Patent ID: 8893615

Claim:
A printing press comprising: a resident press cutoff; and a roll of newsprint substrate; and a web created by threading the roll of newsprint substrate into the printing press and being printed with images, wherein the distance measured from the beginning of one image to the beginning of the next image printed on the web equals the resident press cutoff; and a roll of high quality preprinted substrate comprising: preprinted images and an equivalent cutoff; wherein the equivalent cutoff is greater than the resident press cutoff; and a preprinted web created by threading the roll of high quality preprinted substrate into the printing press; said preprinted web being merged with said web before the merged webs reach a cutoff position; and an Alignment Control System installed in the printing press for controlling the preprinted web comprising: an alignment roller coupled with the preprinted web and capable of modifying a position of a preprinted image relative to a cutting action of a resident press cutoff knife; and a sensor suite capable of sensing a speed and position of a preprinted image relative to the cutting action of the resident press cutoff knife; and a computing device for receiving signals from the sensor suite and controlling the alignment roller.