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Electronic device for determining a register error in multi-color printing machines

US4856903A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 17, 1987
Grant dateAug 15, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 17, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41F33/0081
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Device for determining a register error between individual colors in multicolor printing machine, comprising a photoelectric scanning apparatus for scanning differently colored register marks printed together on a printed sheet, an evaluation apparatus interacting with the scanning apparatus for determining the relative positions of the individual register marks, the scanning apparatus being disposed in a housing to be positioned at a given measuring location on the stationary printed sheet, the scanning apparatus comprising a scanning head movably disposed in the housing, and drive a device provided in the housing for producing the scanning movement of the scanning head relative to the printed sheet within a relatively small scanning region.

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