Patent ID: 7401553

Claim:
A printing plate cartridge for a press comprising; a housing comprising an upper side, an underside, a front side, a rear side and two narrow sides, the housing including an old printing plate compartment for holding a printing plate to be removed during a printing plate changing operation and a new printing plate compartment for holding a printing plate to be mounted on a form cylinder of the press during the printing plate changing operation; wherein a first opening is integrated into one of the upper side or the underside of the housing, a printing plate to be mounted on the form cylinder being removable from the new printing plate compartment via the first opening for feeding to the form cylinder during the printing plate changing operation and a printing plate to be removed from the form cylinder being capable of being fed to the old printing plate compartment via the first opening during the printing plate changing operation; wherein a second opening assigned to the new printing plate compartment and a third opening assigned to the old printing plate compartment are integrated into one of the narrow sides of the housing, a printing plate needed for the printing plate changing operation being capable of being fed into the printing plate cartridge via the second opening and a printing plate removed during the printing plate changing operation being removable from the printing plate cartridge via the third opening associated with the old compartment.