Patent ID: 8714085

Claim:
A machine for processing printing material, the machine comprising: a sheet transport path having a location at which the printing material is processed by offset printing in a sheet fed, lithographic, rotary offset printing press; a cylinder disposed downstream of said offset printing location along said sheet transport path, said cylinder configured for guiding previously-printed printing material; a surface provided on said cylinder and having a surface structure configured for contacting the previously-printed printing material; said surface having first structural elevations being mutually spaced apart by a minimum distance A 1 and having a height B 1 , said first structural elevations being primarily provided for transporting the printing material; said surface having second structural elevations being mutually spaced apart by a minimum distance A 2 and having a height B 2 , wherein B 2 <B 1 said surface having planar horizontal regions formed between said structural elevations; and a ratio between said distances A 1 and A 2 ranging between 10:1 and 1:1.