Device for transporting a sheet for a sheet-processing machine, in particular a rotary printing press, in a processing direction comprising - first grippers (1.12) revolving in a first direction during operation to grip the sheet at a leading edge thereof as viewed in the processing direction, - a cylinder (1.7) carrying the first grippers (1.12) and including a support surface (1.13) formed on the circumference thereof for supporting the sheet gripped by the first grippers (1.12), - second grippers (1.14') revolving in a second direction counter to the first direction during operation to take over the leading gripper margin (2.2") from the first grippers (1.12), and - a single pair of sheet supports (1.16, 1.16') as viewed in the direction of the axis of rotation, the pair of sheet supports (1.16, 1.16') rotating about the axis of rotation in the second direction during operation, wherein the sheet supports (1.16 1.16') have a rolling surface (1.17), which is concentric with the axis of rotation and whose an extension along the axis of rotation is smaller than the width of a respective unprinted lateral margin (2.2') of the sheet and which presses the sheet against the support surface (1.13) only within the respective unprinted lateral margin in the regions of common normals of the support surface and the rolling surfaces, characterized by suction grippers (1.18) that revolve in the second direction during operation and take over a trailing gripper margin (2.2"') of the sheet (2.2) from the cylinder (1.7), the trailing edge (2.2"') engaged with the support surface (1.13) of the cylinder (1.7) by means of the sheet supports (1.16') and by a sheet-guiding drum (3.6) comprising the second grippers (1.14'), the sheet supports (1.16), the suction grippers (1.18). - first grippers (1.12) revolving in a first direction during operation to grip the sheet at a leading edge thereof as viewed in the processing direction, - a cylinder (1.7) carrying the first grippers (1.12) and including a support surface (1.13) formed on the circumference thereof for supporting the sheet gripped by the first grippers (1.12), - second grippers (1.14') revolving in a second direction counter to the first direction during operation to take over the leading gripper margin (2.2") from the first grippers (1.12), and - a single pair of sheet supports (1.16, 1.16') as viewed in the direction of the axis of rotation, the pair of sheet supports (1.16, 1.16') rotating about the axis of rotation in the second direction during operation, wherein the sheet supports (1.16 1.16') have a rolling surface (1.17), which is concentric with the axis of rotation and whose an extension along the axis of rotation is smaller than the width of a respective unprinted lateral margin (2.2') of the sheet and which presses the sheet against the support surface (1.13) only within the respective unprinted lateral margin in the regions of common normals of the support surface and the rolling surfaces, characterized by suction grippers (1.18) that revolve in the second direction during operation and take over a trailing gripper margin (2.2"') of the sheet (2.2) from the cylinder (1.7), the trailing edge (2.2"') engaged with the support surface (1.13) of the cylinder (1.7) by means of the sheet supports (1.16') and by a sheet-guiding drum (3.6) comprising the second grippers (1.14'), the sheet supports (1.16), the suction grippers (1.18).