Patent ID: 6810809
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A method for driving a printing press, which comprises the steps of:driving a printing-form cylinder having an allocated gear and at least one drum for advancing printing material having a further allocated gear adjacent the allocated gear of the printing form cylinder, via a gear train driven by at least one first motor; processing angle of rotation signals of the at least one drum and printing-form cylinder in a control device to control the driving of the at least one drum and the printing-form cylinder; driving the printing form cylinder with a separate motor during a printing-form production operation in the printing press; and synchronously actuating the first and the separate motor for driving the allocated gear and the further gear to place the gears relative to one another, at most out of contact with one another and at least barely in engagement with one another, for exerting a slight pressure on one another.