Patent ID: 7322290

Claim:
A printing press comprising: at least a first printing group including a first pair of cylinders rolling off on each other and including a first forme cylinder and a first rubber blanket cylinder, and a second pair of cylinders rolling off on each other and including a second forme cylinder and a second rubber blanket cylinder, a material to be printed being passed between said first and second rubber blanket cylinders; means separating at least one of said first and second forme cylinders from its associated one of said first and second rubber blanket cylinders during a change of a printing forme on said one of said first and second forme cylinder during a production run of said printing press; a first printing forme supporting chute assigned to said first forme cylinder; a second printing forme supporting chute assigned to said second forme cylinder; a work position for each said chute adapted to change a printing forme on said associated one of said first and second forme cylinders and defined by said chute's distance and orientation in respect to an associated one of said forme cylinders; a rest position for each said chute; means moving one of said chutes into said work position adjacent said forme cylinder separated from its associated one of said rubber blanket cylinders; and means moving another of said chutes associated with one of said forme cylinders in production to said rest position.