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Printing with a limitation of layer thickness and of tonal-value increase
Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
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Filing: 1990-04-24
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Granted: 1991-06-11
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Expires: 2010-04-24
Abstract
Abstract Control system for inking a printing press wherein a sheet printed by the printing press is measured photoelectrically in a plurality of test areas and thus-obtained measured values are processed in conjunction with setpoint values to form control data, based upon which the inking of the printing press is controlled, which comprises computing a tonal-valve increase at an actual locus and at a setpoint locus from at least one measured value of a half-tone field and of a full-tone field of a printed sheet; if the tonal-value increase at the setpoint locus is not a tolerable tonal-value increase, determining corresponding tolerance limits of ink layer thickness for a maximum and a minimum tolerable tonal-value increase; with the ink layer thickness, computing a possible locus at the limit of the tolerable tonal-value increase as a new setpoint locus, and triggering the setpoint locus, if it is additionally within a color tolerance and density tolerance, respectively.
Inventors
- 👤 Nikolaus Pfeiffer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 04:43
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41F; B41F33/00; B41F33/0036; B41P; B41P2233/00; B41P2233/50; B41P2233/51
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
Control system for inking a printing press wherein a sheet printed by the printing press is measured photoelectrically in a plurality of test areas and thus-obtained measured values are processed in conjunction with setpoint values to form control data, based upon which the inking of the printing press is controlled, which comprises computing a tonal-value increase (Z) at an actual locus (ACT) and at a setpoint locus (SET) from at least one measured value of a half-tone field and of a full-tone field of a printed sheet; if the tonal-value increase (Z) at the setpoint locus (SET) is not a tolerable tonal-value increase (ZSET±ZTOL), determining corresponding tolerance limits of ink layer thickness (Smax, Smin) for a maximum and a minimum tolerable tonal-value increase (ZSET+ZTOL and ZSET-ZTOL); with the ink layer thickness (Smax, Smin), computing a possible locus (POSS1) at the limit of the tolerable tonal-value increase (ZSET+ZTOL and ZSET-ZTOL, respectively) as a new setpoint locus (SET1), and triggering the setpoint locus (SET1), if it is additionally within a color tolerance (ETOL) and density tolerance (DVTOL), respectively.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
Control system for inking a printing press wherein a sheet printed by the printing press is measured photoelectrically in a plurality of test areas and thus-obtained measured values are processed in conjunction with setpoint values to form control data, based upon which the inking of the printing press is controlled, which comprises computing a tonal-value increase (Z) at an actual locus (ACT) and at a setpoint locus (SET) from at least one measured value of a half-tone field and of a full-tone field of a printed sheet; if the tonal-value increase (Z) at the setpoint locus (SET) is not a tolerable tonal-value increase (ZSET±ZTOL), determining corresponding tolerance limits of ink layer thickness (Smax, Smin) for a maximum and a minimum tolerable tonal-value increase (ZSET+ZTOL and ZSET-ZTOL); with the ink layer thickness (Smax, Smin), computing a possible locus (POSS1) at the limit of the tolerable tonal-value increase (ZSET+ZTOL and ZSET-ZTOL, respectively) as a new setpoint locus (SET1), and triggering the setpoint locus (SET1), if it is additionally within a color tolerance (ETOL) and density tolerance (DVTOL), respectively.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
72 words
Control system according to claim 1, wherein, if the new setpoint locus (SET1) is not within the color tolerance (ETOL) and the density tolerance (DVTOL), respectively, enlarging the tonal-value increase tolerance (ZTOL) by a factor N (N>1), and triggering a possible locus (POSS2) at the limit of the color tolerance (ETOL) and density tolerance (DVTOL), respectively, as a setpoint locus (SET2) if it is additionally within the enlarged, tolerable tonal-value increase {ZSET±(N×ZTOL)}.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
192 words
Control system for inking a printing press wherein a sheet printed by the printing press is measured photoelectrically in a plurality of test areas and thus-obtained measured values are processed in conjunction with setpoint values to form control data, based upon which the inking of the printing press is controlled, which comprises computing tonal-value increases (Z i ) at an actual locus (ACT) and at a setpoint locus (SET) from grey-field, full-tone and half-tone measured values of a printed sheet; if at least one tonal-value increase (Z i ) at the setpoint locus (SET) is not within tolerable tonal-value increases (ZSET i ±ZTOL i ), determining corresponding tolerance limits of ink layer thicknesses (Smax i , Smin i ) of the printing inks being used for maximum and minimum tolerable tonal-value increases (ZSET i +ZTOL i and ZSET i -ZTOL i ); with the ink layer thicknesses (Smax i , Smin i ), computing a possible locus (POSS1) within the limits of the tolerable tonal-value increases (ZSET i +ZTOL i and ZSET i -ZTOL i , respectively) as a new setpoint locus (SET1) if it is additionally within a tolerance space (TOLR).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
192 words
Control system for inking a printing press wherein a sheet printed by the printing press is measured photoelectrically in a plurality of test areas and thus-obtained measured values are processed in conjunction with setpoint values to form control data, based upon which the inking of the printing press is controlled, which comprises computing tonal-value increases (Z i ) at an actual locus (ACT) and at a setpoint locus (SET) from grey-field, full-tone and half-tone measured values of a printed sheet; if at least one tonal-value increase (Z i ) at the setpoint locus (SET) is not within tolerable tonal-value increases (ZSET i ±ZTOL i ), determining corresponding tolerance limits of ink layer thicknesses (Smax i , Smin i ) of the printing inks being used for maximum and minimum tolerable tonal-value increases (ZSET i +ZTOL i and ZSET i -ZTOL i ); with the ink layer thicknesses (Smax i , Smin i ), computing a possible locus (POSS1) within the limits of the tolerable tonal-value increases (ZSET i +ZTOL i and ZSET i -ZTOL i , respectively) as a new setpoint locus (SET1) if it is additionally within a tolerance space (TOLR).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
Control system according to claim 3, wherein, if the new setpoint locus (SET1) is not within the tolerance space (TOLR), enlarging the tonal-value increase tolerances (ZTOL i ) by a factor N (N>1), and determining a possible locus (POSS2) within the limits of the enlarged, tolerable tonal-value increase {ZSET i ±(N×ZTOL i )}.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
62 words
Control system according to claim 4, which includes triggering an "optimum" locus (OPT) at a point of intersection of a straight connecting line between the possible loci (POSS1 and POSS2) with the surface of the tolerance space (TOLR) as a setpoint locus (SET2), if appertaining tonal-value increases (ZOPT i ) are within the enlarged, tolerable tonal-value increases {ZSET i ±(N×ZTOL i )}.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
Control system according to claim 1, which includes measuring ink density of a half-tone and a full-tone field of a printed sheet with a densitometer for determining the measured value.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
Control system according to claim 1 which includes measuring diffuse reflection of a half-tone and a full-tone field of a printed sheet with a spectrometer for determining the measured value.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
Control system according to claim 2, which includes inputting the factor N for enlarging the tonal-value increase tolerance (ZTOL) about the setpoint locus (SET).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
65 words
Control system according to claim 5, which includes inputting a further course of action with reference to a decision-making list, if no suitable locus (SET1, SET2 or OPT) is found which is both within respective regular and enlarged, tolerable tonal-value increases (ZTOL and N×ZTOL, respectively, and ZTOL i and N×TZOL i , respectively) and additionally within corresponding color tolerances (ETOL.sub.(i)) and density tolerances (DVTOL.sub.(i)), respectively.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
Control system according to claim 9, which includes computing and displaying to the printer at least one suggestion for enlarging at least one color tolerance (ETOL.sub.(i)) and density tolerance (DVTOL.sub.(i)), respectively, at least one tonal-value increase tolerance (ZTOL.sub.(i)) and the setpoint tonal-value increase (ZSET.sub.(i)).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
Control system according to claim 3, which includes measuring ink density of a half-tone and a full-tone field of a printed sheet with a densitometer for determining the measured values.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
Control system according to claim 3, which includes measuring diffuse reflection of a half-tone and a full-tone field of a printed sheet with a spectrometer for determining the measured values.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
Control system according to claim 4, which includes inputting the factor N for enlarging the tonal-value increase tolerances (ZTOL i ) about the setpoint locus (SET).
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