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6447181 Variable position, force and velocity printer  
A printer for printing onto substrates includes a housing that mounts a movable carrier for the substrates such as a compact disc or digital versatile disc. The carrier for the substrate is driven...
6443065 Plate cylinder, external plate register tool, and method of registering plates  
A plate cylinder comprising a cylinder body having at least one external slot extending axially with respect to the cylinder body, and at least one register pin slidable by an external registration...
6397748 Vacuum printing plate mounter and registration system  
A printer plate having an integral alignment target and a printing plate mounter having a vacuum cup with an alignment member thereon to permit visual alignment of the alignment target with the...
6360664 Apparatus for the axial guidance and adjustment of a cylinder  
An apparatus constructed which accurately guides and adjusts a cylinder axially in a rotary printing machine. For this purpose, an electromagnetic system, with which an axial force can be applied...
6357942 Method for reducing cyclic print errors  
A method for reducing cyclic print errors. Applicants discovered that the cause of certain cyclic print errors was inconsistent (i.e., unequal) line spacing on the linear encoder strip used by the...
6339991 Method for determining the position of an engraving element  
In a method for determining the axial position of an engraving element in an engraving machine used for engraving impression cylinders, the engraving machine has a fixed toothed comb in which a...
6318262 External drum imaging system  
The present invention provides a media handling system for an imaging system, such as an external drum platesetter. Separate input and output trays are provided, thereby allowing pre-staging of a...
6314884 Register control device for a printing machine  
A register control device for the cylinder of a printing machine that emits a signal when a printing plate is resting in register on one or more register pins associated with a print cylinder. The...
6298783 Printhead alignment device and method of use  
A printhead is mounted in a support frame that has reference mounting members on the sides of the frame that establish a reference plane for mounting the support frame in a printer The printhead is...
6299572 Print image positioning  
A method and apparatus for punching an image-recordable plate with a notch of variable depth or a hole at variable distance from a reference line, such that enable the plate to be mountable on the...
6263796 Closed loop control for an image transfer section of a printer  
The present invention provides an image transfer section of a printer having a control system controlling the operation thereof, as well as a control system and method for controlling the operation...
6257141 Printing-plate mounting-position instruction system  
A printing-plate mounting-position instruction system instructs a worker where to mount a plurality of printing plates in a rotary printing press. The system includes a controller, a reader, a...
6253678 Method of printing to reduce misregistration  
A method of printing using a press having first and second printing units and responsive to electronic data includes the steps of running the press to cause first and second printing units to...
6247404 Method of making newspaper printing plates  
A method of making printing plates for color newspaper printing almost free from causing color dislocation. The present invention includes an exposure step 12 of directly drawing a desired image on...
6240847 Printing machine state display  
A device is described for the state display for a printing machine, more specifically a sheet offset printing machine. The printing machine has a control, which is usually a computer, that...
6223654 Printing plate  
A printing plate for an offset printing machine which comprises an electrically non-conductive material adapted for mounting on a plate cylinder of the printing machine and which has cuts in at...
6213020 Drawing apparatus and drawing method  
A conveying unit is disposed so as to be swingable above a recording drum. The conveying unit has a first plate carry-in conveying path and a second plate carry-out conveying path. A punching...
6205925 Method for screen position correcting in screen printing  
Methods and apparatus for adjusting the position of a printing screen having a center of rotation mounted on a screen frame for use in screen printing processes are disclosed. The apparatus...
6203222 Printer head device and printer image processing system having the same  
A head for a printer and an image processing system is provided in which light emitted from light emitting elements formed on a substrate of the head does not leak from pinholes of a...
6199280 Method and device for assembling flexible plates, for example printing plates  
Flexible plates are placed on a plate cylinder by inserting leading and trailing plate suspension legs into cooperating slits. Each of the plate suspension legs is pushed into the receiving slit by...
6186068 Method for holding printing sleeves in an imaging device  
A method for imaging seamless printing sleeves of varying length and diameter includes providing a retractable support for the end of a mandrel holding the sleeve and a tilting mechanism to title...
6170396 Printing method and device for mounting printing plates via cooperating holes and protrusions  
A printing method for performing a lithographic printing in multiple colors by use of a flexible plate material. In particular, a series of engaging holes, while being aligned in the transporting...
6158345 Method of compensating image details for flexographic printing plates  
A method for compensating for image distortion imparted on a flexographic printing plate is disclosed. The compensation scheme reduces the distortion effect caused by stretching of the image when...
RE36977 Apparatus and method for attaching a flexible printing plate  
A mechanism for securely clamping a priming printing plate (6) to a form cylinder (1), in which a cylinder groove (2) formed in the form cylinder (1) has rotatably mounted therein a clamping...
6131512 Printing master comprising strain gauges  
A printing master 12 is described which includes a printing element and a base 33, characterized in that base 33 is provided with one or more strain gauges 31 and electric connections for measuring...
6125757 Method and apparatus for performing a flying printing plate change  
The present invention is directed to a web fed rotary printing press which can perform a printing plate change on the fly, while preventing the printing plate from touching an associated moving...
6117615 Method for mounting multiple printing elements onto a cylindrical element  
A method provides for mounting at least one photosensitive printing element onto a cylindrical element containing a previously mounted first photosensitive printing element without contacting an...
6108436 System for controlling registration of a web and method of use thereof  
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the quality of a moving web of multicolor print during a printing process, including monitoring the mutual location of the various colors on the...
6101945 Printing plate or printed product identifying apparatus  
There is disclosed an apparatus for identifying a page of printing plate or printed product. The apparatus comprises reading head means for reading out at least one of items in a local descriptive...
6085658 System and method for registration control on-press during press set-up and printing  
A system and method for controlling registration between different printing plates or printing cylinders in a printing press which includes a camera with a lens having at least two zoom settings...
6055908 Method and device for positioning printing plates  
The invention relates to a method and device for positioning a flexible printing plate in a desired position on a flexible carrier arranged on a table, the method comprising the steps of placing...
6038968 Stencil printer and method of stopping in place printing drum of the printer  
In a stencil printer, a printing drum is provided with a clamp plate for clamping an end portion of a stencil master, thereby holding the stencil master on the printing drum. A paper supply...
6032581 Register control device for a printing machine  
The present invention generally describes register control equipment for the cylinder of a printing machine. It specifically pertains to the printing plate of sheet-fed offset printing machine that...
RE36552 Apparatus and method for printing multiple account lines  
A printing method and apparatus for printing different indicia, such as account numbers, on selected documents without changing plates or stopping the press during a press run. Different indicia...
5974967 Registration system for lenticular printing  
A registration system (10) maintains registration of colors printed on a lenticular material (M) by a printing press (P) to form an image (I). A predetermined pattern (12) is printed on the...
5964149 Cylinder color printing method and product using improved misregistration detection  
A method of printing multi-color images on pressure sensitive labels carried on a web uses a disk shaped mark for each color which is printed to form the image. The disks (spots) are printed on the...
5931098 Robot mounted printhead  
The present invention relates to a mechanism for and method of applying labels, printing images, or scanning a feature on the surface of a substrate. The mechanism (1) comprises a read/write/apply...
5927208 CD printer centering adjustment  
A CD printer for printing labels on compact discs print information on a CD centered on a print program center. A support for the CD is movable in one axis. The printer moves on a perpendicular...
5913267 Process and device for adapting the position of printing plates to the deformation of the paper to be printed  
In a process and a device for adapting the position of printing plates (4) to the deformation (fan-out) of the paper web (2) to be printed through damp, ink absorption and mechanical stress on...
5901646 Screen printing machine having three axes screen registration with shiftable support vacuum table for web  
A high speed screen printing machine (20) is provided for accurately imprinting images on segments (205) bearing indicia (206) of a transparent web (34, 36). The machine (20) includes a vacuum...
5887526 Shaft encoder for a cylinder of a printing press  
A process and device for synchronizing a cylinder of a printing press, which is pivoted up to its countercylinder, and to a shaft encoder suitable for carrying out this process.
5889598 Graphic works involving holography  
A substrate bears holographic imagery, selected portions of which are covered by non-holographic imagery printed in predetermined geometric registry with the holographic images. Multiple replicas...
5850789 Method and apparatus for mounting printing plates  
An apparatus and method for mounting a plurality of plates onto a carrier sheet includes a table mounted on a stationary base, each plate having a first and a second registration mark thereon. A...
5819667 Digital printing machine and method of transporting sheets therefor  
A digital printing machine including an endless conveyer belt having an elongated section whereon substrates to be printed are successively transported through the printing machine in a transport...
5816154 Print cylinder support for axial removal of a cylindrical sleeve  
Removable print roll sleeves are changed on a printing press without removal of a respective print roll from the press frame by securing the position of the print roll on the drive side axle...
5813333 Automatic register control system for multi-color rotary presses, and apparatus and method for detecting registering errors  
An automatic register control system for multi-color rotary presses having adjusting means for adjusting the phase on a plate cylinder of each printing section, comprising a registering error...
5813347 Device and method for controlling a printing machine, particularly a franking machine drum  
In a printing machine with a rotary drum (1) for franking envelopes (4), each print operation is performed at a constant rotational speed in a given direction, whereafter the direction of rotation...
5806431 Method and apparatus for axially positioning a printing plate  
A method and an apparatus for axially positioning a flexible plate on a surface of a cylinder, that is divided into several axially spaced segments, utilizes a plate transport arrangement to...
5782184 Printer head carriage and method for aligning printer heads on a printer head carriage  
Printer heads are precision mounted relative to a plate on a printer carriage by assembling a plurality of identical printer head assemblies, each of the printer head assemblies including a printer...
5778779 Printing unit and register mechanism for mounting a printing sleeve  
A printing unit for a web fed rotary printing press for printing newspapers is provided in which the central impression cylinder (2) is commonly rotatably mounted in the two side walls (14a, 14b)...
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