Patent ID: 7469636
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: B41F,B41P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A printing unit having at least one press unit, the press unit having at least one form cylinder, a transfer cylinder, an inking unit and a damping unit, and having at least one imaging device for imaging and/or de-imaging a rewritable and erasable printing form positioned on the form cylinder; wherein the inking unit and the damping unit are pivotable with respect to the form cylinder between an operational printing position where the inking unit and the damping unit are positioned in an operating position space adjacent to the form cylinder, wherein a footprint of the operating position space of the inking unit is substantially identical to a footprint of the operating position space of the imaging device, and a rest position where the inking unit and the damping unit are removed from the operating position space; wherein the imaging device is pivotable with respect to the form cylinder between an operational imaging position where the imaging device is positioned in the operating position space adjacent to the form cylinder and a rest position where the imaging device is removed from the operating position space; and wherein the imaging device is removed from the operating position space when the inking unit and damping unit are positioned in the operating position space and the imaging device is positioned in the operating position space when the inking unit and the damping unit are removed from the operating position space.