EP1155844B1 - Verfahren zur Einstellung des Registers bei einer Mehrfarbendruckmaschine - Google Patents

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EP1155844B1
EP1155844B1 EP01109258A EP01109258A EP1155844B1 EP 1155844 B1 EP1155844 B1 EP 1155844B1 EP 01109258 A EP01109258 A EP 01109258A EP 01109258 A EP01109258 A EP 01109258A EP 1155844 B1 EP1155844 B1 EP 1155844B1
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Thomas A. Henderson
Christopher Liston
Patrick Dr. Metzler
Karlheinz Dr. Peter
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/01—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
    • G03G15/0142—Structure of complete machines
    • G03G15/0178—Structure of complete machines using more than one reusable electrographic recording member, e.g. one for every monocolour image
    • G03G15/0194—Structure of complete machines using more than one reusable electrographic recording member, e.g. one for every monocolour image primary transfer to the final recording medium
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/01—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes for producing multicoloured copies
    • G03G2215/0103—Plural electrographic recording members
    • G03G2215/0119—Linear arrangement adjacent plural transfer points
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/01—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes for producing multicoloured copies
    • G03G2215/0151—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes for producing multicoloured copies characterised by the technical problem
    • G03G2215/0158—Colour registration
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  • the invention relates to a method for setting the register in a multi-color printing machine with a plurality of devices for digitally generating partial color images, wherein the register setting, the creation and assembly of the partial color images is controlled so that register-containing prints are achieved.
  • the printing of color representations takes place in that several partial color images are printed one above the other. These are usually the colors yellow, magenta and cyan as well as black. If necessary, special colors are added.
  • the overprinting of these colors can be achieved all color combinations, the quality of the prints depends significantly on the register-based overprinting of the partial color images.
  • the registration of the overprinting is achieved by controlling the image forming devices such that the partial color images register in register when transferred to a printing substrate.
  • a method of the type mentioned is from the US 5, 715, 498 known. There, a correction of register errors by the printing and the detection of register marks is proposed.
  • the disadvantage of this technical solution is that when the toner profile changes due to a change in the printed page, countermeasure is always only possible for the subsequent page since the effect of changing an influencing variable is not detected until it has already caused a register error. As a result, proofs are necessary and it is lost time, which is often uneconomical for small runs and therefore unacceptable. The pressure of individual different printed pages is not economically possible in this way.
  • the invention has for its object to form a method of the type mentioned in such a way that a change in the toner profile due to a pressure change page no longer, not even temporarily, leads to a register error.
  • the object is achieved in that at a register correction due to a change in the toner profile of the retroactive influence of the toner profile of the previous, but still in the printing process printed pages on the register of new, already in the printing process printed pages by means of existing influencing variables directly with the implementation of the change is taken into account.
  • the advantage of the invention is that a change in the toner profile in the event of a print page change counteracts an ensuing register error without any delay. It is no longer necessary to wait for the changed toner profile to be reflected in a register error that can be detected with the aid of register marks, but it is possible to directly counteract the print page change and thereby prevent the occurrence of a registration error from the outset, so that trial prints of prints and / or or register marks are usually not required. Especially for short runs this is economically important because machine time and often also printing substrates are saved. With regard to the printing of printed pages changing content, it is only possible in this important field of application of printing machines with digital imaging to achieve a hitherto impossible quality standard.
  • a register setting of a known type can be optimized so that it does not first "get out of hand” with changes in the toner profile, in order subsequently to be corrected again, but the register setting remains in the range of tolerable fluctuations, so that when changing the Toner profiles continue to be printed without interruption can.
  • the invention does not exclude the additional consideration of other influencing variables, as far as they have influence on the register.
  • the inventive method provides for the characterizing features of claim 1.
  • the registration of the prints is better ensured at a print page change with other image content.
  • the printing machine can continue to print without any interruption even if between the creation of two partial color images of the page changes such that the new partial color image is already created, while the previous partial color image of the previous page was not or not completely transferred to the print substrate.
  • the registration is thus ensured to a large extent even in this overlapping area of two printed pages and any mutual influence is compensated.
  • the economy is significantly increased and a pressure of high-quality printed pages changing content is possible.
  • the influencing variables of the toner profiles can be taken into account on the basis of empirical values, manual input, the evaluation of digital image data or automatic recording of the toner profiles.
  • a device may be provided with at least one memory containing stored empirical values of influencing variables of different toner profiles, wherein the at least one controller on the basis of these empirical values controls the creation and the assembly of the partial color images.
  • a printing machine control is provided, the stored data from printed pages or the data from multiple print jobs contains and takes into account the influence of different toner profiles on the basis of this data.
  • a device for automatic detection of the influencing variables of different toner profiles is also possible.
  • An expedient embodiment with regard to the method provides that the influencing variables of different toner profiles are determined by the extent of the area coverage of the overall image area by the partial color images. In this way it is not necessary to re-measure the influencing variables for each printed page, but it is sufficient to determine the extent of the area coverage of the entire image area for each partial color image and to either calculate the influencing variables for all printing units or from a prepared tabular file to determine.
  • the means for determining the influencing variables detects the toner profiles according to the extent of the area coverage of the entire image area by the part color images. It can be provided that the device for detecting the influencing variables from the digital image data is formed. In order to reduce the computational effort, provision can be made for areas of several image pixels to be combined in the evaluation of the digital image data.
  • the invention has the purpose of serving to correct a proposed register control.
  • the latter can be designed such that it is based on the detection of register marks, which are printed by the individual printing units.
  • the invention provides that this correction takes place before a change in the toner profile can influence the register marks.
  • the invention can also be used to correct a register control, which is based on the detection of the positions of the partial color image and substrate-carrying elements.
  • Position detection elements may, for example, be rotary encoders.
  • the multicolor printing machine 1 has devices 2, 2 ',... For the digital production of partial color images 3, 3'... On image cylinders 9, 9 ',. By means of these devices 2, 2 ', ... a new image is generated for each print, whereby such a machine is suitable for prints in which the image content and thus the toner profile changes from one side to the next. This is the main field of application of the invention.
  • Each printing unit 8, 8 ', ... has an image cylinder 9, 9', ... and an image transfer cylinder 10, 10 ', ..., the latter the partial color images 3, 3', ... on the printing substrates 16 transfer. These are transported in the direction of the arrow 29 by a printing substrate carrier 11 through the printing machine 1.
  • controllers 12, 12 ',... are provided, which control the devices 2, 2 ', ... such that image beginnings, lines or areas of the partial color images 3, 3', ... are matched to one another.
  • Such controls 12, 12 ', ... can be designed so that each printing unit 8, 8', ... a register mark 7, 7 ', ... prints and these register marks 7, 7', ... of a Register sensor 18 are detected.
  • the evaluation of the position of the register marks 7, 7 ', ... gives the assignment of the partial color images 3, 3', ... and it can be made in case of deviations such a correction that the partial color images 3, 3 ', ... be transferred in register to the printing substrates 16.
  • the image cylinder 9, 9 ', ... and optionally also the image transfer cylinder 10, 10', ... with position detection elements 19, z. B. are equipped with rotary encoders.
  • Another rotary encoder 19 is provided on the drive roller 23 of the printing substrate carrier 11.
  • the invention provides that the at least one controller 12, 12 ', ... is designed such that it takes into account with the help of existing influencing variables 4, 4', ... of toner profiles their influence on the register immediately.
  • One possibility of taking account of influencing variables 4, 4 ',... Of different toner profiles is that data from printed pages 5, 5', which are transmitted via a connection 26 from the input device 14 to the controllers 12, 12 ', are input at an input device 14. , ..., the controls 12, 12 ', ... based on these data of the printed pages 5, 5', ... stored empirical values 6, 6 ', ... for different toner profiles from memories 13, 13' , ... and thereby obtain the influencing variables 4, 4 ', ... of the same, which are taken into account by the controllers 12, 12',... without time delay. In this way, the devices 2, 2 ', ... are able to make the digital generation of partial color images 3, 3', ... without interruption in register.
  • empirical values 6, 6 ',... For different toner profiles can be determined from the extent of the area coverage of the total area of an image 24 by the individual partial color images 3, 3',.
  • For the individual printing units 8, 8',. can be stored in the memories 13, 13 ', ....
  • the controllers 12, 12'... Can perform the required arithmetic operations.
  • the retroactive influence of a preceding pressure side 5 on the subsequent pressure side 5 ' should be taken into account or should - which is not shown for simplicity - the retroactive influence of previous printed pages on the subsequent printed pages are taken into account.
  • the influencing variables 4, 4 ',... Of different toner profiles can be determined, for example, by automatic detection of the toner profiles.
  • a device 20 may be designed such that it determines the toner profiles from digital image data 17.
  • the device 20 with a densitometer 20 'to determine the influencing variables 4, 4', ... or data for calculating the same from the images 24 to be printed.
  • the densitometer 20 'detects the entire image 24, which must be moved according to the arrows 25 for this purpose.
  • the determined influencing variables 4, 4 ',... Or data for calculating them can be supplied to the controllers 12, 12',... Via a connection 28.
  • the controls 12, 12 ', ... could be designed such that they determine the influencing variables 4, 4',..., Possibly with the aid of empirical values 6, 6 stored in the stores 13, 13 ', ', ....
  • means 20 provide the determined data to the printing press controller 15, as shown for example by connection 28 '.
  • the printing machine controller 15 can also link the influencing variables 4, 4 ',... Of different toner profiles with other influencing variables in order to calculate common correction values.
  • the paper type or the paper thickness can be included in the calculation of the register.
  • a sensor 22 for detecting printing substrates 16 must be arranged at the beginning of the printing substrate carrier 11, which is assigned to the controllers 12, 12 ', ..., in which position a printing substrate 16 is located on the printing substrate carrier 11.

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