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Process for controlling the inking of printed products and apparatus for performing the process
Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
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Filing: 1990-02-12
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Granted: 1992-02-18
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Expires: 2010-02-12
Abstract
Abstract A process for controlling the inking of printed products, wherein an original provided with ink control fields, is subjected to a colorimetric measurement includes colorimetrically measuring diffuse-reflectance of at least one three-color screen field of the original and computing and storing a setpoint color locus therefrom spectrally measuring color-related diffuse-reflectance values and diffuse-reflectance values of a three-color screen field by measuring control fields on a printed sheet which has been produced in a set-up phase, calculating an actual color locus from the spectral diffuse reflectance of the three-color screen field, taking into account a distance between the setpoint color locus and the actual color locus, and taking into account preset inking values and machine-specific characteristic curves, calculating a theoretical actual color locus from the measured color-related diffuse-reflection values, repeatedly calculating the theoretical actual color locus, if necessary, with the respective ink deviation until the deviation is at a minimum, and basing the production run on the thus obtained inking values.
Inventors
- 👤 Jurgen Pflasterer
- 👤 Norbert Freyer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 08:04
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41F; B41F33/00; B41F33/0036; B41F33/0045
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
171 words
Process for controlling the inking of printed products, wherein an original provided with ink control fields, is subjected to a colorimetric measurement, which comprises colorimetrically measuring diffuse-reflectance of at least one three-color screen field of the original and computing and storing a setpoint color locus therefrom, spectrally measuring color-related diffuse-reflectance values and diffuse-reflectance values of a three-color screen field by measuring control fields on a printed sheet which has been produced in a set-up phase, calculating an actual color locus from the spectral diffuse reflectance of the three-color screen field, taking into account a distance between the setpoint color locus and the actual color locus, and taking into account preset inking values and machine-specific characteristic curves, calculating a theoretical actual color locus from the measured color-related diffuse-reflectance values, repeatedly calculating the theoretical actual color locus with the respective ink deviation until the deviation is at a minimum, and performing a production run of printed products which includes controlling the inking of the printed products based upon the thus obtained inking values.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
171 words
Process for controlling the inking of printed products, wherein an original provided with ink control fields, is subjected to a colorimetric measurement, which comprises colorimetrically measuring diffuse-reflectance of at least one three-color screen field of the original and computing and storing a setpoint color locus therefrom, spectrally measuring color-related diffuse-reflectance values and diffuse-reflectance values of a three-color screen field by measuring control fields on a printed sheet which has been produced in a set-up phase, calculating an actual color locus from the spectral diffuse reflectance of the three-color screen field, taking into account a distance between the setpoint color locus and the actual color locus, and taking into account preset inking values and machine-specific characteristic curves, calculating a theoretical actual color locus from the measured color-related diffuse-reflectance values, repeatedly calculating the theoretical actual color locus with the respective ink deviation until the deviation is at a minimum, and performing a production run of printed products which includes controlling the inking of the printed products based upon the thus obtained inking values.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
Process according to claim 1, which includes taking into account color values assigned to the respectively used printing inks when calculating the theoretical actual value, the color values having been obtained from a previous spectral measurement of the diffuse reflectance of a layer which is of such thickness that the diffuse reflectance of the printed sheet is negligible.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
191 words
Apparatus for controlling the inking of printed products wherein an original provided with ink control fields, is subjected to a colorimetric measurement, comprising means for colorimetrically measuring diffuse-reflectance of at least one three-color screen field of the original, and means for computing and means for storing a setpoint color locus therefrom, means for spectrally measuring color-related diffuse-reflectance values and diffuse-reflectance values of a three-color screen field through a measurement of control fields on a printed sheet which has been produced in a set-up phase, means for calculating an actual color locus from said spectral diffuse reflectance of said three-color screen field with means for taking into account a distance between said setpoint color locus and said actual color locus, as well as preset inking values and machine-specific characteristic curves, means for calculating a theoretical actual color locus from said measured color related diffuse-reflectance values, means for repeatedly calculating said theoretical actual color locus with said respective ink deviation until said deviation is at a minimum, and means for performing a production run of printed products including means for controlling the inking of the printed products based upon the thus-obtained inking values.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
191 words
Apparatus for controlling the inking of printed products wherein an original provided with ink control fields, is subjected to a colorimetric measurement, comprising means for colorimetrically measuring diffuse-reflectance of at least one three-color screen field of the original, and means for computing and means for storing a setpoint color locus therefrom, means for spectrally measuring color-related diffuse-reflectance values and diffuse-reflectance values of a three-color screen field through a measurement of control fields on a printed sheet which has been produced in a set-up phase, means for calculating an actual color locus from said spectral diffuse reflectance of said three-color screen field with means for taking into account a distance between said setpoint color locus and said actual color locus, as well as preset inking values and machine-specific characteristic curves, means for calculating a theoretical actual color locus from said measured color related diffuse-reflectance values, means for repeatedly calculating said theoretical actual color locus with said respective ink deviation until said deviation is at a minimum, and means for performing a production run of printed products including means for controlling the inking of the printed products based upon the thus-obtained inking values.
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