Print control strip, substrate, and method for controlling by open-loop control and/or closed-loop control at least one component of a processing machine

A print control strip comprising:

• at least eight control patches arranged in a row and abutting one another in at least one print control strip, the at least eight control patches in the at least one print control strip having a same height and a same width,
• the at least one print control strip including at least one of the control patches configured as an element for color management, each at least one element for color management including a single printing ink embodied as a solid color patch or as a screen dot patch of the single printing ink, the at least one element for color management being configured to enable measurement of a color density and/or at least one spectral value and/or an area coverage of individual printed printing colors of printing inks,
• the at least one print control strip including at least two of the control patches configured as at least two printing marks, respectively, wherein at least one control patch having a different function is arranged between the at least two printing marks, the at least two printing marks being configured to enable alignment of at least one substrate in a transport direction and/or in a transverse direction, each of the at least two printing marks being configured as at least one of a bar, a cross, a rectangle, or a polygon, and having at least one straight edge, wherein at least one of the printing marks is surrounded by at least one of an unprinted region or unicolor region,
• the at least one print control strip including at least one of the control patches configured as a plate recognition patch, the at least one plate recognition patch including at least two elements for plate recognition, wherein each element of the at least two elements for plate recognition is assigned to one printing color of at least two different printing colors, respectively, and each element for plate recognition is printed by the one printing color assigned thereto, wherein the printing color assigned to a respective element for plate recognition of the at least two elements for plate recognition is assigned to a respective printing plate that generated the respective element for plate recognition, wherein the at least two elements for plate recognition are configured as forms that differ from one another, the forms including digits that differ from one another, letters that differ from one another, or a mixture of digits and letters that differ from one another, and wherein the at least one print control strip includes as many of the elements for plate recognition as there are printing inks used for printing the at least one substrate, and
• the at least one print control strip including at least one of the control patches configured as a side recognition mark, the at least one side recognition mark configured to indicate a surface of the at least one substrate on which the at least one print control strip is situated or is to be situated, wherein the at least one side recognition mark has an optical pattern that differs from optical patterns of other control patches having different functions and is configured to include at least one geometric figure.