plate 40 1 first in direction of web travel and subsequently in trough 42 1 in cross direction to the direction of web travel the receiving and discharge trough 42 1 is located next to a vertically progressing material web section 12 2 or in other words next to the web guide section including turning rollers 16 and 18 supporting the web section essentially at the same height as turning roller 16 so that sufficient space is available in height direction therefore large volumes of coating medium can be picked up and discharged as may be necessary with very large web widths in addition a comparatively large discharge gradient in cross direction to the direction of web travel can be provided as would be required for example for highly viscous coating mediums especially coating inks for reference purposes it can be stated that typical coating inks for curtain type application have a viscosity of 50 to 500 mps cp centipoise in contrast highly viscous coating inks have a viscosity of higher than 500 mps cp centipoise again for reference purposes the construction of the medium collecting device according to medium collecting device 26 1 is especially suitable for highly viscous coating inks or medium collecting device 26 1 can be designed to be optimally suitable for highly viscous coating inks with.