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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * These flat-bed, multi-feeder (either two or four) cylinder presses were manufactured for regional newspapers and periodicals requiring reasonably quick turnaround and not meant to compete with reel-fed type-revolving or curved stereo based rotary presses that were firmly establishing themselves in the major cities to cater for mass circulation.
The machine had two beds connected together, two separate inking units and two impression cylinders. It seems that these printed on both the forward and backward rotations of each of the two cylinders, thereby making use of the return stroke. Cylinders would have required two sets of grippers to allow for sheets being fed from opposite directions. The sheets fed from the top two stations dropped down to the feeding mechanism via tapes between the two cylinders and each feeding unit had it's own separate delivery board.
The press could be worked as a single-feeder from any one board, and as a two-feeder from any two, or as a three-feeder from any of the boards at the same time: and would print a smaller sheet than full-size from two boards at the same time. Disadvantages were the sheets (both ends) were printed one side only thus necessitating back-up formes. Perfecting machines and the small rotaries ultimately replaced them
(Photo courtesy of Peter Marsh )
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