Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yukihiko Yoshino

Kazuyoshi Kobayashi

Takayuki Onodera

Toshimitsu Okubo

Kohki Ohmura

Nobuyuki Hoshi

Toshiaki Sannohe

Yoshinobu Sai

Takuo Satoh

Yasuo Endoh

Sigenobu Irokawa

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

A plate making and printing press apparatus having a press arrangement including a plate making unit, a printing unit and a sorting unit, a memory for storing printing sheet numbers inputted from a printing sheet number inputting unit, and a control circuit for receiving necessary information from a manuscript presence/absence detecting unit and a continuous mode commanding unit and supplying the information to the units of the press arrangement as necessary.

Plate making and printing press

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Shibata, Japan

Yukihiko Yoshino