Patent ID: 6082018
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: B41F,Y10S

Abstract:
A pre-marked makeready tape for use in setting and regulating a selected position of webbing on a continuous web printing press having at least one printing unit, at least one compensator and at least one folder, said pre-marked makeready tape comprising:a tape adapted for defining a path of a continuous web during a makeready process, wherein said tape is fabricated from a durable material having a top side and a bottom side and a terminal end securable to an end of the webbing;an activatable, but non-activated, adhesive member for securing an end of said tape to an end of the continuous web, said adhesive member being disposed on said bottom side of said tape whereby a portion of said activatable, but non-activated, adhesive member is selectively activated for securing a selected length of said terminal end of said tape to the end of the webbing; andindicia disposed about said top side of said pre-marked makeready tape defining at least a first mark and a second mark spaced apart a distance equal to a whole multiple of a page length of printed matter, said indicia being adapted for aligning said first mark on said pre-marked makeready tape with a first location on the continuous web printing press proximate to the path defined by said make-ready tape on a first side of the compensator and adjusting the compensator to align said second mark on said pre-marked makeready tape with a second location on the continuous web printing press proximate to the path defined by said make-ready tape on a further side of the compensator whereby a selected position of the continuous web on the continuous web printing press is set and regulated.