Patent ID: 6748860
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B41F,Y10S

Abstract:
An inking control system for a printing machine having defined ink zones and zonally acting ink distribution devices, the control system comprising:an operating panel with operating and display elements for adjusting the zonally acting ink distribution devices in the printing machine; a spacing distribution and a number of said operating and display elements corresponding to a spacing distribution and a number of the ink zones; a color monitor integrated in said operating panel, said color monitor having a size configured to display a printed image on a scale of 1:1 and to a full extent thereof, and to spatially correlate a display of the printed image with regard to the inking zones with the operating and display elements, so that there is a direct visual association between the inking zones in the displayed printed image and said operating and display elements; at least one image recording device disposed in the printing machine and aimed to record printed images while a printing material is conveyed through the printing machine; and a computer connected to the ink distribution devices and to said at least one image recording device.