Patent ID: 6373584
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A system for producing a finished printed product exhibiting print specific conditions by controlling at least one printing press machine and auxiliaries therefor to produce said print specific conditions and form said finished printed product, comprising in combination:(a) at least one printing press machine and auxiliaries therefor which operate according to machine-specific conditions and having connected thereto (b) means for commanding said at least one printing press machine and said auxiliaries and (c) software means for controlling said at least one printing press machine and said auxiliaries; (d) said software means comprising (1) a first preset historical database of varied print specific conditions and (2) a second preset historical database of machine specific conditions; (e) means for introducing a desired set of print specific conditions into said software means and coordinate the same with a set of print specific conditions of said first preset historical database, said software means matching said set of print specific conditions to a set of machine specific conditions of said second preset historical database and to determine from said historical data bases a given set of machine specific conditions necessary to implement said desired set of print specific conditions; and (f) means for relaying said given set of machine specific conditions interposed between said commanding means and said software means and passing said given set of machine specific conditions to said commanding means and to said at least one printing press machine and said auxiliaries to produce a finished printed product exhibiting said desired set of print specific conditions.