6 or even 4b will blow the web off the final support belt to the second support belt 20 without need for the roll 24a to have suction for the web in the first dryer group a 34 first side 34 in that example the bottom side of the paper web 9 comes into contact with the top sides of the first dryer cylinders 11 to 14 in the second dryer group on the other hand the 34 second side 34 in the example the bottom side of the paper web 9 comes into contact with the dryer cylinders 15 to 17 in fig1 or 15 to 18 in the embodiments of fig2 and 3 differing from the embodiments shown in all of the drawings at least one additional dryer group with top dryer cylinders and bottom suction guide rolls can furthermore be provided between the exit end of the press section 7 and the first dryer group of cylinders 11 to 14 at least one additional dryer group and or a calendar or a sizing press can be present after the second dryer group scrapers 32 can be arranged on the dryer cylinders 11 to 17 after the point where the first support belt leaves each cylinder air blast boxes 33 can be arranged in the region of each of the suction guide rolls 21 to 27 as indicated merely at roll 22 in fig1 in.