Patent ID: 6543354
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
A combination, comprising: a rotary printing machine with a printing group having an inking unit, a dampening unit and being controlled by a control computer, the printing machine being operable in a plurality of process states; and a device for establishing a production-run state for the printing group, said device comprising:a plurality of freely programmable memory devices, each of said memory devices containing a different control program for controlling the inking unit to establish a production-run state for a respective one of the plurality of process states of the printing machine; and means for connecting one of said plurality of memory devices to the control computer following the occurrence of an interruption in the production run state of the printing machine so as to return the printing group to the production-run state, said connecting means including a keyboard unit for manually connecting said plurality of memory devices to the control computer, one of the plurality of process states of the printing machine is a shut-down state, the printing machine having a changeable plate and a washable printing blanket, wherein a first one of said plurality of memory devices contains a control program for establishing a production-run state following a printing machine shut-down, wherein a second one of said plurality of memory devices contains a control program for establishing a production-run state following a plate change, wherein a third one of said plurality of memory devices contains a control program for establishing a production-run state following a printing-blanket washing.