Patent ID: 9027475
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
1. A method for changing edition on a rotary press, for successive printing of a first print job and a second print job on the same web, the rotary press including a plurality of printing units, each printing unit including a plate cylinder, plates, a blanket cylinder and a blanket, the method comprising the steps of: printing the first print job on the web with the plurality of printing units; holding each blanket cylinder away from the web while the plates of each plate cylinder are changed during a plate-changing stage, the plate-changing stage occurring between the first print job and second print job; moving the web through the rotary press between the first print job and second print job during the plate-changing stage so the web keeps traveling through the rotary press between the first print job and the second print job; and printing the second print job on the web with the plurality of printing units, the first print job and the second print job being printed on the web successively with the web not being printed on by any printing units of the rotary press between the first print job and the second print job.