INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM FOR AN OFFSET PRINTING PRESS

摘要

To make it possible for a printing press that operates by the offset printi ng principle to add additional information, including variable information and information that repeatedly changes during a printing run, to any desired place within t he printed product, an add-on unit in the form of an inkjet printing system is provided . The unit includes an inkjet printhead mounted on a crosshead is positioned transverse ly to the direction of web transport in an operating position relative to a web of paper within the printing press in a printing unit or at least in the vicinity of a printing unit.