EP0401691A3 - Method and device for detecting registration marks in a multicolour printing press - Google Patents

Method and device for detecting registration marks in a multicolour printing press Download PDF

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EP0401691A3
EP0401691A3 EP19900110405 EP90110405A EP0401691A3 EP 0401691 A3 EP0401691 A3 EP 0401691A3 EP 19900110405 EP19900110405 EP 19900110405 EP 90110405 A EP90110405 A EP 90110405A EP 0401691 A3 EP0401691 A3 EP 0401691A3
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Roger Roch
Vaclav Vitous
Panayotis Kammenos
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F33/00—Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices
    • B41F33/0081—Devices for scanning register marks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO PRINTING, LINING MACHINES, TYPEWRITERS, AND TO STAMPS
    • B41P2233/00—Arrangements for the operation of printing presses
    • B41P2233/50—Marks on printed material
    • B41P2233/52—Marks on printed material for registering

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Le procédé consiste à détecter une marque de repérage imprimée (1) composée de signes (3a à 3e) et de témoins d'impression de couleur (4a à 4c), à comparer l'image des signes (3a à 3e) de la marque de repérage imprimée (1) avec les signes d'une marque de repérage virtuelle de référence puis, ensuite, à définir un champ de base (5a à 5c) pour chaque signe (3a à 3e), à calculer les centres géométriques (6a à 6c) de chaque champ de base (5a à 5c), a détecter, dans ces champs de base, un témoin d'impression de couleur (4a à 4c), à calculer et mémoriser leur centre géométrique (7a à 7c), à mesurer les écarts de position (Δx à Δx² et Δy à Δy²) entre les centres géométriques (6a à 6c) des champs de base (5a à 5c) et les centres géométriques (7a à 7c) des témoins d'impression de couleur (4a à 4c) et, enfin, à utiliser ces résultats pour commander l'organe de correction des erreurs de repérage d'une presse à imprimer. The method consists in detecting a registration mark printed (1) composed of signs (3a to 3e) and witnesses color printing (4a to 4c), compare the image of signs (3a to 3e) of the printed registration mark (1) with the signs of a benchmark virtual benchmark then, next, to define a basic field (5a to 5c) for each sign (3a to 3e), to calculate the geometric centers (6a to 6c) of each basic field (5a to 5c), to detect, in these basic fields, a color printing indicator (4a to 4c), to calculate and memorize their geometric center (7a to 7c), to measure the position differences (Δx to Δx² and Δy to Δy²) between the geometric centers (6a to 6c) of the fields base (5a to 5c) and the geometric centers (7a to 7c) of color printing indicators (4a to 4c) and, finally, to use these results to order the correction device errors in locating a printing press.

Le procédé trouve son application dans le domaine du contrôle du repérage des couleurs dans les presses à imprimer à plusieurs couleurs. The process finds its application in the field of control color registration in printing presses several colors.

EP90110405A 1989-06-08 1990-06-01 Method and device for detecting registration marks in a multicolour printing press Expired - Lifetime EP0401691B1 (en)

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