Patent ID: 8045213

Claim:
A method for operating at least one machine in a graphics industry with a computer, which comprises the steps of: storing at least two templates in the computer and the templates being parameter sets having different settings of at least one production step; storing at least one task containing the at least one production step for producing a printed product in the computer by transmitting, in a first working step, task information to the computer of at least one of: parameters and/or boundary conditions of the at least one production step; and intermediate products and/or a resultant printed product; using, in a second working step, the task information to form at least one predefined parameter set for the at least one production step; identifying at least one parameter of the predefined parameter set as being a mandatory parameter; comparing, in a third working step, the predefined parameter set with the parameter sets of the at least two templates and, for each of the templates, a similarity of its parameter set to the predefined parameter set is determined, if the predefined parameter set is not identical to any of the parameter sets of the templates; using, in a fourth working step, a template with a most similar parameter set for an automated setting and performance of the at least one production step for processing on the at least one machine; and using the template for the automated setting and performance of the at least one production step only if the mandatory parameter of the predefined parameter set coincides with a parameter of the template.