Patent ID: 7159512

Claim:
A web-fed rotary printing press comprising: at least first and second printing units arranged vertically on top of each other, each of said at least first and second printing units being a nine-cylinder satellite printing unit; four pairs of cylinders in each of said at least first and second printing units, each of said four pairs of cylinders including a transfer cylinder and an associated forme cylinder, each of said transfer cylinders and said forme cylinders in said four pairs of cylinders having a width for printing six newspaper pages arranged axially side-by-side; at least one axially extending dressing end receiving opening on each said forme cylinder, said at least one forme cylinder dressing end receiving opening extending over said width for printing six newspaper pages; a shell surface on each said transfer cylinder, said shell surface being divided axially into sections, each said section having an axially extending dressing end receiving opening; three dressings arranged side-by-side in an axial direction on said shell surface of each said transfer cylinder; and a satellite cylinder in each of said at least first and second printing units, each said satellite cylinder, in its associated one of said first and second printing units, cooperating with each of said four transfer cylinders in said associated one of said first and second printing units, said satellite cylinder and each of said four transfer cylinders constituting a print position.