Patent · US Expired

Method of metering dampening solution when printing with a printing form for offset printing

US6257144A · kind A · utility

6Cited by

3References

3Claims

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Stephan Erhardt · Ketsch, DE
Franz Haaf · Bad Dürkheim, DE
Nikolaus Pfeiffer · Dover, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 4, 1999
Grant date	Jul 10, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 4, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S101/45
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of metering dampening solution when printing with a printing form for offset printing, including, with a control device, setting an amount of dampening solution on the surface of the printing form to a predetermined value before starting to print, further includes, following one interruption in the printing, determining the number of interruptions which have occurred previously in a predefined time interval, and varying in accordance with the number of interruptions the amount of dampening solution supplied to the surface of the printing form during the one interruption.

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