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Abstract

The printing machine is composed of two essentially identically constructed halves which each have an impression cylinder (4, 14), an image transfer cylinder (6, 16) resting against this, a blanket cylinder (7, 17) and a collect-printing plate cylinder (5, 15). In the offset-printing position, the blanket cylinder (7, 17) rests against the impression cylinder (4, 14) and is inked by offset plate cylinders, while the collect-printing plate cylinder (5, 15) is inoperative. In the collect-printing position, the blanket cylinder (7, 17) is moved away from the impression cylinder (4, 14), is inked by color selector cylinders (8, 18) and itself inks the collect-printing plate cylinder (5, 15) which rests against the image transfer cylinder (6, 16). Moreover, in both printing positions, the image transfer cylinder (6, 16) is inked by the plate cylinder (10, 20) of an additional single-color printing unit. The paper first loops partially round the impression cylinder (4) of the first machine half and is thereby printed directly on one side by the image transfer cylinder (6) and, in the offset-printing position, also by the blanket cylinder (7) and then loops partially round the impression cylinder (14) of the second machine half, the other side of the paper being printed in a similar way.

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