Device for identifying printing plates, corresponding printing press and method

A device for identifying printing plates for a print job, the device comprising:

• a support having at least one support place, each support place being adapted to support one printing plate;
• an identification unit adapted to identify the printing plate supported on the/or each support place, wherein each support place is associated with exactly one location on a plate cylinder;
• and
• an evaluation device adapted to receive information from the identification unit representing an identified printing plate and adapted to evaluate whether the identified printing plate supported on the support place corresponds to a determined printing plate to be carried by the location on the plate cylinder with which the support place is associated.