Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd.

Nobuyuki Hoshi

Mituru Takahashi

Kazuyoshi Kobayashi

Takayuki Onodera

Toshimitsu Okubo

Kohki Ohmura

Yoshinobu Sai

Toshiaki Sannohe

Yukihiko Yoshino

Takuo Satoh

Yasuo Endoh

Sigenobu Irokawa

A printer of the present invention allows a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses, each having a particular sheet feed speed range adaptive to a plurality of print speeds, to be selectively connected thereto. When any one of the sheet feeding apparatuses is connected to the printer, a controller automatically sets a print speed range on the printer in accordance with print speed range information corresponding to the sheet feeding apparatus.

Printer having plural sheet feeding apparatuses with variable print speeds

An offset printer having a printing section and a plate making section in a unitary assembly. The plate making section is located above the printing section. The printing section includes a plate drum, a rubber drum, and a press drum. The press drum is disposed above and at a predetermined angle relative to the rubber drum. The diameter of the press drum is at least two times as great as the diameter of the rubber drum.

Offset printer having a press drum larger than its rubber drum

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