Machine arrangement and method for sequential processing of sheet-type substrates

A machine arrangement for the sequential processing of sheet-type substrates, comprising a plurality of processing stations, wherein a first one of the plurality of the processing stations includes a non-impact printing unit for printing each of the sheet-type substrates, wherein a primer application unit for priming each of the sheet-type substrates and a first dryer for drying the primer applied to each of the sheet-type substrates are provided as additional ones of the plurality of processing stations, wherein the primer application unit and the first dryer are each arranged upstream of the non-impact printing unit in a transport direction of the sheet-type substrates, wherein the first one of the plurality of processing stations that comprises the non-impact printing unit includes a printing cylinder, wherein the non-impact printing unit for printing each of the sheet-type substrates is located on the periphery of the printing cylinder, wherein, downstream of the first one of the plurality of processing stations that comprises the non-impact printing unit for printing the substrates, in the transport direction of the sheet-type substrates, a second one of the plurality of processing stations is provided, and having a second dryer for drying the sheet-type substrates that have been printed by the non-impact printing unit, wherein downstream of the second one of the plurality of processing stations that comprises the second dryer for drying the printed sheet-type substrates, in the transport direction of the sheet-type substrates, a third one of the plurality of processing stations, and having a coating unit is provided, and downstream of the coating unit, a fourth one of the plurality of processing stations having a third dryer is provided, wherein the printing cylinder is embodied as one of triple-size and quadruple-sized, whereby one of three and four of the sheet-type substrates one of are and can be arranged, one behind the other, in a circumferential direction, on a circumferential surface of the printing cylinder, wherein each of the sheet-type substrates to be transported is held on the circumferential surface of the printing cylinder, in one of a force-locking manner by suction air and in a form-fitting manner by at least one gripper, and wherein the one of the primer and the coating material are applied to at least pre-selected areas of the surface of each of the sheet-type substrates, which pre-selected areas are less than an entire surface of the each of the sheet-type substrates.