a delivery of a machine for processing sheet - like printing materials , includes sheet grippers passing through a gripper path during operation , an actuating element adjustable from adjustable basic positions into an extreme position and the reverse and , at locations of the gripper path corresponding to the basic positions and the extreme position , serving for shifting the sheet grippers from a closed , sheet - conveying operating state into an open operating state , a linkage mechanism provided for adjusting the actuating element , and an actuating drive for actuating the linkage mechanism , the linkage mechanism being movable between a predeterminable extreme position corresponding to the extreme position of the actuating element , and adjustable starting positions corresponding to one of the adjustable basic positions of the actuating element ; and a machine for processing sheet - like printing materials including the delivery .