Patent ID: 7066090

Claim:
A printing group of a rotary printing press comprising: a transfer cylinder having a transfer cylinder barrel with a transfer cylinder barrel axial length of six newspaper pages, said transfer cylinder having a transfer cylinder circumference; a forme cylinder working together with said transfer cylinder and forming a cylinder pair, said forme cylinder having a forme cylinder barrel axial length of six newspaper pages; at least one printing forme on said forme cylinder barrel; a continuous longitudinal first groove in said transfer cylinder and extending over said axial length of said transfer cylinder barrel; three printing blankets on said transfer cylinder, said three printing blankets having axially extending printing blanket ends with said axially extending printing blanket ends being arranged axially aligned on said transfer cylinder in said continuous longitudinal first groove, each of said printing blankets extending substantially over said transfer cylinder circumference; and first and second forme cylinder grooves in said forme cylinder, said first and second forme cylinder grooves being offset in a circumferential direction of said forme cylinder by 180°, at least one of said forme cylinder grooves extending along an entire axial length of said barrel of said forme cylinder.