Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
208 words
The method of preparing a gravure press for multicolor printing which comprises making a record of the color percentage breakdown of an original art work using means showing the color breakdown of the inks to be used in printing the original art work, preparing a negative of the original art work using a given color photographic film, placing the color negative in a color analyzer capable of producing a positive color image therefrom, correcting the settings made on the color analyzer to produce such image to conform to the readings in said record of color percentage breakdown, feeding the corrected color analyzer settings into a negative translator capable of producing the exposure conditions for the colors in the original art work, using said color negative and such exposure conditions and given color filters to produce on color print paper positives of the separate colors in the original art work and of a composite of such colors, checking and correcting the colors of such color positives to bring them into conformance with the desired reproduction of the original art work, and preparing from the final corrected positives paper black and white negatives for use in forming the required images on the printing cylinders for reproducing the original art work.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
208 words
The method of preparing a gravure press for multicolor printing which comprises making a record of the color percentage breakdown of an original art work using means showing the color breakdown of the inks to be used in printing the original art work, preparing a negative of the original art work using a given color photographic film, placing the color negative in a color analyzer capable of producing a positive color image therefrom, correcting the settings made on the color analyzer to produce such image to conform to the readings in said record of color percentage breakdown, feeding the corrected color analyzer settings into a negative translator capable of producing the exposure conditions for the colors in the original art work, using said color negative and such exposure conditions and given color filters to produce on color print paper positives of the separate colors in the original art work and of a composite of such colors, checking and correcting the colors of such color positives to bring them into conformance with the desired reproduction of the original art work, and preparing from the final corrected positives paper black and white negatives for use in forming the required images on the printing cylinders for reproducing the original art work.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method defined in claim 1, including preparIng for the original layout a mask having an opening revealing only the original art work appearing on such layout, and covering with said mask each of the pieces of color print paper during the exposure thereof to the light passing through the color filters.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method defined in claim 1, including controlling the light directed through the color negative to the color print paper to bring the color exposure to the size of the opening in the mask.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method defined in claim 2, in which said paper negatives are made of a size similar to the size of the original layout, and covering with said mask said paper negatives during the exposures thereof to produce the exposed black and white negatives of the original art work.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method defined in claim 1, in which a positive colored television image is produced from said color negative, adjusting the settings of the color analyzer to obtain a high quality image, and bringing such television image into as close conformity to the original art work as possible before correcting such analyzer settings.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method defined in claim 1, including retouching the color print paper positives of the separate colors in the original art work to bring them into a condition necessary for the desired reproduction of the original art work.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
61 words
The method defined in claim 1, including after a check of the color print paper positives readjusting the settings of the color analyzer to readjust the color balance of the image produced thereby, feeding such readjusted color analyzer settings into the negative translator to obtain new exposure conditions, and utilizing such new exposure conditions to produce new color print paper positives.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method defined in claim 7, including revising said record of the color percentage breakdown to conform to the readjusted color analyzer settings, and using printing inks conforming to such revised record readings in the reproduction of the original art work.