Patent ID: 6227109
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B41F,H04N

Abstract:
A multicolored printing apparatus comprising:a plurality of blanket cylinders normally-contacting to an impression cylinder of a plurality of impression cylinders;plate cylinders normally-contacting to the respective blanket cylinders;ink coating apparatus for coating the respective plate cylinders with ink, wherein said ink coating apparatus are arranged in a substantially vertical direction parallel to the direction of gravity;a feeding apparatus for feeding sheets of recording mediums to said printing apparatus; and a discharging apparatus for discharging sheets of recording mediums, wherein said feeding apparatus and said discharging apparatus being provided on a side opposite to a setting side of said ink coating apparatus with respect to said blanket cylinders; anda discharge station on which the printed sheets of recording mediums are stacked after the printed sheets of recording mediums are discharged between a final blanket cylinder and a final impression cylinder, said discharge station is configured to be horizontally rotatable, thereby said stacked printed sheets of recording mediums can be rotatable in a 180.degree. arc with respect to the direction of a normal line.