Method of locating printing image on copy sheets

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING UTILIZING SCALE DEVICES FOR LOCATING THE POSITION OF AN IMAGE ON THE PRINTING FACE OF A PRINTING PLATE WITH RESPECT TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE PRINTING PLATE AND IN RELATION TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF COPY SHEETS ON WHICH THE IMAGE IS TO BE PRINTED AT A PREDETERMINED LOCATION THEREON, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (1) PROVIDING A SEPARATE MASTER SCALE UNIT WITH SCALE INDICIA THEREON; (2) POSITIONING THE MASTER SCALE UNIT OVER THE PRINTING FACE OF THE PRINTING PLATE TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF THE IMAGE THEREON WITH RESPECT TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE PRINTING PLATE AND IN RELATION TO THE SAID SCALE INDICIA; (3) POSITIONING A COPY SHEET ON THE PRINTING PLATE TO OVERLIE THE SAID IMAGE THEREON AND ROUGHLY CENTERING THE COPY SHEET WITH RESPECT TO THE IMAGE ON THE PRINTING FACE OF THE PRINTING PLATE AND IN RELATION TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGE OF THE COPY SHEET; (4) POSITIONING THE MASTER SCALE UNIT OVER THE SAID COPY SHEET AND OVER THE PRINTING FACE OF THE PRINTING PLATE WITH THE SAID COPY SHEET RESTING ON THE PRINTING FACE OF THE PRINTING PLATE; (5) MOVING THE SAID MASTER SCALE UNIT OVER THE COPY SHEET AND OVER THE PRINTING FACE OF THE PRINTING PLATE AND READING THE SCALE INDICIA ON THE MASTER SCALE UNIT TO DETERMINE THE POSITION IN WHICH THE IMAGE IS TO BE PRINTED ON THE SAID COPY SHEET IN RELATION TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE COPY SHEET; (6) POSITIONING AN AUXILIARY SCALE MEANS WITH SCALE INDICIA THEREON IDENTICAL WITH THE SCALE INDICIA ON THE SAID MASTER SCALE UNIT ADJACENT TO AND IN COOPERATION WITH THE SHEET GUIDE MECHANISM AT THE FEEDIN END OF THE PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PRESS; (7) PLACING THE PRINTING PLATE IN THE PRINTING PRESS; (8) PLACING THE COPY SHEETS IN THE SAID SHEET FEED MECHANISM OF THE PRINTING PRESS; (9) ADJUSTING THE SAID SHEET FEEDING MECHANISM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAID INDICIA ON THE SAID AUXILIARY SCALE MEANS; AND (10) EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF THE SAID COPY SHEETS THROUGH THE PRESS TO EFFECT PRINTING OF THE IMAGE ON THE COPY SHEETS IN THE SAME RELATIVE LOCATION WITH RESPECT TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE COPY SHEETS AS THE LOCATION OF THE IMAGE ON THE PRINTING FACE OF THE SAID PRINTING PLATE BEARS IN RELATION TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE PRINTING PLATE.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING UTILIZING SCALE DEVICES FOR LOCATING THE POSITION OF AN IMAGE ON THE PRINTING FACE OF A PRINTING PLATE WITH RESPECT TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE PRINTING PLATE AND IN RELATION TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF COPY SHEETS ON WHICH THE IMAGE IS TO BE PRINTED AT A PREDETERMINED LOCATION THEREON, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (1) PROVIDING A SEPARATE MASTER SCALE UNIT WITH SCALE INDICIA THEREON; (2) POSITIONING THE MASTER SCALE UNIT OVER THE PRINTING FACE OF THE PRINTING PLATE TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF THE IMAGE THEREON WITH RESPECT TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE PRINTING PLATE AND IN RELATION TO THE SAID SCALE INDICIA; (3) POSITIONING A COPY SHEET ON THE PRINTING PLATE TO OVERLIE THE SAID IMAGE THEREON AND ROUGHLY CENTERING THE COPY SHEET WITH RESPECT TO THE IMAGE ON THE PRINTING FACE OF THE PRINTING PLATE AND IN RELATION TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGE OF THE COPY SHEET; (4) POSITIONING THE MASTER SCALE UNIT OVER THE SAID COPY SHEET AND OVER THE PRINTING FACE OF THE PRINTING PLATE WITH THE SAID COPY SHEET RESTING ON THE PRINTING FACE OF THE PRINTING PLATE; (5) MOVING THE SAID MASTER SCALE UNIT OVER THE COPY SHEET AND OVER THE PRINTING FACE OF THE PRINTING PLATE AND READING THE SCALE INDICIA ON THE MASTER SCALE UNIT TO DETERMINE THE POSITION IN WHICH THE IMAGE IS TO BE PRINTED ON THE SAID COPY SHEET IN RELATION TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE COPY SHEET; (6) POSITIONING AN AUXILIARY SCALE MEANS WITH SCALE INDICIA THEREON IDENTICAL WITH THE SCALE INDICIA ON THE SAID MASTER SCALE UNIT ADJACENT TO AND IN COOPERATION WITH THE SHEET GUIDE MECHANISM AT THE FEEDIN END OF THE PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PRESS; (7) PLACING THE PRINTING PLATE IN THE PRINTING PRESS; (8) PLACING THE COPY SHEETS IN THE SAID SHEET FEED MECHANISM OF THE PRINTING PRESS; (9) ADJUSTING THE SAID SHEET FEEDING MECHANISM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAID INDICIA ON THE SAID AUXILIARY SCALE MEANS; AND (10) EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF THE SAID COPY SHEETS THROUGH THE PRESS TO EFFECT PRINTING OF THE IMAGE ON THE COPY SHEETS IN THE SAME RELATIVE LOCATION WITH RESPECT TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE COPY SHEETS AS THE LOCATION OF THE IMAGE ON THE PRINTING FACE OF THE SAID PRINTING PLATE BEARS IN RELATION TO THE SIDE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE PRINTING PLATE.