Patent ID: 8205553
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. A printing press comprising: at least one dry offset printing unit operating without a dampening unit and having a first machine alignment; a dryer associated with said at least one dry offset printing unit; means for feeding a first web through said at least one dry offset printing unit, and without a subsequent drying process, in a first production mode of said at least one dry offset printing unit; means for feeding a second web through said at least one dry offset printing unit and through said dryer in a second production mode of said at least one dry offset printing unit; an inking unit of said at least one dry offset printing unit and containing ink, said ink being usable in both of said first and second production modes of said printing press; and a second printing unit including a former assembly and having a second machine alignment parallel to, and spaced from said first machine alignment, and with said at least one dry offset printing unit and said second printing unit being separated laterally from each other, said second web printed in said at least one dry offset printing unit and fed through said dryer in said second production mode of said at least one dry offset printing unit being fed, together with a web printed in said second printing unit and without a subsequent drying process, to said former assembly in a mixed production mode of said printing press.