Patent ID: 7159514

Claim:
A printing press comprising: a first structural component including a first printing group, a first dryer and a first turning bar, said first printing group having first printing cylinders with first axes of rotation and defining a first printing gap; a second structural component including a second printing group, a second dryer and a second turning bar, said second printing group having second printing cylinders with second axes of rotation and defining a second printing gap; a third structural component including a third printing group, a third dryer and a third turning bar, said third printing group having third printing cylinders with third axes of rotation and defining a third printing gap; a first folder arranged in a first space between said structural components, said first folder including a first transverse cutting cylinder having a first cutting cylinder axis of rotation parallel to at least one of said first, second and third printing cylinder axes of rotation; and a second folder arranged in a second space between said structural components, said second folder including a second transverse cutting cylinder having a second cutting cylinder axis of rotation, said first and second folders being aligned in a direction of said first and second transverse cutting cylinder axes of rotation, said first, second and third printing groups being aligned in a direction of said first, second and third printing cylinder axes of rotation.