Patent ID: 6580524
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
A method for profiling and calibrating a digitally controllable printing machine having a permanent printing plate comprising the steps of:creating image data in a machine-independent format in a pre-press stage; forecasting a machine condition expected at the time of a printing process using at least one of machine parameters derived from characteristic curves and current machine parameters; providing a profile pool including color profiles which characterize a reproduction process for specific settings, wherein each calculated color profile is associated with data pertaining to external parameters of that profile; determining a color profile most closely related to a current print job using the machine condition forecast information and information relating to operating materials of the printing machine and selecting the color profile from the profile pool; preparing the image data based on the determined color profile by a data processing device; feeding the image data in adapted form into an image-setting unit of the printing machine; checking the current machine condition immediately before printing; comparing the current machine condition to the forecast machine condition; and warning the operator when said step of comparing exceeds a predefinable threshold.