Tabloid printing press and retrofitting method
A 3 by 2 tabloid printing press includes a plate cylinder having a straight across lock-up and a blanket cylinder contacting the plate cylinder; a blanket cylinder printing a web; and a folder superstructure having at least one slitter for slitting the web into three ribbons and a folder for forming a tabloid newspaper from the three ribbons.
1 . A 3 by 2 tabloid printing press comprising:
a plate cylinder having a straight across lock-up and a blanket cylinder contacting the plate cylinder, the blanket cylinder printing a web; and
a folder superstructure having at least one slitter for slitting the web into three ribbons and a folder for forming a tabloid newspaper from the three ribbons.
2 . The 3 by 2 printing press as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one slitter includes a first slitter for slitting the web into a ⅔ ribbon and a ⅓ ribbon.
3 . A method for retrofitting a double wide 4 by 2 printing press to form a 3 by 2 tabloid printing press comprising the steps of: removing a 4 by 2 plate cylinder and replacing it with a 3×2 plate cylinder.