Patent ID: 8256345

Claim:
A printing press comprising: at least one first printing tower having at least one first type of a first printing unit; a plurality of offset printing couples in said first printing unit for printing at least one of one and both sides of a first web, which first web passes through the first printing unit substantially from a printing unit bottom to a printing unit top and which first web is to be imprinted in the first printing tower in a multi-color process; a web dryer located downstream of the first printing unit in a web travel path of the first web; a former structure having at least one fold former through which the first web passes, and which former structure is located after, in the web travel path, the dryer; at least one nipping roller located downstream of the dryer in the web travel path and upstream of the fold former; a printed web spreading device in the web travel path of the first web, between the dryer and the at least one nipping roller that is located upstream of the fold former; and a positively driven roller which is controllable at least with respect to one of its speed and with respect to a rotational angle position, said positively driven roller being provided in the web travel path of the first web, downstream of the dryer and upstream of the printed web spreading device.