Patent ID: 6925932

Claim:
A printing machine for printing multicolor print images on printable matter including sheet-type and web-type printable matter, comprising a series of printing units that respectively include at least one plate cylinder, an inking system, a blanket cylinder, and an impression cylinder, a guiding system for transporting and guiding printable matter through each of the printing units ( 1 - 4 ), said impression cylinders ( 7 ) of the printing units ( 1 - 4 ) defining a plane that extends linearly through the printing units ( 1 - 4 ) along which the printable matter is moved in a transport path, said guiding system including an endless printing matter transport belt having a segment extending along and past each of the impression cylinders in said linear plane upon which printable matter is conveyed through said printing units, and a printable matter holding belt having a segment parallel to the transport belt segment and extending along and past each of the impression cylinders in said linear plane for holding printable matter on said transport belt during passage through and between said printing units in a manner such that the printable matter is maintained in register with respect to the belt and the blanket cylinders of each printing unit.