Sheet-fed printing machine with improved quality control console

US6343548B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Harald Bayer · Rodgau, DE
• Gerhard Augsberg · Seligenstadt, DE
• Georg Herzan · Oberursel, DE
• Klemens Kemmerer · Seligenstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 9, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 5, 2002
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41F33/0036
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet-fed printing machine having a control console at the downstream end of a sheet transfer system which transfers printed sheets to a delivery unit. The control console has an inclined proof sheet support surface disposed in direct overlying relation to the delivery unit and sheet transfer system upon which a proof sheet withdrawn from the delivery unit may be positioned and assessed for quality. The support surface further includes control elements for directly adjusting and controlling printing quality based upon assessment of the proof sheet. With the control console support surface in overlying relation to the sheet transfer system and the delivery unit, the support surface is at a height which can be comfortably used by an operator of average height and does not impede access to the end of the printing machine nor increase its overall length.