Patent ID: 6561098
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A method of controlling a quantity of ink in an inking unit of a printing machine, which includes maintaining a constant quantity of ink in the inking unit by releasing an appropriate, constant flow of ink quantity from an ink source, and producing an increase and a decrease, respectively, of the quantity of ink from a first value to a second value by releasing, during a transition time period, a flow of ink quantity lying, respectively, above and below a second nominal value of the flow of ink quantity, corresponding to the second value, and which is defined in accordance with a given rule as a function of the first and the second quantity of ink, which comprises setting the quantity of ink to a third value during the transition time period from the first to the second value of the quantity of ink, interpolating an imaginary quantity of ink between the first and the second quantity of ink, beginning a new transition time period, and defining the flow of ink during the new transition time period, using the given rule as a function of the imaginary quantity of ink and the third quantity of ink.