Infinitely variable cut off printing press
AssigneeGoss International Americas, Inc.
InventorJohn Sheridan Richards
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Abstract
A variable cutoff printing press is provided that includes a plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder including a first circumferential section movable with respect to a second circumferential section, and a second blanket cylinder including a third circumferential section movable with respect to a fourth circumferential section. The first, second, third and fourth circumferential sections contact the plate cylinder during a printing mode and print continuous images having a cutoff length on a web. A method of printing is also provided.
Claims9
A variable cutoff printing press comprising:
- a plate cylinder;
- a first blanket cylinder including a first circumferential section movable with respect to a second circumferential section;
- and
- a second blanket cylinder including a third circumferential section movable with respect to a fourth circumferential section;
- wherein the first, second, third and fourth circumferential sections contact the plate cylinder during a printing mode and print continuous images having a cutoff length on a web.
A method of printing an image on a web with a cutoff using a variable cutoff offset printing press comprising the steps of:
- transferring an image to a first circumferential section movable with respect to a second circumferential section having a same rotational axis as the first circumferential section;
- printing the image on a web with the first circumferential section;
- transferring a second image to the second circumferential section;
- and
- printing the second image on the web with the second circumferential section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.