Patent ID: 7387067

Claim:
A method for setting a correlation between a duration of a period of a spray dampening unit and a duration of a revolution of a cylinder including: providing a spray dampening unit having at least one spray nozzle and adapted to deliver a dampening agent in discontinuous flow amounts; operating said spray dampening unit over a period with a duration and within which said dampening fluid is delivered; including in said duration of said period, over which said spray dampening unit is operating, a spray nozzle delivery time and a spray nozzle off-time; providing a cylinder having a circumference receiving said dampening agent from said spray dampening unit during said period in which said spray dampening unit is in operation; determining a characteristic of said cylinder; setting said duration of said period over which said spray dampening unit is operating in accordance with said cylinder characteristic; and applying said dampening agent to said cylinder in accordance with said setting for applying said dampening agent to said cylinder circumference in a complete dosage and starting at a same location on said circumference no earlier than at each third successive revolution of said cylinder.