Patent ID: 6823793
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A method for mounting printing plate segments on a printing plate carrier, the method comprising:accepting positioning data indicative of a set of first positions, each first position being the position on a loading table of a corresponding plate segment of a set of imaged printing plate segments; loading the set of imaged printing plate segments on the loading table, each at approximately the corresponding first position on the loading table; accepting positioning data indicative of a set of final positions, each final position being the position of a corresponding printing plate segment on the printing plate carrier; and for each segment of the set of segments, detecting the position of the segment on the loading table; picking up the segment using a mechanical pick-up system; and carrying the segment using the mechanical pick-up system to the particular segment's corresponding final position on the carrier, the carrying via a path determined using the detected position on the table and the corresponding final position.