Patent ID: 6920824

Claim:
A printing group of a rotary printing press comprising: at least a first pair of cylinders including at least one transfer cylinder and at least one cooperating forme cylinder, said at least one transfer cylinder and said at least one cooperating forme cylinder each having a cylinder length of at least six newspaper page widths and a cylinder circumference of two newspaper page heights; at least two transfer cylinder grooves in a circumferential surface of said at least one transfer cylinder, said at least two transfer cylinder grooves being arranged circumferentially one behind the other; at least three printing blankets on said at least one transfer cylinder and arranged adjacent each other in an axial direction of said at least one transfer cylinder, adjacent ones of said at least three printing blankets being circumferentially offset from each other, each of said at least three printing blankets extending over said circumferential surface of said at least one transfer cylinder except for an associated one of said at least two transfer cylinder grooves; and at least two forme cylinder grooves in a circumferential surface of said at least one forme cylinder cooperating with said at least one transfer cylinder, said at least two forme cylinder grooves being arranged circumferentially offset by 180° one behind the other, each of said forme cylinder grooves extending along said forme cylinder length.