Patent ID: 8164800

Claim:
A method for engraving a printing cylinder for packaging, pattern, or wallpaper printing with an electronic engraving machine equipped with at least two engraving members, comprising the steps of: engraving with each engraving member elements to be printed into the printing cylinder and, for areal engraving, executing a feed movement parallel to a longitudinal axis of the printing cylinder; to shorten an engraving time, subdividing a print image or a layout for the printing cylinder into at least two circumferential engraving strips situated in parallel next to one another in an axial direction and with one engraving member being associated with each engraving strip; and automatically placing at least one strip boundary by the engraving machine or by an electronic data processing device associated with said engraving machine between said engraving strips in at least one white space remaining unengraved between at least some of the elements to be printed.