Patent ID: 6595130
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A printing press, comprising:an impression cylinder for receiving a sheet and holding said sheet; a first printing portion for printing said sheet held by said impression cylinder; a second printing portion disposed downstream, with respect to the transport direction, of said first printing portion for printing said sheet held by said impression cylinder; a number printing portion disposed downstream, with respect to the transport direction, of said second printing portion for number printing said sheet held by said impression cylinder; and a transport cylinder disposed downstream, with respect to the transport direction, of said number printing portion for receiving said sheet held by said impression cylinder, wherein a first distance between an outer circumference portion of said impression cylinder opposing said first printing portion and an outer circumference portion of said impression cylinder opposing said second printing portion, and a second distance between an outer circumferential portion of said impression cylinder opposing said number printing portion and an outer circumference portion of said impression cylinder opposing said transport cylinder are set larger than a length in a circumferential direction of an effective printing area of said sheet, and a third distance between the outer circumferential portion of said impression cylinder opposing said first printing portion and the outer circumference portion of said impression cylinder opposing said number printing portion is set smaller than a total length of the length of the effective impression are of said impression cylinder and double the length between adjacent effective areas of said impression cylinder; and inspecting means further provided for inspecting said sheet supplied to said impression cylinder.