Method for cutting, creasing and/ or embossing a cardboard and cardboard processing machine

A method for cutting, creasing and/or embossing a cardboard in a cardboard processing machine comprising a rotary die cutting machine, the rotary die cutting machine comprising a first rotating cylinder and a second rotating cylinder, wherein each of the first and the second cylinder has a cutting, creasing and/or embossing area and a compensation area that extends along a circumference of the respective cylinder, the method comprising:

• wherein a continuous cardboard web being printed with a plurality of repetitive printed sections is run between the two cylinders in a processing direction in order to be cut and/or creased, wherein a printing length of a printed section is shorter than a circumference of the rotating cylinders,
• wherein upon running between the two rotating cylinders, the cutting, creasing and/or embossing area of the first and the second cylinder rolls over a first printed section of the continuous cardboard web and cuts and/or creases the cardboard web along the first printed section, and
• afterwards the cardboard web is pulled back in a direction opposite to the processing direction to such an extent that after a full rotation of the rotating cylinders the cutting, creasing and/or embossing area of the rotating cylinders meets a beginning of a second printed section, such that the cutting, creasing and/or embossing area of the first and the second cylinder rolls over the second printed section of the continuous cardboard web and cuts and/or creases the cardboard web along the second printed section.