Patent ID: 8176845

Claim:
A forme cylinder of a printing press comprising: a forme cylinder body with a circumferential surface extending in an axial direction of said forme cylinder body; a plurality of sections arranged in series on said circumferential surface in said axial direction, each said section being adapted to receive at least one printing forme; at least one groove extending axially in said forme cylinder body and including an opening on said circumferential surface of said forme cylinder; at least one holding device assigned to each respective one of said plurality of sections, and located in said at least one groove; pneumatic actuating means for actuating each said respective at least one holding device by sections; at least one recess in said forme cylinder body and being open at said circumferential surface and being outside of said plurality of sections; a device in said at least one recess for distributing compressed air supplied to said forme cylinder to said respective ones of said plurality of sections; an arrangement of a plurality of valves in said device and each being usable to activate at least one holding device in each said section; and at least one control device for said plurality of valves, said at least one control device being provided outside of said forme cylinder body, said plurality of valves each being actuable by said at least one control device in a contactless manner.