Patent ID: 8720334
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B41F,B41L,B41P

Abstract:
1. A sheet-fed printing press, comprising: a first printing unit for printing one surface of a sheet being transported; a drying device, provided downstream of the first printing unit in a sheet transport direction, for drying the one surface of the sheet printed by the first printing unit; a second printing unit, provided downstream of the drying device in the sheet transport direction, for performing printing on the sheet dried by the drying device; and a reversing device, provided between the drying device and the second printing unit, for switching between double-sided printing in which the sheet is transported to the second printing unit so that the other surface of the sheet on a side opposite to the one surface of the sheet printed by the first printing unit is printed by the second printing unit, and single-sided printing in which the sheet is transported to the second printing unit after reversing the sheet so that the one surface of the reversed sheet is printed by the second printing unit, and wherein the first printing unit is one of a stencil printing unit and an intaglio printing unit, and the second printing unit is the other of the stencil printing unit and the intaglio printing unit, wherein the stencil printing unit comprises a first impression cylinder for transporting the sheet, and a stencil printing cylinder for performing printing on the sheet being transported, and the intaglio printing unit comprises a second impression cylinder for transporting the sheet, and an intaglio printing cylinder for performing printing on the sheet being transported, and wherein the reversing device is equipped with a reversing cylinder, provided between the first and second impression cylinders, which accepts and grips a rear end of the sheet transported from the first printing unit, with a leading end of the sheet being held, thereby reversing the sheet, or which accepts and grips the leading end of the sheet transported from the first printing unit, with the leading end of the sheet being held, thereby not reversing the sheet, wherein the stencil printing cylinder is a rotary screen, and wherein the sheet-fed printing press is configured to print valuables including at least one of bills, stock certificates, and stamps.