Patent ID: 8910573
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B41F,B41P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling an inking unit of a printing press having at least one ink metering element and a control unit, the method comprising the following steps: resetting the ink metering element from a first metered quantity of ink to a second metered quantity of ink for an intended level of inking to be achieved; setting the ink metering element to a temporary, third metered quantity of ink by the control unit, at least for one time interval, during a non-steady phase of the inking unit before reaching the intended level of inking; determining a value of a variable describing a measure of a distance of a present level of inking to the intended level of inking on a printing material and predefining a plurality of sets of values for the variable, into which the determined value of the variable can be grouped; and carrying out a temporary metering of the quantity of ink: