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Method and device of controlling sheets in a digital printing machine

US7976009B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY · US

Inventors

Martin Ruhk · Schleswig, DE
Dieter Dobberstein · Melsdorf, DE
Uwe Weinlich · Monsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 4, 2006
Grant date	Jul 12, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/00721
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of controlling sheets in a digital printing machine, wherein the arrival of at least one sheet in a transport path is detected at least once at at least one marked location of said transport path to improve the control of the sheets themselves during the printing operation. This is achieved in that at least one signal having a countable pulse is generated, in that a freely selectable but then fixed start of these pulses is assigned to the position of at least one frame (occupiable field) of frames—into which the minimum of one transport path segment is divided—relative to said marked location, and in that the minimum of one sheet is controlled with the use of this pulse at at least one other marked location of the transport path.

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