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Method and apparatus for setting registration in a multicolor printing machine based on a change in toner profile

US6421522B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

NexPress Solutions LLC · US

Inventors

Thomas A. Henderson · Rochester, US
Christopher B. Liston · Rochester, US
Patrick Metzler · Gettorf, DE
Karlheinz Peter · Molfsee, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 15, 2001
Grant date	Jul 16, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 15, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/0161
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for setting registration in a multicolor printing machine having a number of exposure devices for the digital production of color separations, the actions of setting up and combining the color separations being controlled, in order to set the registration, in such a way that accurate registered prints are achieved. According to the invention, in the event of a change in the toner profile, the influence of the toner profile on the registration is taken into account, by available influencing variables directly as the change is implemented.

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