Sheet fed offset printing machines are suitable for multi-color printing to achieve extremely high-quality results. They are working according to the offset printing principle, which as a planographic printing system is based on the physical repulsion of water and printing ink

Sheet fed offset printing machines are used to produce magazines, calendars, high-quality advertising, packaging material and various other products in small- to medium-sized editions.. A sheet fed offset printing machine mostly produces semi-manufactured products, which are passed on for converting / finishing as cutting, binding, etc.

These machines usually consist of the sheet feeder, several printing units and the stacker. Additional options such as gumming or coating units can be added.

With sheet fed printing, the press is fed with individual sheets of the material to be printed (paper, cardboard, sheet metal, etc.). High-precision feeding of material is a pre-requisite for error-free printed images. The material transfer is ensured by grippers which pick up the individual sheets and pass them on to the following printing unit.