Patent ID: 7171900

Claim:
A printing press comprising: a frame; a printing cylinder module mounted to the frame, the printing module including a plurality of operatively coupled cylinders cantileverly supported by the frame; and an inker module cantileverly supported by the frame, the inker module shiftable an a path between a position operatively coupled to the printing cylinder module and a position retracted from the printing cylinder module; the printing cylinder module comprising a blanket cylinder having a blanket sleeve removably mounted to a blanket cylinder shell and a plate cylinder having a plate sleeve removably mounted to a plate cylinder shell, wherein the blanket sleeve is removable from the blanket cylinder shell by pressurized air being supplied between the blanket sleeve and the blanket cylinder shell, and wherein the plate sleeve is removable from the plate cylinder shell by pressurized air being supplied between the plate sleeve and the plate cylinder shell; the plate sleeve comprising a plurality of layers including an inner expandable layer, a plate to form an outer layer, a plurality of intermediate layers disposed between the expandable layer and the plate layer, the intermediate layers including a compressible layer adjacent the expandable layer and a filler layer adjacent the compressible layer; the plate including inwardly angled ends shaped to engage an inwardly expanding gap of the filler layer to secure the plate to the filler layer.