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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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