Method for manufacturing a printed can lid of a can with a digital printing method; comprising at least the following steps: a) making available a shell with an outer face and an inner face; b) making available a control unit and a printed image, wherein the printed image can be processed in the control unit; c) making available at least a first digital printing unit with at least one printing head; wherein the printed image which is made available by the control unit can be printed onto the outer face with the printing head; d) printing the printed image which is made available by the control unit onto the outer face with the printing head; wherein in step a) the shell has, at least on the outer face, at least one structure which predefines a first orientation of the shell, and therefore a first position of a printed image which is to be applied to the outer face; wherein the method comprises, before step d), at least the following further steps: a1) detecting the first orientation of the shell by means of the control unit; b1) determining a first position of the printed image which is to be applied, as a function of the detected first orientation; and c1) making available a printed image which is generated computationally as a function of the first position in the control unit, for the at least one first digital printing unit; wherein in step d) the printed image which is made available by the control unit is printed onto the outer face in the first position with the printing head; characterized in that at least • in the control unit there are a multiplicity of printed images which are each rotated by a predefined angular value; wherein in step c1) a printed image which is oriented in a way matching the first orientation by the control unit is selected and is made available for the first digital printing unit; or • between the steps a1) and d) the shell is fed to the first digital printing unit in a feed direction, wherein only before step a1) the shell is moved in a lateral direction, perpendicularly with respect to the feed direction, and is aligned therewith. a) making available a shell with an outer face and an inner face; b) making available a control unit and a printed image, wherein the printed image can be processed in the control unit; c) making available at least a first digital printing unit with at least one printing head; wherein the printed image which is made available by the control unit can be printed onto the outer face with the printing head; d) printing the printed image which is made available by the control unit onto the outer face with the printing head; a1) detecting the first orientation of the shell by means of the control unit; b1) determining a first position of the printed image which is to be applied, as a function of the detected first orientation; and c1) making available a printed image which is generated computationally as a function of the first position in the control unit, for the at least one first digital printing unit; • in the control unit there are a multiplicity of printed images which are each rotated by a predefined angular value; wherein in step c1) a printed image which is oriented in a way matching the first orientation by the control unit is selected and is made available for the first digital printing unit; or • between the steps a1) and d) the shell is fed to the first digital printing unit in a feed direction, wherein only before step a1) the shell is moved in a lateral direction, perpendicularly with respect to the feed direction, and is aligned therewith.