Appeal No. 2004-0104
Application No. 09/052,472
a first impression cylinder having
at least a first and a second blanket cylinder arranged
around at least a portion of a periphery of the first
impression cylinder,
at least a first and second plate cylinder, the first
plate cylinder being associated with the first blanket
cylinder, and the second plate cylinder being
associated with the second blanket cylinder,
a first direct imaging device for applying a first
image to the first plate cylinder,
a second direct imaging device for applying a second
image to the second plate cylinder,
means for cooperatively activating and deactivating the
first and second plate cylinders and the first and
second direct imaging devices,
said means adapted to activate the first direct
imaging device to apply the first image to the
first plate cylinder while the second plate
cylinder is in a printing position, and said means
further adapted to activate the second direct
imaging device to apply the second image to the
second plate cylinder while the first plate
cylinder is in a printing position; and
a second impression cylinder located adjacent to the first
impression cylinder, the second impression cylinder having a
plurality of third blanket cylinders and a corresponding
plurality of third plate cylinders arranged around at least a
portion of a periphery of the second impression cylinder,
wherein, in the perfecting mode, the first web is passed
over the first impression cylinder to be printed on a first side
thereof and is then passed through a gap between the first and
second impression cylinders to the second impression cylinder to
be printed on a second side thereof, and wherein, in the non-
perfecting mode, the first web is passed over the first
impression cylinder and the second web is passed over the second
impression cylinder, and
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