Patent ID: 8210104

Claim:
A method for registering a printing plate, comprising: supporting the printing plate on a support surface; providing a plurality of registration members adapted to register an edge of the printing plate; moving the printing plate over the support surface along a first direction to a position where the edge of the printing plate contacts a first registration member of the plurality of registration members; moving the first registration member along a second direction that intersects the first direction while maintaining contact between the first registration member and the edge of the printing plate at a location on the edge that does not substantially vary as the first registration member moves along the second direction; establishing contact between the printing plate and a second registration member of the plurality of registration members after the first registration member has commenced moving along the second direction; wherein establishing contact between the printing plate and the second registration member of the plurality of registration members after the first registration member has commenced moving along the second direction comprises establishing contact between the edge of the printing plate and the second registration member; and comprising moving the first registration member along the second direction away from the second registration member.