An apparatus for deflecting a printing material web coming from a printing press that is cut into at least two individual webs to laterally arranged processing devices. The apparatus includes a respective load-bearing frame for each individual web. A respective deflection rod and a respective longitudinal regulation roller for each individual web is supported on the load bearing frame. The deflection rods and longitudinal regulation rollers are adjustable relative to the load-bearing frame in a direction transverse to or parallel to a running direction of the respective individual web.