Method for regulating the processing of a material web, in particular a packaging material web, that has register marks which are guided past a processing device for the purpose of processing, - in which the material web is driven via at least one drive roller, - in which the register marks are guided past at least one sensor that captures the register marks, - in which an evaluation device determines the deviation of an actual position,corresponding to the capturing event of a register mark by the at least one sensor of at least one processing tool of the processing device from a predetermined position of the at least one processing tool for the same capturing event, - in which a regulating device uses the deviation between the actual position and the predetermined position of the at least one processing tool determined by the evaluation device of the at least one processing tool to regulate the actual processing position, - in which the evaluation device uses successive capturing events of register marks by the at least one sensor to determine the actual distance of successive register marks in relation to the measurement system of the at least one drive roller, in particular in relation to the angular difference and/or the circumferential difference of the drive roller, and correlates this with an expected distance of the register marks with regard to the measurement system of the at least one drive roller, - in which the correlation between the actual distance and the expected distance of the register marks is used to determine a pilot-control value and - in which a control device, preferably a pilot-control device, adjusts the speed of the at least one processing tool as a function of the pilot-control value determined. - in which the material web is driven via at least one drive roller, - in which the register marks are guided past at least one sensor that captures the register marks, - in which an evaluation device determines the deviation of an actual position,corresponding to the capturing event of a register mark by the at least one sensor of at least one processing tool of the processing device from a predetermined position of the at least one processing tool for the same capturing event, - in which a regulating device uses the deviation between the actual position and the predetermined position of the at least one processing tool determined by the evaluation device of the at least one processing tool to regulate the actual processing position, - in which the evaluation device uses successive capturing events of register marks by the at least one sensor to determine the actual distance of successive register marks in relation to the measurement system of the at least one drive roller, in particular in relation to the angular difference and/or the circumferential difference of the drive roller, and correlates this with an expected distance of the register marks with regard to the measurement system of the at least one drive roller, - in which the correlation between the actual distance and the expected distance of the register marks is used to determine a pilot-control value and - in which a control device, preferably a pilot-control device, adjusts the speed of the at least one processing tool as a function of the pilot-control value determined.