Patent ID: 7481162

Claim:
A photogravure press for use in forming a paste film on a printing sheet by gravure printing, the photogravure press comprising: a gravure roll having a print area which is provided on a peripheral surface thereof and on which printing paste is applied so as to apply the paste film; wherein the print area includes printing-direction walls extending substantially in a printing direction, perpendicular walls extending substantially perpendicularly to the printing-direction walls, and a plurality of cells defined by the printing-direction walls and the perpendicular walls; the perpendicular walls include cuts that enable adjacent ones of the cells in the printing direction to communicate with each other; the printing-direction walls and the perpendicular walls intersect to define intersections, and the intersections include T-shaped intersections where the perpendicular walls do not cross the printing-direction walls, but meet the printing-direction walls in a T-shaped arrangement; the T-shaped intersections are provided at least in a central portion of the print area; and all of the intersections provided in the central portion of the print area are the T-shaped intersections.