70 it is fed through the splicing section 300 and adhered to the web 1 39 with an adhesive then the web 1 39 is cut by the splicing section 300 completing the splice and creating a single continuous web from the roll stand 10 through the folder 105 web up time can be further reduced by providing additional web up mechanisms 4 at other points in the printing press thereby allowing three or four sets of technicians to work in parallel the web up mechanism 4 of fig2 will now be described in more detail the web roll 200 is held in chucks 210 which are mounted on bearings 220 on a dead shaft 230 with a tensioning 240 and brake mount 250 the tensioning 240 and brake mount 250 prevents the roll 200 from coasting if the roll 200 were to coast this could cause slack to develop in the web 1 39 a slack web 1 39 in turn could drift toward the frame of the printing press and tear at web up the web 1 39 is fed through a splice adhesive applicator 295 and a roll severer 280 before being fed into a nip between guide roller 290 and pressure roller 270 the web 1 39 is then fed into the slitter mechanism 80 referring to fig2 the slitter mechanism 80 is for simplicity illustrated as slitter blades 285 only one shown and slitter exit nip 286 when the incoming web 1 is received from the chill unit 70 the pressure roller 270 is displaced downward and the incoming web 1 is wrapped around guide roller 290 the pressure.