PURPOSE: To automatically adjust the printing position, working position, etc. prior to start-up of operation by a press wherein the rotational speed of a feeding cylinder, the intershafts distance between an impression cylinder and a plate cylinder or blanket cylinder, etc. are controlled in accordance with the preset paper thickness.

CONSTITUTION: In accordance with the paper thickness preset by a control unit, adjustment of rotational speed of a feeding cylinder for a roll of paper 14 in a paper feeding section 14, adjustment of intershaft distance of impresion cylinders and adjustment of setting torque of a rewinding roller in an offset printing section 2 and a backcarbon printing section 3, the presence or absence of working as well as adjustment of lateral positions, folding width of the paper 14 and reference angle positions of rotary shafts of the respective parts in a puncher 158, slitter 159 and a longitudinal perforation machine 160 of a working section 4, adjustment of blade and spiral spacings in a zigzag folder 211, and top and tail register adjustment between the respective parts, are controlled via worm reduction gears 10 provided at plual locations of a drive shaft 9 which is coupled to a drive motor 8.