Patent ID: 7121207

Claim:
A method for converting a newspaper press unit to produce a different cut-off length, the method comprising: providing a press unit located as part of a press line, said press unit having a press unit frame supporting existing blanket cylinders and existing plate cylinders in existing blanket bore holes and existing plate bore holes respectively; removing said existing blanket cylinders and said existing plate cylinders from said existing blanket bore holes and said existing plate bore holes; aligning a drill fixture to said frame, said drill fixture including an alignment pin arranged in proximity to at least one of a side and the top of said press unit; attaching said drill fixture to said frame; boring, based on said drill fixture, a plurality of support holes removing said drill fixture; aligning a plate and blanket fixture, said plate and blanket fixture including an alignment pin arranged in proximity to at least one of said side and said top of said press unit to which said alignment pin of said drill fixture was placed in proximity to; attaching said plate and blanket fixture to said frame via said support holes; boring, based on said plate and blanket fixture, new blanket bore holes and new plate bore holes, said new blanket bore holes and said new plate bore holes having a diameter greater than said existing blanket bore holes and said existing plate bore holes respectively and encompassing said existing blanket bore holes and said existing plate bore holes respectively; removing said plate and blanket fixture; placing new plate cylinders and new blanket cylinders having a new diameter in said new plate bore holes and said new blanket bore holes respectively; and using said new plate cylinders and said new blanket cylinders to print a newspaper having a different cut-off length.