Patent ID: 9170195
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G01J,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a level of curing of at least one of printing inks or varnishes on a printing material, the method comprising the following steps: initially producing color separations for at least four printing inks or varnishes in accordance with a printing original; transferring each of the printing inks or each of the varnishes to the printing material in respective printing units or respective varnishing units, in accordance with the color separations; producing at least one level-of-curing control area by overprinting at least one of the printing inks or the varnishes on the printing material with at least three remaining printing inks or varnishes of the at least four printing ink or varnishes; the color separations including a measuring area in a print process control strip or an individual control area in addition to a printed image, the measuring area or the control area being the at least one level-of-curing control area; and determining the level of curing of all of the printing inks or varnishes by measuring the at least one level-of-curing control area following printing on the printing material using a measuring instrument.