System and method for registration control on-press during press set-up and printing
US6085658A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 21, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S101/36
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for controlling registration between different printing plates or printing cylinders in a printing press which includes a camera with a lens having at least two zoom settings and a control unit for changing the zoom setting of the camera in accordance with a distance between registration marks printed on a printed substrate found in at least one image acquired by the camera.
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