Patent ID: 7818072

Claim:
A printing press control system for a printing press, comprising: at least one sensor for registering a current state of at least one component of the printing press; at least one regulating and control device generating actuating signals for at least one actuator for influencing the at least one component of the printing press; a printing press simulator integrated into the printing press control system for at least one of training purposes and diagnostic purposes on the printing press, the printing press simulator operating based on real press data from a same printing press in which the printing press simulator is integrated, client-specific product data from a prepress stage and a current configuration of the press; and a printer control desk including display devices and input devices, wherein the display devices and the input devices of the printer control desk are connected to the at least one regulating and control device and the printing press simulator; wherein said at least one regulating and control device is switchable between a production operation and at least one of a training operation and a diagnostic operation; wherein said printing press simulator is activated when said at least one regulating and control device is in at least one of the training operation and the diagnostic operation and said printing press simulator is deactivated when said at least one regulating and control device is in the production operation, and wherein the input devices of the printer control influence the printing press during the production operation and the same input devices influence only the printing press simulator in the training or diagnostic operations.