Print control strip and method of preparing the same
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorLudo Kerz
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Abstract
A method of preparing a print control strip including at least two process control elements and being adapted to at least a width of at least one used area of at least one original image, includes determining borders of the at least one used area. A state is assigned to every process control element in dependence on if the process control element is located substantially inside the borders. A print control strip is created by using only process control elements that have been assigned a state as being inside the borders.
Claims11
A method of preparing a print control strip including at least two process control elements and being adapted to at least a width of at least one used area of at least one original image, the method comprising the following steps:
- determining borders of the at least one used area;
- assigning a state to each process control element in dependence on if the process control element is located substantially inside the borders;
- creating a print control strip using only process control elements having been assigned a state as being inside the borders;
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- imaging the print control strip onto a printing plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.