EP1848589A1 - Systeme de detection pour impression offset et machine utilisant ce systeme - Google Patents
Systeme de detection pour impression offset et machine utilisant ce systemeInfo
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- EP1848589A1 EP1848589A1 EP06709189A EP06709189A EP1848589A1 EP 1848589 A1 EP1848589 A1 EP 1848589A1 EP 06709189 A EP06709189 A EP 06709189A EP 06709189 A EP06709189 A EP 06709189A EP 1848589 A1 EP1848589 A1 EP 1848589A1
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- Prior art keywords
- inked
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- inked area
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- 238000007645 offset printing Methods 0.000 title 1
- 230000005855 radiation Effects 0.000 abstract 2
- 238000001514 detection method Methods 0.000 abstract 1
- 239000000835 fiber Substances 0.000 abstract 1
- 238000005259 measurement Methods 0.000 abstract 1
Classifications
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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
- B41F33/0036—Devices for scanning or checking the printed matter for quality control
Definitions
- the invention relates to a detection system for measuring at least one characteristic of an inked area, particularly suitable for offset printing devices, and a machine using such a detection system.
- the invention relates to a detection system for measuring at least one characteristic of an inked zone produced on a substrate by a printing device, said system comprising:
- At least one sensor adapted to capture a light radiation reflected by said inked area and to generate a signal representative at least of the characteristic of the inked area.
- Such a detection system is known in the field of printing, particularly in the field of offset printing.
- offset is meant a printing process in which the inked image of an etched metal plate is transferred to a roll covered with a rubber sheet, which then prints onto the paper.
- an operator In offset type color printing, an operator must regularly check the inks used on an adjustment tape, in addition to printing, in order to avoid color drift in the inks. This color drift, especially the hue and saturation of the inks, causes a variation in the rendering of the print. As a result, the operator must manually remove a printed copy and compare the adjustment with a model.
- Hue means the sum of the wavelengths re - emitted by an ink when it receives a white light. In addition, by saturation, one understands the rate of dilution of an ink.
- the present invention is intended to overcome these disadvantages.
- the invention proposes a detection system making it possible to achieve an automatic regulation of the color drift for an offset machine.
- the invention also proposes a detection system making it possible to reduce the color drift of a low cost printing.
- a detection system of the kind in question is characterized in that it further comprises at least a first optical fiber, adapted to conduct to the vicinity of the inked zone, a light radiation emitted by a light source.
- the detector can use a remote reference lamp on the outside of the printing machine, for example common to a set of detectors, used on the same machine or even on different machines.
- a remote reference lamp on the outside of the printing machine, for example common to a set of detectors, used on the same machine or even on different machines.
- the measurement signal representative of the color comprises a signal representative of the color, itself comprising at least a part of the light radiation reflected by the inked zone;
- the detection system further comprises at least a second optical fiber for driving said signal representative of the color from the vicinity of the inked area;
- the senor comprises a spectrophotometer
- the representative measurement signal comprises a signal representative of the brightness of the inked zone and in which the second optical fiber is adapted to conduct, from the vicinity of the inked zone, a light radiation reflected by the inked zone;
- the first optical fiber is adapted to illuminate the inked zone at least in the vicinity of a point of incidence along a lighting axis
- the at least one sensor of a light radiation reflected by said inked zone is disposed substantially along a reception axis, said reception axis being substantially symmetrical with the illumination axis, by axial symmetry along a straight line passing through said point incidence, and orthogonal to said inked area;
- the illumination axis and the reception axis are substantially orthogonal to said inked area
- the detection system further comprises at least a second optical fiber adapted to conduct, from the vicinity of the inked area, light radiation reflected by the inked area, and wherein the signal representative of the brightness comprises a signal representative of the intensity reflected light radiation;
- the senor further comprises at least one camera and the signal representative of the brightness is a signal representative of the spatial extension and / or the intensity of the reflected light radiation;
- the senor comprises digital processing means for obtaining from an image acquired by the camera the signal representative of the brightness
- the detection system further comprises:
- At least one lighting device for illuminating the inked zone at least in the vicinity of an incident point along an illumination axis, and the at least one light radiation sensor reflected by said inked zone is disposed substantially according to a reception axis, said reception axis being substantially symmetrical with the illumination axis, by an axial symmetry along a straight line passing through said incident point, and orthogonal to said inked area and the at least one sensor is adapted to generating a measurement signal representative of at least the brightness of the inked area;
- the lighting device comprises at least one laser diode for illuminating said inked area;
- the sensor comprises at least one camera and wherein the signal representative of the brightness is a signal representative of the spatial extension and / or the intensity of the reflected light radiation;
- the detection system further comprises at least a second optical fiber adapted to conduct from the vicinity of the inked area, a light radiation reflected by the inked area and the signal representative of the brightness comprises a signal representative of the intensity of the radiation. reflected light.
- the invention also provides a brightness detection system characterized in that it comprises at least one lighting device for illuminating an inked zone at least in the vicinity of an incidence point along an axis.
- lighting device at least one sensor of a light radiation reflected by said inked zone arranged substantially along a reception axis, said reception axis being substantially symmetrical with the illumination axis, by axial symmetry along a straight line passing through said point of incidence, and orthogonal to said inked area and said at least one sensor is adapted to generate a measurement signal representative of at least the brightness of the inked area.
- the invention relates to a set of detection systems comprising a plurality of detection systems according to the invention, comprising a single light source, and in which the light radiation driven by all the first optical fibers is supplied. by said single light source.
- a machine for printing on a substrate characterized in that it comprises:
- a printing device producing at least one inked area on said substrate, by means of at least one printing ink
- a feedback loop for controlling at least one characteristic of an inked area comprising:
- At least one control unit for controlling at least one characteristic of said printing ink, as a function of a difference between at least one target inked field characteristic and at least one measured inked field characteristic;
- the detection system comprising
- At least one sensor adapted to capture a light radiation reflected by said inked area, and to generate a signal representative at least of the characteristic of the inked area
- At least a first optical fiber adapted to lead to the vicinity of the inked zone, a light radiation emitted by a light source.
- the inked zone comprises an adjustment band for an offset type printing
- the printer is an offset type printer
- the inked deposit zone characteristic can be obtained from a test test using the same detection system
- the invention proposes an assembly of a plurality of printing machines, said assembly comprising a single light source, and the light radiation driven by all the first optical fibers of the detection systems is provided by said single light source .
- this set of a plurality of machines can share at least a portion of the sensor of each detection system, or a single control unit.
- Figure 1 shows a schematic view of a machine according to the invention
- FIG. 2 represents a detector according to the invention
- Figure 3 a set of machines according to the invention.
- a printing machine 1 may comprise a printing device 2.
- this device comprises at least one printing device.
- inkwell 3 that is to say a reserve of ink, usually in the form of trays containing liquid ink.
- the printing device 2 produces printed copies 4 on printing substrates such as paper.
- In the margin of each printed copy 4 may be an adjustment band 5, established from the color inks used to perform the printing.
- the machine 1 furthermore comprises a feedback loop 6 to enable the color drift to be regulated, which may occur because of improper adjustments, or of the imprinter of the printing device 2.
- This feedback loop 6 thus acts directly on 3.
- this feedback loop comprises a detection system 7 which detects a characteristic of the colored zone constituted by the adjustment band 5, in this case the color, and thus for example the hue and the saturation.
- This detection system 7 supplies a control unit 8 with a signal representative of at least one characteristic of the adjustment band 5. Then, this control unit 8 compares this signal representative of a measured characteristic of the colored area with a setpoint characteristic of the colored area, eg stored on a computer memory 9.
- the setpoint characteristic can be obtained from a test proof validated by a client or a user, for example using the same detection system. A comparison is then made which is not affected by error by differences in characteristics in the measuring tools. This allows an impression even more faithful to the reference validated by the customer. We can avoid the inconvenience of a difference between the customer 's proof test and the final impression.
- the entire printing procedure can be carried out from the same control unit.
- a test test carried out on any medium such as, for example, a computer file or a test obtained by j and ink.
- the detection system 7 is a characteristic detection system which may comprise a first optical fiber 10, making it possible to conduct the light emitted by a lamp 11 up to the vicinity of the colored zone formed by the adjustment band 5, and thus to illuminate it.
- the lamp used is for example a lamp whose color temperature is 5000 Kelvin, commonly used in printing. However, this lamp could be a 6500 Kelvin color temperature lamp, close to daylight.
- the light re-emitted by the colored zone is then picked up by a sensor, formed for example by an optical fiber 12 connected to a measuring device such as a spectrophotometer 13.
- a sensor formed for example by an optical fiber 12 connected to a measuring device such as a spectrophotometer 13.
- a measuring device such as a spectrophotometer 13
- part of the light reemitted by the adjustment band 5 is conducted to the spectrophotometer 13 via the optical fiber 12, then the spectrophotometer 13 provides the signal representative of the color measured at the control unit 8 to provide regulation.
- a control unit 8 which provides a regulation of the ink used.
- a second optical measurement fiber makes it possible to supply a spectrophotometer 13 with a part of the light re-emitted by an uncolored zone, ie a zone devoid of any ink in order to estimate for example a color characteristic of the printing substrate.
- the control unit 8 will take into account the color of this substrate to correct and adequately regulate the color characteristic of an ink used.
- gloss of an ink is meant the ability of an ink to diffuse light radiation.
- a glossy ink diffuses little and we can observe an almost punctual reflection of the source of illumination.
- a matte ink diffuses a lot, and we can not observe a reflection of the source of illumination on the surface of the colored zone.
- a source of illumination 10a illuminates the colored zone along a lighting axis.
- This lighting device may be an optical fiber as before, but also at least one laser diode, since in the case of gloss, the color of the lighting does not matter much.
- a receiving device 12a Oriented along a symmetrical axis of reception of the illumination axis with respect to a normal N on the surface of the colored zone, a receiving device 12a receives the light re-emitted by the colored zone and supplies a measuring device with a signal representative of brilliance.
- the receiving device may be an optical fiber 12a and the measuring device a circuit comprising a photodiode, which delivers an electrical signal depending on the light intensity received. In this case, the aspect of the measured brightness is the reflected light intensity.
- a camera may be used as the receiving device 12a, and the measuring device may be an image processing unit.
- the measuring device may be an image processing unit.
- this detection system can be used to regulate the brightness of the ink used by the machine 1.
- the two detection systems can be associated in a single machine 1, as well as other different detection systems to control other aspects of the invention.
- a plurality of machines 1a, 1b, 1c that can be in accordance with the machine of FIG. 1 can be used simultaneously.
- Each of these machines uses a feedback loop to regulate a characteristic of the ink used.
- a single lamp can be used and the radiation of this lamp is conducted by a network of optical fibers 10 to each of the machines 1a, 1b and 1c. This saves a significant number of lamps and more, we can deport the lamp in another room, for example less suj and light disturbances.
- the organs of the feedback loops of the machines 1a, 1b, 1c can be centralized in a single feedback loop 6.
- a single spectrophotometer or a single control unit As a result, the number of these expensive assemblies can be reduced to one per printing plant. It is also possible to centralize these feedback loops for several factories, in other places different . We can then separate the production part of the design part. It is then possible to regulate remotely and simultaneously on a plurality of machines.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| FR0501001A FR2881373B1 (fr) | 2005-02-01 | 2005-02-01 | Systeme de detection pour impression offset et machine utilisant ce systeme |
| PCT/FR2006/000193 WO2006082299A1 (fr) | 2005-02-01 | 2006-01-27 | Systeme de detection pour impression offset et machine utilisant ce systeme |
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| EP1848589A1 true EP1848589A1 (fr) | 2007-10-31 |
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| EP06709189A Withdrawn EP1848589A1 (fr) | 2005-02-01 | 2006-01-27 | Systeme de detection pour impression offset et machine utilisant ce systeme |
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| US (1) | US8240805B2 (fr) |
| EP (1) | EP1848589A1 (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR2881373B1 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO2006082299A1 (fr) |
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| FR3030360B1 (fr) | 2014-12-17 | 2018-07-13 | Universite de Bordeaux | Procede d'impression par laser et dispositif pour sa mise en oeuvre |
| FR3030361B1 (fr) | 2014-12-17 | 2017-01-20 | Univ Bordeaux | Procede d'impression d'elements biologiques par laser et dispositif pour sa mise en oeuvre |
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- 2006-01-27 WO PCT/FR2006/000193 patent/WO2006082299A1/fr not_active Ceased
- 2006-01-27 EP EP06709189A patent/EP1848589A1/fr not_active Withdrawn
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| WO2006082299A1 (fr) | 2006-08-10 |
| FR2881373B1 (fr) | 2008-08-22 |
| FR2881373A1 (fr) | 2006-08-04 |
| US20090213164A1 (en) | 2009-08-27 |
| US8240805B2 (en) | 2012-08-14 |
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