Patent ID: 8213688

Claim:
A method for controlling measuring processes associated with a printed image applied to a printing material, the method comprising the following steps: positioning the printing material on a desk; capturing, with a camera device, image information from the printed image on the printing material; comparing, in a computer, data captured by the camera device with digital image data of the printed image; triggering measuring processes of an image inspection device connected to the computer, with the computer, on a basis of an identified printed image on the printing material; detecting, with the camera device, objects or persons covering the printing material; carrying out, with the image inspection device, color measuring processes on the printed image on the printing material, on a basis of the detected objects or persons covering the printing material; carrying out automatic recognition of a front or reverse side of a printing material with the camera device and the digital image data of the printed image; and triggering measuring processes of the image inspection device automatically with the computer as a function of the side of the printing material lying on top.