Patent ID: 7114439

Claim:
A printing group comprising: at least one pair of cylinders including a forme cylinder and a transfer cylinder; an impression cylinder cooperating with said transfer cylinder for applying ink from said transfer cylinder to a web to be printed as the web passes between said impression cylinder and said transfer cylinder; a forme cylinder circumference, a transfer cylinder circumference and an impression cylinder circumference, said circumference of at least one of said transfer cylinder and said impression cylinder being a whole number multiple greater than one of said forme cylinder circumference; a forme cylinder drive motor; a transfer cylinder drive motor, said transfer cylinder drive motor and said forme cylinder drive motor being mechanically independent of each other; an inking unit assigned to said forme cylinder; an inking unit rotary drive motor, said inking unit rotary drive motor being mechanically independent of said forme cylinder and said forme cylinder drive motor; and an encapsulated gear between said inking unit and said inking unit rotary drive motor.