Goss Sunday Web Press Technology Turns 20

Replacing the flat blankets with cylindrical Sunday press blankets that slide over the blanket cylinders from the sides eliminated this gap related vibration. This allowed the original Sunday 3000 press to print at up to 100,000 impressions per hour instead of the 75,000 impressions per hour that web printers were previously accustomed to. At the same time, the dynamic stability also allowed single circumference web widths to be extended from the traditional four magazine pages across the cylinder to six pages and eventually eight pages across the cylinder. Goss Sunday 4000 press models soon provided corresponding speed and width advantages in the double-circumference format.