EP3988310A1 - Printing machine with a printing roller and a screen roller or a frame sleeve - Google Patents

Abstract

Printing machine with a printing roller (3) and an anilox roller (2) or an anilox sleeve (2) for inking a printing form of the printing roller, characterized in that the anilox roller (2) or the anilox sleeve (2) is assigned a machine-readable ID (2a), that a sensor (4) or a camera (4) is provided, which captures the ID (2a), that a computer (5) retrieves data from the memory that is stored in a digital memory for the captured ID, and that the computer (5) makes settings on the printing press on the basis of the read ID or the retrieved data.

Description

invention

The invention relates to a printing machine having the features of the preamble of claim 1.

Technical field of the invention

The invention is in the technical field of the graphics industry and there in particular in the area of using anilox rollers or anilox sleeves in printing machines, in particular in flexographic printing machines or in gravure printing machines.

State of the art

The market demands that flexo printing machines print independently or autonomously in the future and that downtimes and start-up waste of the printing machine are reduced. It is also important that the machine makes adjustments during production to deliver consistent print quality. The color system plays a crucial role in this.

During operation of the printing machine, the impression cylinder and the anilox roller are in contact, alternatively an impression cylinder can also be an air cylinder with a sleeve on which the printing plate is mounted. There is also the option of sliding a laser-engraved sleeve onto an air cylinder in order to obtain an endless pressure cylinder (without abutting edges). The medium to be printed is guided between the print roller and a counter-pressure roller.

The print medium can be a web or a sheet.

The anilox roller is part of a printing inking unit. It is the storage medium that is intended to constantly provide a necessary and defined quantity of ink during the printing process. On the surface of the cylinder, which is made of ceramic or chrome, there are tiny cells or lines that are engraved using various engraving processes. The places that are not deepened are called ridges, the deepenings are usually called cups. An anilox roller can consist of a core with a sleeve or a core with a grid. The anilox roller can be tempered, e.g. with water.

The paint is usually applied using a chamber squeegee system. With the help of a squeegee, the surface of the anilox roller, i.e. the ridges, is freed from protruding ink. A defined and thus controllable amount of ink thus remains only in the depressions. In flexographic printing, the anilox roller transfers the printing ink directly onto the printing plate/cliché, in that the indentations are always emptied evenly. However, emptying is never complete, with each rotation of the roller, ink is flushed through the cells. The inking unit is supplied with a defined and reproducible volume of ink due to the rotation of the anilox roller and the associated uniform ink pick-up and removal.

The decisive parameters for the amount of ink transferred are the shape of the cells, their geometry, the opening and the material components of the anilox roller itself. The cell shape and depth into the roller surface determine how much ink can be absorbed and released again. The engraving depth determines the volume of the cell. Although an engraving can be deep, due to the shape and size of the cell, it can still have the same theoretical volume as a shallow engraving.

Anilox rollers can have a wide variety of engraving types. There are essentially hexagonal, pyramidal, truncated or dome-cup structures or also line structures or slalom engravings. The grid can be coarse or fine be. As well as grids (scoop volume) that transport a lot or little color. Fine screening with little color volume is usually used with process colors CMYK in a 7-color color palette CMYKOGV. Depending on the resolution of the printing plate, on the other hand, anilox rollers with high ink transport capacity/scooping volume are used with coatings. Certain coatings require coating temperature control together with the anilox roller. The paint temperature can be influenced directly with the anilox roller (water flow), e.g. by heating it, or the paint supply (e.g. hoses) or piping can be heated via pipe trace heating or the paint container itself or an additional paint heat exchanger, but also Color to be tempered. The purpose of tempering paints is to positively influence the "lying behavior" of the paint.

The known state of the art shows that there is no system that intervenes deeply in the control based on information from the anilox roller and makes settings during setup and production. The prior art does not interfere with machine adjustments at setup or during production.

Prepress information is exchanged with offset printing presses via PDF / JDF / XJDF. However, there is currently no suitable and standardized interface for flexo or gravure printing machines.

task

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide an improvement over the prior art.

Solution according to the invention

According to the invention, this object is achieved by a printing machine according to claim 1 . Advantageous and therefore preferred developments of the invention result from the dependent claims as well as from the description and the drawings.

A printing machine according to the invention with a printing roller and an anilox roller or an anilox sleeve for inking a printing forme of the printing roller is characterized in that the anilox roller or the anilox sleeve is assigned a machine-readable ID, that a sensor or a camera is provided, which the ID detects that a computer retrieves data, which are stored in a digital memory for the detected ID, from the memory and that the computer makes settings on the printing press on the basis of the read ID or the retrieved data.

The setting can be made on the basis of the read ID or the retrieved data by using the ID itself and/or by using data stored for the ID on the anilox roller or anilox sleeve or the anilox (e.g. cell depth).

• die Rasterwalze mit einer ID markiert ist und die ID Informationen zum Transfervolumen sowie z.B. Geometrie, Lineatur und/oder Tiefe jeweils der Näpfchen und deren Winkelung trägt; oder
• die Rasterwalze mit einer ID markiert ist und zu dieser ID Informationen, wie z.B. Transfervolumen, Geometrie, Lineatur und/oder Tiefe jeweils der Näpfchen und deren Winkelung in einem Daten Speicher oder einem Cloud-Speicher hinterlegt sind.

It can preferably be provided that:

• the anilox roller is marked with an ID and the ID carries information on the transfer volume and, for example, geometry, linework and/or depth of the cells and their angle; or
• the anilox roller is marked with an ID and information about this ID, such as transfer volume, geometry, linework and/or depth of each of the cells and their angle, is stored in a data storage device or a cloud storage device.

The ID can be provided as a character string.

A device according to the invention or a method according to the invention serves to supply and remove printing ink to and from a doctor device of an inking unit of a rotary printing press. With the help of the process, the color system of a flexographic printing machine is set automatically. On the one hand when changing the anilox roller and also in the printing process. The anilox roller or the anilox sleeve is recognized by an identification feature. From the data, various settings are made on the ink system of the printing machine. This is done using stored data and with the help of algorithms. The settings are made autonomously and corresponding setting data for the flexographic printing machine are derived.

A device according to the invention or a method according to the invention offers significant added value in the direction of automation and increases customer benefit. It not only offers setting the ideal setting for the ink system during setup and during production, which is done autonomously as required by the market, but it penetrates much deeper into the flexo or gravure printing process to deliver consistent print quality across all speed ranges. You can predict data for the flexo or gravure printing process, increasing efficiency, reducing costs and reducing risk in the print shop.

The invention is based, for example, on the knowledge that the smallest screen dot on the cliché/printing plate in flexographic printing should always be larger than the screen cell on the screen roller. Otherwise the halftone dot dips into the cell, absorbs too much ink and the overinking of the halftone dot leads to printing difficulties, e.g. B. a moiré formation or the so-called. Bridgeing. For example, with a flexographic printing plate screen ruling of 48 L/cm, the anilox roller should have a screen ruling of at least 240 L/cm, i.e. at least a factor of 5.

The invention is also based, for example, on the knowledge that high print quality is accordingly achieved by conformal transfer of ink between the printing plate and anilox roller. The anilox roller must be selected correctly depending on the area of application of the print substrate (e.g. cardboard or foil, or aluminium), and the printing ink must be taken into account, e.g. its viscosity.

The invention advantageously makes it possible to automate settings on the printing press with regard to the ink system, consisting of, for example, anilox roller, doctor blade system, doctor blade system, ink supply, ink temperature, ink viscosity, ink pump, ink drying and ink circulation system cleaning.

Developments of the invention

• dass der Speicher ein Speicher des Rechners ist oder ein Speicher in einem lokalen oder externen Netz ist oder ein Speicher in einer Cloud ist. Ein lokales Netzwerk ist bevorzugt ein Netzwerk, mit dem auch die Druckmaschine direkt verbunden ist, z.B. das Netzwerk einer Druckerei. Ein externes Netzwerk ist bevorzugt ein Verbund mehrerer solcher lokaler Netzwerke, z.B. ein Firmennetzwerk. Die Erfindung kann auch ein System aus einer Druckmaschine und einem Speicher sein.
• dass die Daten in wenigstens einer Datei auf dem Speicher gespeichert sind.
• dass die Daten in einer Datenbank auf dem Speicher gespeichert sind.
• dass die ID an der Rasterwalze oder der Rasterhülse vorhanden ist, z.B. an deren Oberfläche angebracht ist oder in deren Oberfläche eingebracht ist (bevorzugt mit einem Laser eingebracht).
• dass die ID an einem der Rasterwalze oder der Rasterhülse zugeordneten Körper vorhanden ist. Der Körper an separat von der Rasterwalze oder der Rasterhülse vorhanden sein.
• dass der Körper magnetisch ist. Ein solcher Körper kann bedarfsweise an die Rasterwalze oder die Rasterhülse angebracht und wieder entfernt werden.
• dass der Körper ein Informationsträger ist, z.B. aus Folie oder Papier.
• dass die Druckwalze ein Flexodruckzylinder oder ein Tiefdruckzylinder ist.
• dass die ID ein eindimensionaler oder zweidimensionaler, optisch lesbarer Code ist oder ein auslesbarer RFID-Chip oder ein NFC-Chip ist.
• dass eine Kammerrakel (6) zum Versorgen der Rasterwalze (2) oder der Rasterhülse (2) mit Druckfarbe vorgesehen ist.
• dass wenigstens eine der folgenden Einstellungen vorgenommen wird:
  1. a. Voreinstellung und/oder Einstellung und/oder Änderung der Position der AS/BS Positionierung der Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse relativ zu der Druckwalze anhand der geometrischen Form der Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse zum Voreinstellen und/oder Einstellen und/oder Ändern der Druckbeistellung, d.h. des Abstands und/oder der Anstellung und/oder des Drucks zwischen einerseits der Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse und andererseits der Druckwalze. Die geometrische Form kann gegeben sein als: die Radien oder die Durchmesser der Rasterwalze oder der Rasterhülse i) auf AS und BS und/oder ii) im Verlauf zwischen AS und BS; wobei AS die sogenannte Antriebsseite und BS die dieser gegenüberliegende Bedienseite der Druckmaschine sind.
  2. b. Einstellung der dynamischen Druckbeistellung in Abhängigkeit der Druckgeschwindigkeit;
  3. c. Einstellung der dynamischen Druckbeistellung in Abhängigkeit der Druckgeschwindigkeit und der Punktdichte und der Art einer auf der Druckwalze angeordneten Druckform;
  4. d. Einstellung eines Rakelmessers anhand der Abrasivität der Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse und/oder anhand einer Strom- oder Leistungsaufnahme eines Rotationsmotors der Rasterwalze oder der Rasterhülse, automatisch über eine motorische Zustellung des Rakelmessers;
  5. e. Nachstellung des Rakelmessers anhand der Abrasivität der Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse, automatisch mittels eines Motors oder als Ausgabe an einen Bediener;
  6. f. Einstellung eines Trocknersystems, d.h. dessen Trocknerluft-Temperatur und/oder Trocknerluft-Geschwindigkeit, in Abhängigkeit der Druckgeschwindigkeit;
  7. g. Einstellung eines Härtungssystems bei lichtsensitiven oder strahlungssensitiven Druckfarben in Abhängigkeit von der Druckgeschwindigkeit;
  8. h. Einstellung der Selbstlaufgeschwindigkeit (sogenannter Idel run) anhand der verwendeten Farbe/-n, Lack/.e und/oder Kenngrößen der Rasterwalze;
  9. i. Automatische Auswahl eines Waschprogramms zur Farb-Reinigung, ggf. auch noch in Abhängigkeit der Viskosität des verwendeten Farbsystems;
  10. j. Automatische Auswahl eines Waschprogramms zur Farb-Reinigung in Abhängigkeit der Viskosität der verwendeten Farbe;
  11. k. Automatische Einstellung und Regelung einer Farbtemperierung;
  12. l. Automatische Einstellung einer Farbzufuhr in Abhängigkeit der Druckgeschwindigkeit;
  13. m. Automatische Einstellung einer Farbzufuhr in Abhängigkeit der Druckgeschwindigkeit mittels Änderung der Förderleistung einer Farbpumpe ;und/oder
  14. n. Einstellung und Regelung eines Vikositätswerts der verwendeten Farbe.
      • dass wenigstens eine der folgenden Maßnahmen vorgenommen wird:
        1. a. Vergleich verwendeter Rasterwalzen oder Rasterhülsen je Druckwerk unter Verwendung von Vorstufeninformation;
        2. b. Vergleich verwendeter Rasterwalzen oder Rasterhülsen je Druckwerk unter Verwendung eines Speichers für Druckaufträge bei Wiederholaufträgen;
        3. c. Ausgabe der Kenngrößen der Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse an einen Bediener, wobei die Ausgabe an einem Druckwerk, Smartphone, Tablet oder Leitstand erfolgt.
        4. d. Ausgabe einer Gesamtübersicht der verwendeten Rasterwalzen oder Rasterhülsen in der Maschine an einen Bediener;
        5. e. Ausgabe einer Empfehlung zur Verwendung einer Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse anhand der Rasterpunktgröße der Druckplatte;
        6. f. Ausgabe einer Empfehlung zur Verwendung einer Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse anhand der kleinsten Rasterpunktgröße der Druckplatte;
        7. g. Warnung bei falscher Verwendung einer Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse anhand der(kleinsten Rasterpunktgröße der Druckplatte, um Moire- oder Farbbrücken-Bildung zu verhindern;
        8. h. Vorhersage des Farbverbrauschs anhand der verwendeten Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse und der druckenden Flächen und/oder Punktdichten auf der Druckplatte;
        9. i. Ausgabe einer Verschleißanzeige der Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse aufgrund von Hersteller, Material, Abrasivität, Näpfchenform, Gravur, Laufleistung auf der Maschine und Stromaufnahme des Rotationsmotors der Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse
        10. j. Reinigung der Rasterwalze oder Rasterhülse mit Ultraschall.

Preferred exemplary developments of the invention can be characterized as follows.

• that the storage is a storage of the computer or a storage in a local or external network or a storage in a cloud. A local network is preferably a network to which the printing press is also directly connected, for example the network of a print shop. An external network is preferably a combination of several such local networks, eg a company network. The invention can also be a system of a printing machine and a memory.
• that the data is stored in at least one file on the memory.
• that the data is stored in a database on the memory.
• that the ID is present on the anilox roller or the anilox sleeve, for example attached to its surface or introduced into its surface (preferably introduced with a laser).
• that the ID is present on a body associated with the anilox roller or the anilox sleeve. The body can be available separately from the anilox roller or anilox sleeve.
• that the body is magnetic. Such a body can, if necessary, be attached to the anilox roller or the anilox sleeve and removed again.
• that the body is an information carrier, eg made of foil or paper.
• that the printing roller is a flexographic printing cylinder or a gravure printing cylinder.
• that the ID is a one-dimensional or two-dimensional, optically readable code or a readable RFID chip or an NFC chip.
• that a chamber doctor blade (6) is provided for supplying the anilox roller (2) or the anilox sleeve (2) with printing ink.
• that at least one of the following settings is made:
  1. a. Presetting and/or setting and/or changing the position of the AS/BS Positioning of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve relative to the printing roller based on the geometric shape of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve for presetting and/or adjusting and/or changing the pressure setting, ie the distance and/or or the engagement and/or the pressure between the anilox roller or anilox sleeve on the one hand and the pressure roller on the other hand. The geometric shape can be given as: the radii or the diameters of the anilox roller or the anilox sleeve i) on AS and BS and/or ii) in the course between AS and BS; where AS is the so-called drive side and BS is the opposite operating side of the printing press.
  2. b. Adjustment of the dynamic pressure adjustment depending on the printing speed;
  3. c. Adjustment of the dynamic pressure adjustment as a function of the printing speed and the dot density and the type of printing form arranged on the printing roller;
  4. i.e. Setting a doctor blade based on the abrasiveness of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve and/or based on a current or power consumption of a rotary motor of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve, automatically via a motorized advance of the doctor blade;
  5. e. Adjustment of the doctor blade based on the abrasiveness of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve, automatically by means of a motor or as output to an operator;
  6. f. Adjustment of a dryer system, ie its dryer air temperature and/or dryer air speed, depending on the printing speed;
  7. G. Setting a curing system for light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive printing inks depending on the printing speed;
  8. H. Setting the self-running speed (so-called idle run) based on the ink(s), varnish(es) used and/or parameters of the anilox roller;
  9. i. Automatic selection of a washing program for color cleaning, possibly also depending on the viscosity of the color system used;
  10. j. Automatic selection of a washing program for color cleaning depending on the viscosity of the color used;
  11. k. Automatic adjustment and control of a color temperature;
  12. l. Automatic setting of an ink feed depending on the print speed;
  13. m. Automatic setting of an ink supply depending on the printing speed by changing the delivery rate of an ink pump; and/or
  14. n. Setting and regulation of a viscosity value of the paint used.
      • that at least one of the following measures is taken:
        1. a. Comparison of anilox rollers or anilox sleeves used per printing unit using prepress information;
        2. b. Comparison of anilox rollers or anilox sleeves used per printing unit using a memory for print jobs for repeat jobs;
        3. c. Output of the parameters of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve to an operator, whereby the output takes place on a printing unit, smartphone, tablet or control station.
        4. i.e. Issuing a general overview of the anilox rollers or anilox sleeves used in the machine to an operator;
        5. e. Issuing a recommendation for the use of an anilox roller or anilox sleeve based on the anilox dot size of the printing plate;
        6. f. Issuing a recommendation for the use of an anilox roller or anilox sleeve based on the smallest anilox dot size of the printing plate;
        7. G. Warning if an anilox roller or anilox sleeve is used incorrectly based on the (smallest anilox dot size of the printing plate to prevent moiré or color bridge formation;
        8. H. Prediction of ink consumption based on the anilox roller or anilox sleeve used and the printing areas and/or dot densities on the printing plate;
        9. i. Output of a wear indicator of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve based on the manufacturer, material, abrasiveness, cell shape, engraving, mileage on the machine and power consumption of the rotary motor of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve
        10. j. Ultrasonic cleaning of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve.

Further preferred exemplary developments of the invention can be characterized as set out below in this section.

Determination of the data based on the ID or directly in the area code/RFID of the anilox roller/screen sleeve. One identification device is required for each printing unit.

1. a. Eine mögliche Identifikation der Rasterwalze ist mit Strichcode am Rand der Rasterwalze möglich, um eine eindeutige ID zu erhalten. Zur ID sind dann entsprechende wichtige Kenngrößen & Daten, siehe z.B. unten, in der Steuerung hinterlegt.
2. b. Ein Flächencode auf der Rasterwalze oder dem Rastersleeve im Randbereich ist ebenso möglich. In dem Flächencode liegen entweder bereits alle wichtige Eigenschaften beschrieben, also z.B. Geometrie der Näpfchen, Lineatur [L/cm], Tiefe [µm], Winkelung [°],Volumen [cm³/m²] , Steg/Napf-Verhältnis [1:x] oder es ist wiederum eine eindeutige ID im Flächencode aufgelasert, wo wichtige Kenngrößen & Daten in der Steuerung, siehe oben, hinterlegt sind.

Identification of the anilox roller:

1. a. A possible identification of the anilox roller is possible with a bar code on the edge of the anilox roller in order to obtain a unique ID. Corresponding important parameters and data, see e.g. below, are then stored in the control for the ID.
2. b. An area code on the anilox roller or the anilox sleeve in the edge area is also possible. All the important properties are already described in the area code, ie geometry of the cells, ruling [L/cm], depth [µm], angulation [°], volume [cm ³ /m ² ], bar/cell ratio [1 :x] or a unique ID is lasered into the area code, where important parameters and data are stored in the control, see above.

There are different area codes, QR code, data matrix etc.

Alternatively, an integrated NFC could also be used.

The ID or the data of the anilox roller are transferred from the machine to the machine control via a reader. The machine then performs adjustments.

The flow of prepress data to the press is significantly more complicated in flexo and gravure printing compared to offset or digital printing. Prepress and printing are usually separate here. This means that a prepress company supplies different printers with printing forms and printers receive printing forms from different prepress companies.

In addition, entire print jobs across the working width are efficiently compiled from different printing plates just before production.

Furthermore, prepress and printing are not under one roof here and therefore cannot be easily networked via power cable, which means that data from prepress is not directly available to the printing press. Procedure for the automatic setting of the color system in a flexographic printing machine, including the position setting for the anilox roller, starts right here and makes or checks settings.

No interface is known in the prior art that brings prepress data directly to a flexographic or gravure printing machine. A possible solution here could be the industry standard JDF or XJDF, which has successfully established itself as a manufacturer-independent interface in digital and offset printing.

The procedure for the automatic setting of the color system in a flexographic printing machine, including the position setting for the anilox roller, is a useful addition to a measuring device/measuring procedure for measuring elevations on a flexographic printing form, as in the not yet published one DE102020111341 Registered.

If necessary, other sensors or other identification systems could be used. From today's point of view, it is an imaging method or sensor technology that reacts favorably and best to electromagnetic waves.

However, a possible future step could be to use the prepress data directly on the anilox roller or in the printing unit - or to make it available to the printing press, but the identification of which anilox roller is or will be inserted remains. However, the system is capable of processing prepress data in the form of (PDFs/JDFs/XJDFs) and is also capable of assigning this to the printed matter used

The invention and its preferred developments are described in more detail below with reference to drawing 1 using a preferred exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 1 shows a printing machine 1 according to the invention with an anilox roller 2 (alternatively: with an anilox sleeve 2) and a printing roller 3 (can also be referred to as a printing cylinder). The printing roller is preferably a flexographic printing cylinder with a sleeve and flexographic plates mounted thereon (alternatively: preferably a gravure printing cylinder). The ink is preferably supplied with a chamber doctor blade 6.

The anilox includes an ID. The ID can be a one-dimensional barcode or a two-dimensional matrix code. The ID can be read optically. For this purpose, the printing machine 1 includes a sensor 4 or a camera 4. The ID can alternatively be an NFC chip or an RFID chip. In this case, a corresponding reading device 4 is provided instead of the sensor/camera.

The ID read out is transmitted to a computer 5 of the printing press 1 . The ID can simply be a unique identification of the anilox roller, eg a number; however, it can also contain additional information about the anilox roller, eg the type of engraving and/or the depth of the engraving.

The computer 5 is preferably connected to at least one actuating means (not shown) of the printing press, e.g. to a motor or an ink pump of the ink supply.

The computer 5 makes at least one setting on the printing press 1 on the basis of the ID that has been read.

Reference List

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Printing machine/device

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anilox roller/anilox sleeve

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ID/Identifier

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pressure roller

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sensor/camera

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computer

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chamber doctor blade

Claims (12)

Printing machine with a printing roller (3) and an anilox roller (2) or an anilox sleeve (2) for inking a printing form of the printing roller,
characterized,
that the anilox roller (2) or the anilox sleeve (2) is assigned a machine-readable ID (2a), that a sensor (4) or a camera (4) is provided which records the ID (2a), that a computer ( 5) retrieves data that is stored in a digital memory for the detected ID from the memory and that the computer (5) makes settings on the printing press based on the read ID or the retrieved data. Printing machine according to claim 1,
characterized,
that the memory is a memory of the computer (5) or a memory in a local or external network or a memory in a cloud. Printing machine according to one of Claims 1 or 2,
characterized,
that the data is stored in at least one file on the memory. Printing machine according to one of Claims 1 or 2,
characterized,
that the data is stored in a database on the memory. Printing machine according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 4,
characterized,
that the ID is present on the anilox roller or anilox sleeve. Printing machine according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 4,
characterized,
that the ID on a body assigned to the anilox roller or the anilox sleeve is available. Printing machine according to claim 6,
characterized,
that the body is magnetic. Printing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the printing roller is a flexographic printing cylinder or a gravure printing cylinder. Printing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the ID is a one-dimensional or two-dimensional, optically readable code or a readable RFID chip or an NFC chip. Printing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that a chamber doctor blade (6) is provided for supplying the anilox roller (2) or the anilox sleeve (2) with printing ink. Method for adjusting a printing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that at least one of the following settings is made: Presetting and/or setting and/or changing the position of the AS/BS positioning of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve relative to the printing roller based on the geometric shape of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve for presetting and/or adjusting and/or changing the printing position, i.e. the distance and /or the employment and/or the pressure between the anilox roller or anilox sleeve and the printing roller; Adjustment of the dynamic pressure adjustment depending on the printing speed; Adjustment of the dynamic pressure adjustment as a function of the printing speed and the dot density and the type of printing form arranged on the printing roller; Adjustment of a doctor blade based on the abrasiveness of the anilox roller or Anilox sleeve and/or based on a current or power consumption of a rotary motor of the anilox roller or the anilox sleeve, automatically via a motorized delivery of the doctor blade; Readjustment of the doctor blade based on the abrasiveness of the anilox roller or annulus, automatically by means of a motor or as an output to an operator; Adjustment of a dryer system, ie its dryer air temperature and/or dryer air speed, depending on the printing speed; Setting a curing system for light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive printing inks depending on the printing speed; Setting the self-running speed based on the ink(s), varnish(es) used and/or parameters of the anilox roller; Automatic selection of a washing program for color cleaning, possibly also depending on the viscosity of the color system used; Automatic selection of a washing program for color cleaning depending on the viscosity of the color used; Automatic adjustment and control of a color temperature; Automatic setting of an ink feed depending on the print speed; Automatic setting of an ink supply depending on the printing speed by changing the delivery rate of an ink pump; and or Setting and regulation of a viscosity value of the paint used. Method for adjusting a printing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that at least one of the following measures is taken: Comparison of anilox rollers or anilox sleeves used per printing unit using prepress information; Comparison of anilox rollers or anilox sleeves used per printing unit using a memory for print jobs for repeat jobs; Outputting the parameters of the anilox roller or anilox sleeves to an operator, with the output taking place on a printing unit, smartphone, tablet or control station; Issuing a general overview of the anilox rollers or anilox sleeves used in the machine to an operator; Issuing a recommendation for the use of an anilox roller or anilox sleeve based on the anilox dot size of the printing plate; Issuing a recommendation for using an anilox roller or anilox sleeve based on the smallest anilox dot size of the printing plate; Warning if an anilox roller or anilox sleeve is used incorrectly based on the dot size of the printing plate to prevent moiré or color bridge formation; Warning if an anilox roller or anilox sleeve is used incorrectly based on the smallest anilox dot size of the printing plate in order to prevent the formation of moiré or color bridges Prediction of ink consumption based on the anilox roller used or screen sleeve and the printing areas and/or dot densities on the printing plate; and or Output of a wear indicator of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve based on the manufacturer, material, abrasiveness, cell shape, engraving, mileage on the machine and power consumption of the rotary motor of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve. Ultrasonic cleaning of the anilox roller or anilox sleeve.

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