Operating system for a printing machine, and method of updating the operating system

US6903831B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Petra Rapke-Kraft · Wiesloch, DE
• Tilo Loffler · Oftersheim, DE
• Gunter Meier · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2005
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41F33/0009
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An operating system for a printing machine includes a graphic operating interface for allowing the printing machine to be controlled by actions of an operator. Electronic documentation is selectively displayable on the operating interface as a result of actions by the operator. The electronic documentation includes operating instructions, a spare-parts catalog containing numbers and drawings of spare parts, and maintenance instructions. The operating system also includes a list with links between electronic addresses of electronic components in the printing machine and the spare-parts numbers and/or drawings. When the operating system receives a report of a fault in an electronic component through the electronic address thereof, it refers to the fault on the operating interface and, in response to an action by the operator, displays the associated spare-parts numbers and/or drawings on the operating interface. A method of updating the operating system is also disclosed.