typographic plate cylinder inked by a collecting cylinder inked in turn by selective color inking cylinders of which the number corresponds to the number of colors, and on the other side an image with superposed colors and designs by means of offset plate cylinders contacting an offset blanket cylinder and of which the number corresponds to the number of colors and designs of this image. For this purpose the machine comprises another blanket cylinder contacting the typographic plate cylinder and pressed against the offset blanket cylinder, the paper passes between this cylinder and the other blanket cylinder. The multicolor printing on the side receiving the image with juxtaposed colors may be completed by a monochrome wet offset print.

Abstract: The printing machine has a multi-color offset printing unit, behind this a sheet conveying device, and an intaglio printing unit to which the sheets printed and provided with register marks in the first printing unit are transferred by the conveying device. The conveying device comprises a detector system responding to these register marks, and a register drum. Each of the two printing units and the register drum have their own drive mechanisms mechanically independent of each other. The drive mechanism for the second printing unit is controlled in dependence upon the speed of the first printing unit, and the drive mechanism for the register drum is controlled on the one hand in dependence upon the speed of the second printing unit and on the other hand in dependence upon the register deviation measured in the circumferential direction. Further, on the register drum are disposed devices for correcting side register and any skew of a sheet in dependence upon the measured register deviations.

Abstract: This direct plate printing or copperplate machine comprises a plate carrier cylinder with at least one engraved or etched plate provided with cuts corresponding to the elements of a main design and shallower, finer cuts corresponding to the elements of a safety background, an impression cylinder, an inking roller cooperating with an inking unit and being in direct contact with the plate for inking the cuts corresponding to the elements of the main design, a pre-wiping device and a wiping device, and an inking system for inking the cuts corresponding to the safety background in several colors.

Abstract: A printing apparatus has an array of cartridges for printing a web of e.g. paper passing through the array, and one or more units containing printing medium. The cartridges each are capable of transferring the printing medium from the unit(s) to the web. The unit(s) and the cartridges of the array are relatively movable, to allow the unit(s) to interact successively with at least two of the cartridges. In this way it is possible to change printing from one cartridge to another, allowing changes to be made to what is printed, without halting the movement of web significantly. The present invention also proposes that the cartridges may have printing cylinders of different sizes, and furthermore that a mobile unwind stand may be used to move web material to the printing apparatus, and the web output from the printing apparatus processed by sheet folding techniques.