Patent ID: 7246557

Claim:
A printing group of a web-fed rotary printing press comprising: a forme cylinder, said forme cylinder having a forme cylinder barrel with a forme cylinder barrel circumference, and with a forme cylinder barrel length, said forme cylinder barrel length corresponding to six newspaper pages; first and second axially extending grooves on said circumference of said forme cylinder barrel, said first and second axially extending grooves being offset by 180° from each other in a direction of said forme cylinder circumference, at least one of said forme cylinder grooves extending axially over said length of said forme cylinder barrel; a transfer cylinder arranged to work in cooperation with said forme cylinder and forming a cylinder pair, said transfer cylinder having a transfer cylinder barrel with a transfer cylinder barrel circumference and with a transfer cylinder barrel length, said transfer cylinder barrel length corresponding to six newspaper pages; a single blanket on said transfer cylinder barrel, said single blanket extending over said six newspaper page length and said circumference of said transfer cylinder barrel, said single blanket including first and second axially extending blanket ends, each extending over said six newspaper page length of said transfer cylinder barrel; and an axially extending continuous blanket end receiving gap in said transfer cylinder and having a circumferential width of 1 mm to 5 mm, said blanket end receiving gap extending over said six newspaper page length of said transfer cylinder, said first and second blanket ends of said single blanket being positioned in said axially extending continuous blanket end receiving gap.