Patent ID: 8869697

Claim:
Method for arranging a printing plate ( 73 ) on a plate cylinder ( 07 ) that has at least one channel ( 13 ), in which at least one front clamping device ( 21 ) and at least one rear clamping device ( 61 ) are arranged, the at least one rear clamping device ( 61 ) being part at least of a slide ( 102 ) that is arranged to be movable along a tensioning path towards the at least one front clamping device ( 21 ) by means of at least one tensioning drive ( 104 ) within the at least one channel ( 13 ), in a first section of a tensioning process the at least one slide ( 102 ) together with a rear end ( 76 ) of the printing plate ( 73 ) tensioned in the at least one rear clamping device ( 61 ) being moved along the tensioning path towards the at least one front clamping device ( 21 ) and a first channel wall ( 18 ) whereby the printing plate ( 73 ) is tensioned and subsequently in a second section of the tensioning process the printing plate ( 73 ) being released again by the at least one slide ( 102 ) being moved away from the first channel wall ( 19 ) and towards a second channel wall ( 19 ) and subsequently in a third section of the tensioning process the at least one slide ( 102 ) together with the rear end ( 76 ) of the printing plate ( 73 ) tensioned in the at least one rear clamping device ( 61 ) being moved again towards the at least one front clamping device ( 21 ) and the first channel wall ( 18 ) whereby the printing plate ( 73 ) is tensioned.