Patent ID: 6912954

Claim:
A method for adjusting the home position of an ink fountain blade of a printing press having a plurality of ink fountain blades, wherein the ink feed amount to be supplied from an ink fountain into an ink fountain roller is adjusted by adjusting the position of these ink fountain blades, supplying ink to a printing plate through the ink fountain roller, and printing the ink supplied on the printing plate on a printing sheet, the method comprising: positioning each ink fountain blade at its home position; setting an indication of the position of each ink fountain blade at a value that is obtained by adding a predetermined value to zero; adjusting the position of each ink fountain blade while observing the indication of the position of each ink fountain blade to a value which is obtained by adding the predetermined value; storing the position of each ink fountain blade as so adjusted as a new home position for that ink fountain blade; and setting an indication of the position of each ink fountain blade as a zero position.