Patent ID: 6966258
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
1. Printing unit arrangement in a web-fed rotary printing press comprising: a first printing unit, said first printing unit including a first and a second plate cylinder and a first and a second blanket cylinder, said first and second blanket cylinders and first and second plate cylinders being mechanically coupled to each other and being commonly driven by a common drive motor; and a second printing unit, said second printing unit including a first plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder associated with said first plate cylinder, a second blanket cylinder mechanically coupled to said first blanket cylinder and a second plate cylinder associated with and being mechanically coupled to said second blanket cylinder, a first drive motor for individually driving said first plate cylinder and a second drive motor for commonly driving said first and second blanket cylinders and said second plate cylinder; said first and second printing units printing a coloured image on both sides of a running paper web.