摘要 |
<p>The present invention consists of a combined offset and flexographic printing apparatus. The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides apparatus for printing both quasi-random numbers and a plurality of different images on cylindrical objects. In this preferred embodiment, the invention consists of a cylindrical container printing and decorating press incorporating a blanket cylinder (10) with a plurality of peripheral segments (20) on which rubber offset blankets (30) are mounted. A random number printing unit (220) and a polygonal multi-image printing unit (300) are provided between two segments of the blanket cylinder. A plurality of printing stations are arranged around the blanket cylinder (10), each featuring a master plate for transferring a single color image to the printing faces of the offset blankets (30), the random number printing units (220) and the hexagonal multi-image printing units (300).</p> |