Printing plate cartridge for a press and press

摘要

The invention provides a printing plate cartridge for a press. The printing plate cartridge includes a housing comprising an upper side, an underside, a front side, a rear side and two narrow sides. The housing includes an old printing compartment for holding a printing plate to be removed during a printing plate change and a new printing plate compartment for holding a printing plate to be mounted on a form cylinder of a press during a printing plate change. A first opening is integrated into one of the upper side or the underside of the housing. A printing plate to be mounted on the form cylinder is removable from the new printing plate compartment via the first opening for feeding to the form cylinder during a printing plate changing operation. A printing plate to be removed from the form cylinder is capable of being fed to the old printing plate compartment via the first opening during a printing plate changing operation. A second opening assigned to the new printing plate compartment and a third opening assigned to the old printing plate compartment are integrated into one of the narrow sides of the housing. A printing plate needed for a printing plate changing operation is capable of being fed into the printing plate cartridge via the second opening. A printing plate removed during the printing plate changing operation is removable from the printing plate cartridge via the third opening associated with the old compartment.