Reproduction equipment for printing newspapers

An apparatus for producing printing plates for printing newspapers, said apparatus comprising:

• a plate feeder for feeding plate material;
• an exposure device for exposing the plate material conveyed from said plate feeder, said exposure device comprising an exposure drum which is inclined by a specified angle .theta. relative to a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the plate material is advanced toward the exposure drum and on which the plate material is spirally wound and an exposing element for exposing the plate material wound on the exposure drum;
• a development device for developing the plate material conveyed from the exposure device;
• and
• a guide device structured for guiding two plate materials having standard width or one plate material having double width conveyed from the plate feeder via the exposure device to the development device;
• wherein the guide device comprises:
• a vertically movable separating table for being at a separating position between two plate materials having standard width and a retracted position in which the separating plate is retracted for avoiding interference with one plate material having double width;
• guide plates for guiding a side of one printing material having double width;
• and pressing members on the left and right sides which press two plate materials having standard width toward the separating plate, with pressing members on one side pressing one plate material having double width toward the guide plates.