Patent ID: 9346259
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B41F

Claim Text:
1. A method for closed-loop or open-loop control of an ink feed in an offset printing press having at least one inking unit, a control unit, an operating element for adjusting the ink feed across a predetermined ink feed control range, and a plurality of adjustment parameters of the at least one inking unit or of the printing press, the method comprising the following steps: subdividing the predetermined ink feed control range into a plurality of partial ranges in the control unit, wherein the partial ranges do not overlap with each other; assigning each one of the plurality of adjustment parameters of the at least one inking unit or of the printing press to only a respective one of the partial ranges in the control unit; determining, with the control unit, an appropriate partial range as a function of the ink feed selected by the operating element; and setting, with the control unit, the selected ink feed in the at least one inking unit using the respective associated adjustment parameters in at least one of the at least one inking unit or the printing press.