To provide a transfer cylinder of a sheet-fed printing press, which contributes to quality improvement of sheets in conveyance of the sheets.

Two paper-receiving members 21, 21 are disposed in the axial direction of a transfer cylinder 20 on both lateral side surfaces of the transfer cylinder 20 in a flat shape, respectively. The paper-receiving member 21 is configured such that one side gripper 20a of a transfer cylinder 20 transfers a sheet P to the impression cylinder 3 of the downstream side and, thereafter, the other side gripper 20a is disposed on a part opposite to the paper end side of the sheet P. In other words, the paper-receiving member 21 is disposed so as to cover the front side in the rotation direction of the gripper 20a.