ES2355322T3 - PROCEDURE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PRINTER FORMS READY FOR USE IN A PRINTER MACHINE. - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves illuminating printing plates by a plate illumination device (33) using a template (37) with a printing image, where the template is electronically provided by a processor (34) of a pre-press. The illumination of the printing plates is controlled by the illumination device based on data provided by a controller (39) of a production planning system. The illumination device, the processor, the controller, a storage device (51) and a control panel (42) pertaining to a printing machine are connected to a communication system (41). An independent claim is also included for a device for producing a printing plate, which is ready to use in a printing machine.

Description

Procedure for the manufacture of printer forms ready for use in a printing machine. The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of printer forms ready for use in a printing machine according to claim 1. From US2002 / 0056390A1, temporary storage in a storage device, located next to a storage device, is known. exposure of plates, in a production line for the manufacture of printer forms ready for use in a printing machine. From GB2242187A there is known a device for the manufacture of printer forms ready for use in a printing machine that in a production line of these printer forms, to be manufactured, has at least one plate display device and at least a storage device located 10 continuation of this plate exposure device. From EP1987954A2, a procedure for handling printing plates is known with at least the following steps: a) before exposure or after exposure, each code is assigned a code on the position of the cylinder plate holder, the printing mechanism and the printing unit of a printer machine fed by reels, in which the respective printing plate is used, b) each exposed and coded printing plate is transported to the area of a cassette, each cassette serving for the accommodation of several printing plates and, consequently, several printing plates being transported to the area of each cassette, c) in the area of the respective cassette, the code of the printing plates found in the area of the respective one is read cassette, checking if the printing plates are in the correct cassette, and if it is determined that the printing plates are and they are in the correct cassette, each defined printing plate is released for a defined housing position in the cassette and the printing plate is placed in this housing position within the cassette. From DE202007011576U1 a device is known for making several different printer forms available, ready for printing and necessary for printing one or more printing products, especially printing plates of printing machines, with a production line presenting the at least one device for exposing, engraving and / or coating a blank of printing forms, if necessary, at least one device for punching and / or folding of the printing forms, and a device for making available the printer forms already finished in order to mount them in the printing machine, the device presenting at least one temporary storage of printing forms that allows the automated entry or exit of the finished printer forms partially or completely, preferably being able to automatically extract the 30 Completed printer forms of the temporary warehouse after a classification is made Previous ion according to the print job. From JP2001105561A and JP2000094627A, a device for the manufacture of printer forms ready for use in a printing machine is also known respectively. From DE102006032204B3 a method is known for making available at least 35 a printing form in its place of assembly on a cylinder holder of a rotary. From document DE3630876A1, a production process control system for a newspaper printing device is known, in which a file of pagination data of printing plates, created by a partial system of control of production processes, is transmitted before Machining of the plate by means of a multiple data network for the storage of this file in a partial printing plate control system at 40 the latter. From WO2004 / 085153A2 a device is known for the storage of a coating that is to be replaced in a cylinder of a printing machine, several coatings can be arranged in the cylinder, the coating being stored, which is to be replaced, in a device of housing, the housing device presenting at least one code reader, the code reader registering a feature placed on the liner for identification, a control unit comparing the registered feature with an occupancy plan for the desired printing process and checking this all the liners stored in the housing device in order to determine if the liners are stored in a correct order in the housing device for the desired printing process, the control unit generating a warning about an incorrect assembly before mount the liner on the cylinder at least in case there are differences in the comparison.

From WO2006 / 067118A1, communication systems with a network for the transmission of at least image data to at least one copying device are known, the copying device copying an area of the

printing image on a printing machine, a network for the control and / or supervision of the printing machine being provided, being provided at a previous printing stage, which makes the image data available, a network for the communication of the data to be processed in the previous printing phase, these networks being connected to the same signal line and / or transmission path and being configured equally in each case with respect to their data transmission properties. 5 From EP1435292A1 a method is known for feeding printer forms to a cylinder, a storage plan for the printer forms to be fed to the respective cylinder being stored in a storage device, comparing a code of the respective printer forms with the occupation plan and feeding the printing forms to the cylinder according to the occupation plan. From EP1002646A1 a device is known for indicating the mounting position of a printing plate in a press, a printing form being assigned, identified by its number of pages, by means of a link with an imposition scheme to a mounting location in the rotating and indicating the place of assembly determined in a mechanized way for this printing plate. Therefore, the mounting position cannot be deduced from the code placed on the printing plate. From DE10314341B3 a method is known for operating a system at least in order to feed a cylinder at least one printer form stored in a printer form reservoir, a code reader registering a code of the printer form, being able to determine errors such as a double occupation or an incorrect occupation of a printing zone in the cylinder by means of a warning sent by the system preferably to a control station of the printing machine. From US4727807A a device is known for the automatic change of printing forms in a cylinder of a printing machine, several printing forms being available in the cylinder, dismantling the printing forms, which are suspended from a transport system and which are to be feed a printing mechanism, in the printing mechanism, to which they are assigned, and temporarily stored in a warehouse, after having read a code reader a code placed in each printing form and having determined its assignment to the printing mechanism. 25 Helmut Kipphan's technical book "Handbuch der Printmedien", first edition, Springer Verlag publishing house, 2000, pages 571-572, ISBN 3-540-66941-8, discloses an interconnected printing press , in which a previous printing phase, a machine room and a subsequent processing system are linked together by the same network based, for example, on Ethernet. The invention aims to create a process for the manufacture of printing forms, ready for use in a printing machine, which according to the needs makes available the printing forms, necessary in a certain place of use in the printing machine and manufactured in any order in different periods of time, such as a game ready for use. The objective is achieved according to the invention by means of a method with the features of claim 1. 35 The advantages, possible to obtain with the invention, lie in particular in that at different periods of time the printed forms provided at least can be stored of a print image, as well as making them available together in necessary games according to the planned production on the printing machine. The operator, who prepares the printing machine for future production, thus saves the time he needed to classify the printer forms often manufactured in practice in any order, for example, in newspaper printing, and to complete a set. of printer forms, related to each other, that is needed in a certain place of use of several possible places of use, for example, in a given form-carrying cylinder or in a certain deposit of printing forms of the printing machine. According to the results, a shorter equipment time is obtained that improves the profitability of the printing machine. However, all flexibility is maintained in the order of the printing forms to be manufactured, which is important precisely for newspaper printing.

In order to prepare to execute a print job, several printer forms are generally to be manufactured for use in a printing machine. Especially in a printing press, which manufactures a newspaper as an end product in an offset printing machine, a plurality of printing forms are needed in a short period of time for use in one of the roll-forming cylinders of the offset printing machine. For the manufacture of the 50 printer forms to be used, the sheet-type blanks are frequently exposed in a device

of exposure of plates, separated from the offset printing machine, in order to configure at least one print image by using a corresponding model prepared, for example, by a computer of a previous printing phase preferably electronically in shape of a file in the plate exposure device, the printing image placed on the respective blank being revealed for permanent configuration in a developing device, for example, photochemical. The printing forms, provided in each case with at least one printing image, are then folded into a folding device preferably by two opposite ends for the configuration of suspension sides, the respective printing form being able to be fixed by means of its sides of suspension, insertable in at least one channel configured in the corresponding cylinder holder, on the surface of the corresponding cylinder holder. As an auxiliary element for orientation in the correct position on the covering surface of the corresponding form cylinder, the corresponding printer form 10 can be provided with at least one registration die or a notch or a cut especially before folding at least one of its suspension sides After exposure, development, folding and, if necessary, die cutting and / or cutting, the respective printer form is ready for use in a production of the offset printing machine. An offset printing machine used in newspaper printing has, for example, several printing mechanisms 15 arranged successively in the direction of transport of the printing material to be printed with the respective printing image of the printing forms, for example, a web of material, especially a paper strip, in each case with at least one cylinder holder and a distributor cylinder that interacts with this cylinder holder. These printing mechanisms are used, for example, for the realization of a polychrome print, for example, a four-color print. In the case of printing the printing material on both sides, which is preferably carried out at the same time, the quantity of the necessary printing mechanisms in the printing machine is doubled. Each form carrier cylinder of the printing mechanisms can be occupied at least in their respective axial direction with several printing forms in each case, for example, four or six printing forms, each of these printing forms being assigned exactly to an axial mounting position on The coating surface of this cylinder holder. In their respective circumferential direction, each of these 25 form-carrying cylinders can also be occupied in certain axial positions respectively with several printing forms, for example, two or three printing forms, so that this form-bearing cylinder presents in its circumferential direction several positions of assembly, located one behind the other for one of the printing forms in each case. Therefore, the covering surface of the form-holder cylinder has, in total, eight, twelve or more mounting positions for a printing form in each case. In an offset printing machine, for example, with 30 eight printing mechanisms having, for example, in each case exactly one cylinder holder, for example, with twelve mounting positions for a printing form in each case, they must therefore be arranged in total 96 printer forms when all mounting positions are fully used. However, the number of printing forms necessary for the performance of a particular print job increases most of the time, because precisely in the printing of newspapers not only a single printing unit is used, for example, 35 with eight printing mechanisms, but several printing units of this type that are grouped together to form a complex printing installation and have in each case, for example, eight printing mechanisms. The manufacture, carried out essentially in a sequential manner, of this large number of printer forms ready for use in a desired production requires considerable time until the corresponding printer forms are ready for disposal on the coating surface of the corresponding form cylinders. For 40 economic reasons there is no solution to easily increase only the quantity of plate display devices, etc., which can be used, for example, in parallel, that is, simultaneously.

In order to facilitate an assignment of the printing forms manufactured in the plate display device, etc., for their respective arrangement on the coating surface of one of the roll-forming cylinders of the offset printing machine to be prepared for a production determined, the corresponding printing forms 45 for a given production are provided in each case, for example, in the plate display device, preferably a code, this code being preferably configured in a zone, which does not print, of the corresponding printing form . The respective code is arranged, for example, on one of the suspension sides to be configured in the corresponding printer form. The code can be configured, for example, in the form of a Datamatrix code (2D code), especially two-dimensional and automatic reading or alternatively or additionally in a clear, human-readable text. The content of the code information especially indicates in which printing mechanism of the offset printing machine, on which cylinder holder and in which mounting position the corresponding printing form is arranged for the realization of future printing work. The content of the code information may also present information about the print product itself or a number of pages of the corresponding print product, as well as other information, for example, a production date of the corresponding printer form. The code is placed, for example, in the

plate exposure device, on the corresponding printer form in the same working step as the printing image. The manufacturing of the printing forms corresponding to a given production is preferably controlled with the help of data that are made available, for example, by a control unit of a production planning system, the system control unit being connected for planning the production, for example, by means of an electronic, wired or wireless communication system, with the plate display device and preferably at least also with a checkpoint belonging to the offset printing machine for data exchange. The data, provided by the control unit of the production planning system and also called production data, identifies, on the one hand, the print product to be manufactured at least with respect to one, preferably some of its properties, for example, its 10 number of pages, and also give information on the quantity of copies of this printing product that is going to be manufactured in a given production. The production data assigned to a given production may also contain information on the printing material used, for example, the type of paper and its weight, as well as on the printing machine used, for example, information on the diameter of the form cylinders and / or distributor cylinders, for the occupation of the form cylinders, which participate in the realization of future printing work, with printing forms, that is, the printing forms must be arranged in each mounting position of the cylinder corresponding formholder, on a production speed to be applied by the printing machine, on the planned start of production and / or on the type of production of a folder located after the printing process to know, for example, if it use in a combined production or a double production. By means of the production data sent to the device for the exposure of plates, the printing forms necessary for a given production are manufactured and by means of their respective code they are fed to the corresponding cylinder holder. The feeding of printing forms, necessary for a given production, to the printing machine is carried out, for example, in at least one mobile collecting tank, in which the printing forms, necessary in a given form cylinder, are stored, preferably as a set , that is to say, a closed unit of 25 printer forms, related to each other, for their joint transport to the corresponding cylinder holder. In practice, there are several mobile collection tanks, at least of the same type, in the production line for the manufacture of ready-to-use printer forms. Alternatively, the printer forms, grouped in one set, can also be transported manually to their respective place of use on the printing machine. The printing forms, preferably transported in one of the collecting tanks to the corresponding formholder cylinder 30, are fed to the formholder cylinder manually by an operator or in an automated manner by means of a controllable transport device to its respective mounting position on the formholder cylinder corresponding and are arranged here. As the flexibility in the configuration of the model for the production of the printing form would be inadequately limited if the printing forms necessary for a given form carrier cylinder had to be manufactured in an uninterrupted order to be fed correctly, for example, with one from the collecting tanks to their respective place of use in the printing machine and finally also to their respective mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder, it is advantageous that the device necessary for the manufacture of ready-to-use printer forms, which presents, for example, at least one plate exposure device, at least one developing device and at least one folding device, is expanded in at least one storage device, in which the provided printer forms are temporarily stored in each case of a print image until a complete quantity has been manufactured eta of a set of related printer forms. The complete quantity of the printing forms, which belong to a particular set, is checked, for example, by means of the data provided by the control unit of the production planning system. The storage device is also preferably connected to the communication system 45 mentioned above.

The storage device is located on a production line of the printing forms, which are to be manufactured, following the plate exposure device, for example, is arranged in front of the folding device, because the flat printing plates, not folded yet, they can be stored in a way that saves space and also avoids the danger of mutual damage, for example, due to scratching of a print image, for example, by means of a suspension side. However, the storage device can also be arranged alternately on the production line after the folding device, if a high output speed must be achieved in particular and if space saving is possible, obtainable by storing flat plates of printing not folded yet, in the configuration of the storage device it has a lower priority than the desired output speed of the stored printer forms 55

on the storage device. The folding process, performed by the folding device, requires a period of time clearly greater than the processes, especially the transport processes, related to the output of the printer forms stored in the storage device. The storage device is further preferably configured so that it allows the simultaneous entry and exit of the printing forms, that is to say that at least one of the printing forms can enter the storage device and another can exit at the same time. of the printer forms. The storage device has at least as many storage spaces as printer forms belong to the same set of printer forms. The quantity of the printing forms, belonging to the same set, does not have to be identical to the maximum number of mounting positions on the form carrier cylinder that participates in future production. The corresponding set of printing forms comprises rather as many printing forms as 10 printing forms that are to be replaced and / or placed in the same operation on the form cylinder that participates in future production. The storage device is preferably equipped with so many storage spaces that it can accommodate several sets of printer forms, for example, all sets of printer forms that can be used in the corresponding printing machine. In a preferred embodiment, the storage device has, for example, several hundred storage spaces of printer shapes, for example, four hundred or more. The storage spaces of the storage device can be individually addressed in each case and an occupation of each individual storage space with a printer form respectively can be registered in each case by the use of a sensor. Therefore, the storage device preferably has an electronic control unit that is connected to the communication system, which monitors and manages the input and output processes, as well as the assignment of printer forms to the storage spaces of the storage device. and stores information on the occupation of individual storage spaces, as well as exchanging it through the communication system with other computers, for example, with a checkpoint belonging to the printing machine. The printer forms, stored in the storage device and belonging to different games, are preferably taken out in each case as a set of printer forms, interrelated, in an uninterrupted order, regardless of whether these printer forms have been previously classified. in interrelated games of printing forms on the storage device or have been stored first in a chaotic arrangement, that is, in any arrangement in the storage spaces of the storage device. In the event that the printer forms stored in the storage device are not taken out in the form of games, a sorting station must be provided, which classifies the printer forms according to their necessary games, for example, directly after leaving the forms. printers of this storage device, the sorting station can be configured as a stand-alone device, separate from the storage device. The sorting station also preferably has a control unit that is connected or at least can be connected to the communication system. The sorting station configured, for example, in the form of a carousel, or the storage device groups the printer forms 35 fed to them in each case, for example, in an automated manner, by means of the code preferably placed in each of these forms printers in interrelated games that, for their part, have to be fed to the corresponding cylinder holder in the same operation especially with one of the mobile collecting tanks. The sorting station, which classifies the printing forms into ready-to-use games, is alternately arranged on the production line, after the folding device, sending this sorting station the printed forms grouped into ready-to-use games, by for example, to one of the several mobile collecting devices arranged next to this sorting station or classifying them into sets of printer forms, ready for use respectively, by using these mobile collecting tanks arranged next to this sorting station. As an auxiliary element, for example, for the occupation, according to the needs, of the mounting positions, which participate in a future production, on the corresponding form cylinder can be provided, for example, an indicating device that in a general representation, which indicates at the same time the mounting positions, for example, optically, especially graphically, preferably by using at least one symbol, indicating at least in which of these mounting positions on the corresponding cylinder holder or in which of These storage positions of a tank of printing forms, which transports the printing forms towards the corresponding cylinder holder, one of the printing forms, for example, currently manufactured or at least to be manufactured, must be arranged respectively.

The indicating device can also indicate with its indication also different states and / or properties relative to at least one of the printing forms currently manufactured or at least to be manufactured, for example, a) at what mounting position on the form cylinder corresponding or at what position of 55

storage of the printer form tank is assigned an already manufactured printer form, that is, ready for use, b) to what mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder or to which storage position of the printer form tank a printer form is assigned which it is precisely in its production process, that is, in the feeding process, c) in which mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder or in which storage position of the printer form tank 5 a printing form must actually be placed for the new planned production, d) which mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder or which storage position of the printer form tank is not occupied with a printing form in future production, because in future production it is used, for example, a printing material with a width of printing material that does not take advantage of gives the printing width of the corresponding formholder cylinder, or e) in what mounting position on the corresponding formholder cylinder or in what storage position of the printer form tank there is a printing form that does not print, that is, a so-called white plate . The indicating device can extract the information necessary for its respective indication, for example, from the data provided by the control unit of the production planning system preferably by comparison with those data originating in the manufacture of the prepared printer forms For future production. The indicating device is arranged, for example, in that area, in which the mobile collecting tank houses the printing forms, corresponding to a particular form cylinder, before being transported to the corresponding form cylinder. The indicating device can also be used to indicate the current status of the printing forms to be manufactured for a given production, that is, to indicate whether a particular printing form is currently, for example, in the plate display device , the developing device, the folding device or the storage device, so that especially an operator of the printing machine can verify by means of the indication of the indicating device whether a set of printing forms, necessary for a given form-carrying cylinder, and It is complete or not. The indicating device can also indicate for which printing unit, which preferably has several form cylinders, of a complex printing installation, that is, which has several printing units, at least one set of printing forms is already complete and / or which of 25 The various sets of printer forms, which are to be arranged in a particular printer unit of the printer units, are now ready for use. As another auxiliary element, for example, for the occupation, according to the needs, of the mounting positions, participants in a future production, of the corresponding form cylinder that has several mounting positions respectively for a printing form, can be provided, for example , in at least 30 of the printing forms, but preferably in several, especially in each of the printing forms to be arranged on this corresponding form cylinder, an information field containing information on the occupation of the form cylinder corresponding in at least one mounting position adjacent to its own intended mounting position. The information field placed, for example, by the plate display device preferably in a zone that does not print, especially on the suspension side of the corresponding printer form 35, may indicate: a) in which mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder or in which storage position of the printer form tank the printer form having this information field must be arranged, b) in what other mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder or in what other storage position of the printer form tank, which stores this printer form, another printer form to be manufactured is currently to be arranged, c) in which mounting position on the corresponding formholder cylinder 40 or in which storage position of the printer form tank, which stores this printer form, is not currently placed, that is, for future production, a new for ma printer, but the existing printer form is maintained, d) what mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder or what storage position of the printer form store, which stores this printer form, is not occupied in future production with any printer form, because in the future production, for example, a printing material with a width of printing material is used that does not take advantage of the entire printing width of the corresponding form cylinder, or e) in which mounting position on the form cylinder correspondingly or in what storage position of the printer form store, which stores this printer form, there is a printer form that does not print, that is, a so-called white plate. Information on the occupation in the corresponding form cylinder or the corresponding storage positions 50 of the printer form container can be created in the information field preferably in a graphical way, for example, by using at least one symbol. The information represented in the respective information field is extracted, for example, from the data provided by the control unit of the production planning system. The information represented in the respective information field can be obtained alternatively or additionally from a comparison with those data originating in the manufacture of the printed forms prepared for future production.

Examples of embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings, which are explained in detail below. They show: Fig. 1 a perspective representation of a printing form, Fig. 2 a printing unit of a printing machine with deposits of printing forms, 5 Fig. 3 a Datamatrix code, Fig. 4 a code placed in a printing form, Fig 5 a plan view from above of various printing forms, arranged side by side, with code readers assigned to them in pairs, Fig. 6 an arrangement of printing forms in each case with at least one code placed in their respective rear suspension side 10, Fig. 7 a block diagram showing working steps for the manufacture of printing forms, Fig. 8 a variant of the printing unit according to Figure 2, Fig. 9 an indication of an indicating device and Fig 10 an information field placed in a printer form. 15 A printing form 01 (figure 1), configured, for example, as a plate made from a metallic material, has an essentially rectangular surface with a length L and a width B, the length L being able to have, for example, measurement values between 400 mm and 1300 mm and width B, for example, measurement values between 280 mm and 1500 mm. Preferred measurement values for length L are, for example, between 360 mm and 600 mm and for width B, for example, between 250 mm and 430 mm. The surface has a support side, the so-called 20 support side 02, whereby the printing form 01 is supported in the state disposed on a covering surface of a shape carrier cylinder 06. The rear side of the support surface 02 is a work surface of the printing form 01, this work surface being provided with at least one printing image or at least one printing image being provided. The printing form 01 is preferably provided at two ends 03; 04, opposite each other, on a bent side 13; 14 suspension in each case, delimiting lines 11; 12 of 25 folded, in which the sides 13 are folded; 14, respectively, the support surface 02, the sides 13 extending; 14, in each case, preferably in a total or at least partially suspended manner in the width B of the printing form 01. The supporting surface 02 of the printing form 01 is flexible at least in the length L and in case of an arrangement of the Printer form 01 on the covering surface 07 of the form-holder cylinder 06 can be adapted to its curvature. If the printing form 01 is arranged on the covering surface 07, the length L of the supporting surface 02 therefore runs in the direction of the circumference of the form-holding cylinder 06, while the width B of the supporting surface 02 it extends, on the other hand, in the axial direction of the form holder cylinder 06. The printing form 01 may be suitable for a printing process using a wetting medium, for example, a wet offset printing process, or for a so-called printing process. waterless printing, for example, a dry offset printing process. 35

 An end 03 of the printing form 01, which is oriented in correspondence with a production direction of the form-holder cylinder 06, is identified as its front end 03, while the opposite end 04 is, on the contrary, the rear end 04 of the printer form 01. At least ends 03; 04 of printer form 01 with sides 13; Suspension 14 configured here are made of a rigid material, for example, metallic, for example, of an aluminum alloy. When precisely the printing form 01 is used in a dry offset printing process 40, the printing form 01 can also be made of a plastic or even a rigid paper. The thickness D of material in the area of the work surface of the printing form 01, at least the thickness D of material on the sides 13; 14, is usually a few tenths of a millimeter, for example, between 0.2 mm and 0.4 mm, preferably 0.3 mm. Therefore, the printing form 01 is made entirely or at least at its ends 03; 04 of a material stably, so that the ends 03; 04 can be permanently deformed due to bending against a specific resistance of the material. Therefore, preferably after a copy made, for example, in an exposure device, at least of the

work surface with at least one print image, a folded side 13 can be configured in each case; 14 suspension, for example, in a folding device, at least at one end 03; 04 of the printer form 01, but preferably at its two ends 03; 04 along the respective line 11; 12 bending, being able to introduce the sides 13; 14 suspension manufactured in this way in a narrow hole, especially of the slot type, of a channel of the cylinder holder 06 and fixed here by means of a clamping device, for example, a tightening device. In relation, for example, to the length L of the non-curved and flat support surface 02 of the printer form 01, not mounted, a suspension side 13 is folded at its end 03 by the line 11 bent at an angle α at opening or at its opposite end 04 a suspension side 14 is folded along the bending line 12 at an opening angle β (figure 1), the angles α being located; Opening β generally between 30º and 140º. If the opening angle 10 α is assigned to the front end 03 of the printing form 01, it preferably has an acute angle embodiment and is especially 45 °. The opening angle β at the rear end 04 of the printing form 01 is often preferably set greater than 80 ° or in an obtuse angle and is especially 85 ° or 135 °. The folded side 13 of suspension at the front end 03 has a length l13 which is, for example, in the range of 4 mm to 30 mm, especially between 4 mm and 15 mm. The folded side 14 of suspension at the rear end 15 04 has a length l14 which is, for example, from 4 mm to 30 mm, especially between 8 mm and 12 mm, with the shorter length measurement rather being preferred to ensure the simplest possible removal of the sides 13; 14 channel hole suspension. Several of these printer forms 01 are used, for example, in a multi-color offset printing machine that works in a wet offset printing process or in a dry offset printing process. In a preferred variant embodiment, a printing unit 44 of the printing machine, preferably having several printing units 44, is equipped with reservoirs 09 of printing forms, as shown by way of example in Figure 2, being assigned to each cylinder form holder 06 in each case exactly a repository 09 of printing forms. Each tank 09 of printing forms has, for example, at least as many storage positions as provided mounting positions on the assigned form cylinder 25 06. Each tank 09 of printing forms transports, for example, together with a transport device respectively, to the less a printer form 01 stored in the corresponding tank 09 of printing forms towards one of the form-holding cylinders 06 of this printing unit 44. The printing unit 44, shown in Figure 2, has several printing mechanisms that are arranged at least in a frame 16 on a base 17 and located one above the other preferably in a bridge construction or in a compact construction in eight eight, that is, in an arrangement with a small constructive height and eight printing areas. Each printing mechanism has at least one inking mechanism 08 in addition to its cylinder holder 06 and a distributor cylinder 07 that interacts with this cylinder holder 06.

 A printing material 18, preferably a web 18 of material, especially a paper web 18, is continuously fed to the printing machine during its production and in the example shown in Figure 2 35 is guided vertically through the mechanisms printers. In figure 2, four printing mechanisms are shown, which are arranged successively in the direction of transport of the paper web 18 and have one of the distributor cylinders to the right and left of the paper web 18 07 with a cylinder holder 06 in each case, rolling one on another the distributor cylinders 07 that oppose in a printing mechanism to the paper web 18. The paper strip 18 approaches the first printing mechanism 40, for example, by means of a first paper guide cylinder 19 arranged in front of the first printing mechanism and deviates from the fourth printing mechanism by a second paper guide cylinder 21 arranged after the fourth mechanism printer. At each formholder cylinder 06, at least one inking mechanism 08 is assigned. To each formholder cylinder 06 a reservoir 09 of printing forms is assigned which preferably has two compartments, each reservoir 09 being oriented of forms 45 printers, at least one respective its storage position for at least one printing form 01 to be stored here, in its working position, preferably essentially horizontally or only with a small inclination less than 15 ° with respect to the cylinder holder 06. In the working position of the reservoir 09 of printing forms, at least one printing form 01 can be replaced between its compartments and the form holder cylinder 06 respectively when a printing form 01 is removed, no longer necessary for carrying out a print job, of the corresponding form holder cylinder 06 and inserted in the respective compartment or when removed from the compartment with corresponding to a new printer form 01 for carrying out the printing work and to be mounted on the form holder cylinder 06. It is advantageous to monitor the embodiment by means of sensor, especially the execution of a change of printer form. Also, the reservoirs 09 of printing forms can be controlled with respect to their functions, that is, especially with respect to an input and output of at least one printing form 01, together with the 55 form-holding cylinders 06 so that preferably from a position 42 control (figure 7), assigned to the machine

printer, a change of printer form can be selectively arranged. As the tanks 09 of printing forms can be prepared during a continuous production of the printing machine for a change of printing form and, therefore, for the next new production, the equipment time, which requires a stop of the printing mechanisms, is it reduces to an extremely short period of time, for example, less than two minutes, preferably less than ninety seconds, for a complete change of all printing forms 01 5 of the printing mechanisms arranged in this printing unit 44. According to the configuration of The printing mechanisms can be used at the same time in the described printer unit 44, for example, ninety-six printer forms 01. This type of rapid change of printer form in case of a larger number of printer forms 01 considerably increases the profitability of the printing machine due to its extremely short stop time. For the identification of the respective printer forms 01, these have been provided with a code, the code may preferably be configured in addition to a human-readable code, for example, as a bar code. A barcode is a machine-readable code made from lines and spaces of different widths. The code can be placed by means of a printing procedure, for example, an offset printing procedure, a flexographic printing procedure, a gravure printing procedure, a laser printing procedure, a thermo printing procedure or a jet printing process of ink, preferably on an area, which does not print, of the printing form 01, for example, on one of the sides 13; 14 suspension. However, it is especially advantageous to place the code on the printer form 01 together with its exposure, because this does not require an additional work step. In this case, the configuration and arrangement of the code, for example, on a side 13; 14 of suspension of the printer form 01, is performed before this side 13 is configured; 14 of suspension in a bending process performed in a folding device 38 (Figure 7). There are different types of barcodes. Although barcodes always form a superficial arrangement of characters, a difference is established between one-dimensional (1D codes), two-dimensional (2D codes) and three-dimensional (3D codes) barcodes, with color being the third dimension in the latter case. Bar codes are mostly standardized with respect to their graphic representation, as well as with respect to the content of their information, for example, in ISO / IEC 15415 (2D codes), ISO / IEC 15416 (1D codes), ISO / IEC 15418 (data structures) or ISO / IEC 15420. The known 1D codes are, for example, alphanumeric code 39 according to ISO / IEC 16388, code 128 according to ISO / IEC 15417 or purely numerical code Interleaved 2 / 5 according to ISO / IEC 16390. A 2D code, which also encodes information vertically to its main orientation, is, for example, a Matrix code, for example, a Datamatrix code defined according to ISO 30 / IEC 16022 Matrix codes can be read omnidirectionally with a camera system, for example, a CCD camera. An error correction Reed-Solomon duplicates the data, so that approximately 25% of the code can be destroyed, without compromising the decoding. Other Matrix codes are, for example, QR codes and Aztec codes. The Datamatrix code exists in different versions, for example, in the Datamatrix ECC 200 code version, 35 meaning in English the acronym ECC "Error Checking and Correction Algorithm" and indicating the number following these acronyms a certain phase of code development Datamatrix The Datamatrix code is composed of a rectangular surface with a variable size. This surface has square structural elements that have a binary value in each case and are made, for example, in black or white. An example of a Datamatrix code is represented in Figure 3, being arranged side by side, for example, two 40 square surfaces 22 of Datamatrix code with square structural elements 23 in each case. In some applications, other Datamatrix code surfaces 22 can be joined together for the configuration of the code, the Datamatrix code surfaces 22 may be located either side by side or one below the other or one above the other, for example, in a composite arrangement of several rows and columns.

 In a 1D code, different line thicknesses must be clearly defined in a drawing plane. In a Datamatrix code 45, on the contrary, it is only necessary to determine what value each square structural element 23 has represented in the drawing plane and if it is configured, for example, in black or white. In the case of equal information content, a Datamatrix code also clearly needs less space than a 1D code. For the registration of a 2D code, a camera system is always required that registers the information in a two-dimensional manner and the registered image, for example, by means of pattern recognition, for example, by comparing the registered code pattern or the pattern dialing with an expected pattern stored. Accordingly, the camera system transforms the registered structural elements 23 of the 2D code into electronic, preferably digital, useful information. Due to the use of a camera system, 2D codes must be illuminated on their entire surface by means of a lighting device that has at least one light source. The light reflected by the 2D code is projected onto an image plane of an image sensor, for example, a CCD sensor 55

or CMOS sensor, the image sensor being part, for example, of a line camera or a surface camera. The Datamatrix code demands very little in general in relation to color contrast and print quality. The light emitted by the light source of the lighting device, as well as the spectral sensitivity of the image sensor must be adjusted to the optical properties of the printer form 01 that carries the 2D code, especially its reflection behavior and behavior of referral For the registration of a 2D code, placed 5 on a printing form 01 by means of its exposure, a laser diode or a light emitting diode with a white, yellow or green light emission have been advantageous as a light source of the lighting device. The light source may be integrated, for example, in a recording device having an image sensor, the recording device being specially configured as a code reader 28 (Figure 5). The configuration of the code reader 28 with an automatic parameterizable exposure system is advantageous. The image sensor and the light source 10 of the lighting device must be arranged with their respective direction of operation at an angle of inclination of at least 5 ° with respect to a perpendicular which is on the plane of the drawing of the corresponding surface 22 code, preferably with an angle of inclination in a range of 10º to 60º. For protection against an ink mist, which occurs mostly in a printing mechanism, and other dirt, the code reader 28 should be mounted at a minimum distance a28, for example 10 mm, from the surface 22 of the code 15, its image sensor and its light source being protected against dirt, for example, by means of a sheet of mineral glass or acrylic glass. The Datamatrix code has the following four main components: A fixed delimitation line 24 serves for pattern recognition and is used to calculate the rotation position of the Datamatrix code, so that any reading angle is possible. A delimitation line 26, which opposes the fixed delimitation line 24 and 20 forms an unclosed boundary, is used for the identification of the number of rows and columns, that is, the so-called Matrix density. In the case of the ECC 200 code, the element in the upper right corner is always white. Lines 24; Delimitation 26 delimit and enclose a storage area 27, the storage area 27 containing the actual binary information in encoded form. Depending on the size and / or quantity of the individual structural elements 23, therefore, the amount of the possible information is also defined. An empty zone, called the resting zone, surrounds the Datamatrix code. This does not contain any type of information nor is it used as position orientation. The width of the resting area covers a field or a row and is necessary to delimit other optical image elements. The code storage area 27 contains, for example, information, by means of which the printing forms 01 can be identified for identification and / or by means of which the use can be followed in a certain way individual printer 01. Therefore, the printer forms 01, which support different print images and / or belong to different color separations, have a code that differs from each other. The code may, for example, present an index generated by a counter to continuously count, for example, the printer forms 01 used or to be used and to identify the respective order of these printer forms 01, especially those which are homogeneous and / or are used successively in the same mounting position 35 of a particular cylinder holder 06. The code may contain information about the respective mounting location of the printing form 01 on the printing machine. An alternative for the configuration of the code in the form of a barcode lies in the use of a transponder system, especially radio frequency tags, which according to its abbreviation in English are identified as RFID. The radio frequency tags transmit their contactless information via an electromagnetic field. Another alternative for code configuration may consist of punched marks, for example, perforations. Figure 4 shows a printing form 01, on whose rear suspension sides 14 two codes are separated from each other in the width B of the printing form 01 (figure 1), namely in each case, for example, two surfaces 22 of Datamatrix code juxtaposed along the width B of the printer form 01 in the side zone 45 of the suspension side 14 respectively. Alternatively or additionally to this arrangement of codes on the rear suspension side 14 of a printing form 01, also in the central area of the suspension side 14 of this printing form 01 a code may be placed especially in the case of a form 01 printer with panoramic format. Each surface 22 of Datamatrix code can represent only a certain amount of information. Depending on the amount of information, which is to be represented in the code, 50 or more surfaces 22 of Datamatrix code are needed and preferably placed on the rear suspension side 14 of the printing form 01.

 By using only a code reader 28 for several stored printer forms 01, which especially records the respective code of printer forms 01 stored in different positions of

storage, considerable costs can be saved. Figures 5 and 6 show an example in this regard with an arrangement of, for example, four printing forms 01, which are arranged or at least can be placed side by side on the covering surface of the form-holding cylinder 06, with a length L and a width B in each case (Figure 1), a common code reader 28 being assigned respectively to two contiguous printer forms 01. Each of the code readers 28 is configured, for example, as a camera system or 5 incorporated therein, each of these camera systems presenting as an image sensor respectively, for example, a CCD sensor, preferably at least two printing forms 01 being arranged in a registration zone 29 of each CCD sensor, so that the reader 28 codes can register all codes arranged in their registration zone 29 by projecting at the same time the image sensor codes registered by the registration zone 29 of the code reader 28 gos in the same image plane. 10 In the example shown in Figure 5, the respective CCD sensor is directed in each case towards the rear suspension side 14 of the printing forms 01 arranged in the respective registration zone 29. The registration zone 29 of each CCD sensor can be enlarged by means of an optical device, for example, a wide-angle lens, and in particular along the width B of the printing forms 01 an opening angle preferably obtuse to capture several codes, especially the respective code of several different printing forms 15, in the same registration area 29 and, therefore, registering them at the same time. The CCD sensor of the respective camera systems is disposed respectively at a distance a28 from the rear suspension side 14 of the printer forms 01 arranged in the respective registration zone 29, this distance a28 being, for example, at least 10 mm. The image sensor registration zone 29 is represented in Figure 6 respectively by a field delimited by lines and dots, for example, rectangular, this field being located respectively in the same plane as the Datamatrix code surfaces 22 placed in the rear suspension side 14 of the printing forms 01 and also being oriented, for example, in parallel to the respective lines 24; 26 of delimitation of surfaces 22 of Datamatrix code. Figure 6 shows an arrangement of, for example, printer forms 01 stored in one of the reservoirs 09 of printer forms of the printer unit 44 shown in Figure 2, with at least 25 a code being placed on the rear suspension side 14 of these forms printers 01 respectively. The code is configured respectively, for example, as two surfaces 22 of Datamatrix code juxtaposed along the width B of the respective printer form 01 and arranged in each case, for example, in the respective side zone of the respective printer form 01 (figure 4). In figure 6, four compartments, arranged side by side, of a reservoir 09 of printing forms assigned to a form cylinder 06, which is to be occupied with printing forms 01, in their axial direction are indicated by way of example ( Figure 2), being stored in the respective compartments, for example, two printing forms 01 in each case, namely a printing form 01 in two overlapping storage positions. On the front side, opposite to the cylinder holder 06, of the compartments are preferably arranged, for example, code readers 28 configured as a camera system in each case, registering together and at the same time the respective zone 29 of 35 registration of each image sensor, belonging to one of the camera systems, the respective code of the four adjacent printing forms 01 in each case, namely two printing forms 01 arranged in the axial direction of the form holder cylinder 06 next to each other. another in an adjoining manner in two different compartments, as well as two overlapping printers 01 in the same compartment. The respective registration zone 29 of each image sensor belonging to one of the camera systems can have, for example, a surface 40 of angular cross-section, especially rectangular, preferably square or, for example, also a cross-sectional surface round, preferably elliptical or circular, projecting all the codes registered in the registration zone 29 of the code reader 28 on the image plane of its image sensor. The cross-sectional area of the registration area 29 of the code reader 28 and the image plane of the image sensor are preferably arranged in parallel with each other. As a variant, it can be provided that the image plane of the image sensor is subdivided into several observation zones 31 that can be preferably selectively activated by the respective camera system, being assigned to each code, registered by zone 29 of registration, of one of the printing forms 01 in each case exactly one of the observation zones 31 belonging to this registration zone 29, that is, each of these observation zones 31 registers exactly one of the codes registered by the zone 29 registration and therefore projects exactly 50 also one of the codes registered by the registration zone 29 on the image plane of the image sensor. In the arrangement of Figure 6, each of the printing forms 01 is preferably preferably assigned to one of the printing areas on the form cylinder 06, so that the form holder cylinder 06 can be occupied in total with eight printer forms 01 in this example, that is, four in its axial direction and two respectively in its circumferential direction. This arrangement can be completed without difficulty with two other compartments, arranged side by side, for a 6/2 06 shape cylinder.

 As a block diagram shown in FIG. 7 indicates, for the manufacture of the printing forms 01, which are to be used in a future production, the flat blank 32 of the plate type are respectively exposed individually in a device 33 of exposure of plates, spatially separated from the printing machine, in order to configure at least one print image by using a corresponding model 37 provided, for example, by a computer 34 of a previous printing phase preferably in a 5-way manner. electronic as a file containing, for example, RIP data, in the plate display device 33, revealing, for example, photochemically and, therefore, fixes the print image placed on the respective blank 32 according to the respective model 37 for permanent configuration in a developing device 36 arranged, for example, following the plate 33 exposure device ace. In a subsequent work step for the manufacture of printer forms 01 ready for use in the printing machine, the corresponding printer forms 01 provided in each case with at least one print image are folded into a folding device 38, i.e. , in an automatic bending device which, in addition to at least one bending tool, preferably also has at least one die cutting and / or cutting tool and can preferably be used at two opposite ends 03; 04 for the configuration of the sides 13; 14 suspension (figure 1). As an auxiliary element for orientation in the correct position on the covering surface of the corresponding formholder cylinder 15, the corresponding printing form 01 can be provided with at least one registration die or a notch or a cut in at least one of its edges especially before folding at least one of its sides 13; 14 suspension. After exposure, development, folding and, if necessary, die cutting and / or cutting, the respective printer form 01 is ready for use in a production of the printing machine. The manufacturing of the printing forms 01 corresponding to a given production is preferably controlled with the help of data that are made available, for example, by a control unit 39 of a production planning system, the unit 39 being connected for controlling the production planning system, for example, by means of an electronic, wired or wireless communication system 41, that is, a network used for the exchange of electronic data, for example, an Ethernet-based data network, with the plate display device 33 and preferably at least also with a control station 42 belonging to the printing machine for data exchange. In the preferred embodiment, the computer 34 of the previous printing phase and the control unit 39 of the production planning system can provide their respective data by means of the same communication system 41 to the plate display device 33, which appears indicated in FIG. 7 in an alternative way to the separate connection between the computer 34 of the previous printing phase and the plate exposure device 33 by a connection of broken lines of the computer 34 of the previous printing phase with the system 41 communication. Likewise, the folding device 38, that is, a control unit belonging to it and controlling its functions, is also preferably connected to the communication system 41 so as to obtain, in particular, the control data provided by the unit. 39 control the production planning system and / or exchange them with the control unit 39 of the production planning system. 35 The feeding of the printing forms 01, necessary for a given production and ready for use, to a printing unit 44 (figure 2) of the printing machine is carried out, for example, in at least one of several available mobile collecting tanks 43 , these collecting tanks 43 being able to move, for example, in an automated manner and being part, for example, of a driverless transport system. In the respective collecting tank 43, the printing forms 01, necessary in a specific place of use in the printing machine 40, are stored, for example, in a particular form cylinder 06, preferably as a set, that is, a closed unit of printing forms 01, related to each other, for their joint transport to the corresponding formholder cylinder 06. The printer forms 01 transported manually or, for example, in the respective collecting tank 43 to the corresponding place of use, especially the formholder cylinder 06, are arranged in the corresponding form cylinder 01, for example, manually by an operator or preferably in an automated manner by means of a transport device, for example, controllable from the control station 42 and specially configured together with a tank 09 of printing forms , in their respective mounting position on the corresponding cylinder holder 06.

 Figure 8 again shows a printing unit 44 similar to that already represented in Figure 2, so that the construction groups and the elements corresponding to each other are provided in each case with the same 50 reference numbers. The printing unit 44 shown in FIG. 8 is a variant as a handling device 46 is preferably arranged on both operating sides of the printing unit 44, preferably having several platforms 47 arranged respectively on at least one guide element 48, by means of which the printer forms 01, ready for use, can be transported to the corresponding tanks 09 of printer forms, the corresponding printer forms 55 being automatically transported 01 from the respective platform 47 to the corresponding storage position of the

respective deposit 09 of printing forms. The manipulation device 46 is configured with its platforms 47, for example, as a lifting device that performs a vertical movement on the corresponding handling side of the printing unit 44. The printer forms 01 ready for use and transported by the tanks Mobile collectors 43 towards the corresponding printing unit 44 are preferably automatically collected by the platforms 47 of the handling device 46 and then transported to the corresponding tank 09 of printing forms. Figure 8 indicates by a double arrow that the mobile collecting tank 43 respectively carries a set of printer forms 01, ready for use, optionally towards one of the operating sides of the corresponding printing unit 44. Therefore, the unit Printer 44 represented in Figure 8 has been completed with a transport device with respect to the printer unit 44 represented in Figure 2, this transport device presenting, for example, a distribution system, which has a handling device 46, and a loading device for loading the tanks 09 of printer forms with printer forms 01 ready for use. The printing unit 44 preferably has on its two operating sides in each case, for example, a gallery 49 that can be adjusted in height preferably by a controllable drive and provides the operator with access to the respective printing mechanisms of this printing unit 44. 15 As described above, the device necessary for the manufacture of ready-to-use printer forms 01 has at least one plate display device 33 and, in general, also at least one developer device 36, as well as at least one folding device 38. In practice, the printer forms 01 belonging to the same set are often not manufactured directly one after the other in a continuous order. These are exhibited in a rather casual order in the plate display device 33, for example, due to a different closure of the edition with respect to the contents of the print images to be printed, so that the shapes Printers 01 must be grouped after their respective exposure in useful games in their respective place of use located in the printing machine in order to avoid unnecessary transport routes between the device for manufacturing printer forms 01 ready for use in the machine printer and the respective place of use in this printer machine. Accordingly, this device for manufacturing printer forms 01 ready for use 25 in a printing machine is expanded with at least one storage device 51 (Figure 7), in which the printer forms 01, provided in each In the case of at least one printing image, until a set of related printer shapes 01 have been completely manufactured for a joint transport to a particular shape cylinder 06 or a tank 09 of printer shapes belonging to a printing unit 44. Therefore , the storage device 51 has the function of a temporary warehouse in the production line for the manufacture of printer forms 01 ready for use in a printing machine. It is checked whether the quantity of the printing forms 01, which belong to a particular set, is completed, for example, by means of the data provided by the control unit 39 of the production planning system, for example, by joining or at least in cooperation with this storage device 51. The storage device 51 has a control unit preferably also connected to the communication system 41 to communicate in particular with the control unit 39 of the production planning system and / or with the control station 42 of the printing machine. This communication can be based on a notification or an exchange of control data, as well as information on the quantity and type of printer forms 01 temporarily stored in the storage device 51. The storage device 51 is arranged in the production flow shown by way of example in Figure 7 by means of a continuous arrow line, that is, in the production line of the printing forms 01, to be manufactured , preferably after the developing device 36 and in front of the folding device 38, because the flat printer forms 01, not yet folded, can be stored in a way that saves space and also avoids the danger of mutual damage, for example, due to when scratching a print image, for example, by a side 13; 14 suspension. The dashed arrow lines in Fig. 7 45 show alternative transport paths within the device for manufacturing printer forms 01 ready for use in the printing machine, especially an arrangement of the storage device 51 on the production line after folding device 38.

 The storage device 51 is preferably configured so as to allow simultaneous entry and exit of the printer forms 01. The storage device 51 has at least as many 50 storage spaces as printer forms 01 belong to the same set of printer forms 01. The quantity of the printing forms 01, belonging to the same set, does not have to be identical to the maximum number of mounting positions on the form holder cylinder 06 that participates in the future production or the maximum number of storage positions of the corresponding deposit 09 of printer forms, for which the printer forms 01 to be transported are intended. The corresponding set of printer forms 01 55 comprises rather as many printer forms 01 as those to be placed and / or replaced in the same operation

on the cylinder holder 06, which participates in future production, or in the corresponding tank 09 of printing forms. The storage device 51 is preferably equipped with so many storage spaces that it can accommodate several sets of printer shapes 01, for example, all sets of printer shapes 01 that can be used in the corresponding printer unit 44. The storage device 51 has at least a first handling device, by means of which the printer forms 01, fed to the storage device 51, are stored in storage spaces of this storage device 51, each of the storage spaces preferably being assigned exactly one of the printer forms 01 in each case. For the output, a second manipulation device, other than the first, can be provided that collects or holds and removes a printer form 01 stored in one of the storage spaces when the set of printer forms 10 01 is requested, to which the form belongs corresponding printer 01, for transport to the printing unit 44. The first and / or the second handling device performs relatively relative to the storage spaces, fixedly arranged in place, of the storage device 51 in the same plane a movement, for example, in two directions preferably located orthogonally to each other. Alternatively, it can be provided that the handling device, which gives input and output in each case at least to one of the forms 15 printers 01, is fixed in place and that a deposit, having the respective storage spaces of this device 51 For storage, perform a translation and / or rotation movement relative to at least one handling device or several, especially two handling devices. Therefore, a relative movement between the storage spaces of the storage device 51 and at least one device that performs the respective input and / or output, respectively, is associated with the processes for the input and / or output of the printing forms 01, for example, the manipulation device. The device for the manufacture of printing forms 01 ready for use in a printing machine therefore has at least one plate 33 exposure device, at least one storage device 51 being provided following this exposure display device 33 plates, temporarily storing the storage device 51 at least one set of interlocking printer shapes 01 relative to a common place of use in a particular shape cylinder 06 or a particular tank 09 of printing shapes before preferably being transported together to The printing machine. The place of use of the printing forms 01, which are to be transported there as a set there, is, therefore, in one of several cylinder holders 06 or tanks 09 of printing forms arranged in the printing machine. The printer forms 01, stored in the storage device 51 and belonging to different sets, are preferably taken in each case as a set of printer forms 01, interrelated in an uninterrupted order, regardless of whether these printer forms 01 have been previously classified in interrelated sets of printing forms 01 in the storage device 51 or have been temporarily stored first in any arrangement, that is, in a chaotic arrangement in the storage spaces of the storage device 51. At least in the case that the printer forms 01 35 stored in the storage device 51 are not removed in the form of games, it is provided together with the storage device 51, for example, following this, that is, after an output of the printing forms 01 of this storage device 51, a sorting station 57, sorting of printing forms 01, which classifies the printing forms 01 into games, necessary in the respective printing unit 44, of related printing forms 01 with respect to its common place of use in a particular cylinder holder 40 06 or a specific tank 09 of printing forms. In a first variant embodiment, the sorting station 57 may be integrated in the storage device 51 or it may be configured in another variant embodiment as a stand-alone device, separate from the storage device 51. It may be provided that the sorting station 57 is arranged between the developing device 36, that is, on the production line of the printing forms 01, in front of the folding device 38, and one of the mobile collecting tanks 43. alternatively, the sorting station 57 may also be arranged after the folding device 38 in the production line represented by dashed arrow lines in Fig. 7, so that in or through the sorting station 57 they classify printed forms 01, already folded, in sets ready for use and are sent, for example, to one of the mobile collecting tanks 43, if the transport of the individual printing forms 01 is not carried out manually to the respective place of use in the printer unit 44. 50

 In FIG. 7, several are outlined, for example, three mobile collecting tanks 43 that can be used alternatively or optionally and preferably transporting in each case automatically a set of printing forms 01 to their respective place of use in the printing unit 44. In addition to or alternative to this group transport of printing forms 01, in figure 7, transport lines leading out of the device for manufacturing printed forms 01 ready are represented by dashed arrow lines.

for use in the printing machine, as well as passing in front of the mobile collecting tanks 43 respectively and indicating a manual transport of the individual printing forms 01 to the corresponding printing unit 44. Inside the device, such as the one outlined by an edge of lines and dots in Figure 7 and serves to provide at least one printer form 01 ready for use in the printer unit 44, it may be provided that the printer form 01, exposed at least with a print image, is temporarily stored in the storage device 51 before being transported to the printing unit 44, the printing form 01, provided with the at least one printing image, being provided with at least one registration die before temporary storage in the storage device 51 and / or in this way printer 01 is made at least one notch or a cut in at least one of its edges, being configured in this way estora 01 at least one folded side 13; 14 10 suspension only after temporary storage in the storage device 51. As described above, the at least one printing image of the printer form 01 is configured in the plate display device 33 and is fixed in a developing device 36. The registration die and / or the at least one cut or notch in one of the edges of the printing form 01 and / or the configuration of at least one folded side 13; Suspension 14 in this printer form 01 is preferably carried out in each case in the folding device 38, 15 at least two of the operations to be carried out by means of the registration die and / or in the same folding device 38 are advantageously carried out. by means of the at least one cut or notch in one of the edges of the printing form 01 and / or by the configuration of at least one folded side 13; 14 of suspension in this printer form 01. The printer form 01 is oriented before the registration die and / or the at least one cut or notch in one of its edges and / or the folding of at least one side 13; 14 suspended in the folded device 38, for example, by using in each case an image taking system directed towards the exposed printer form 01, especially a video camera. Additionally or alternatively, the printing form 01 can be oriented at least before folding at least one side 13; 14 of suspension in the folding device 38 by using the registration die and / or the at least one cut or notch in one of its edges. Several printer forms 01 are preferably temporarily stored in the storage device 51, especially in 25 groups previously classified according to their respective place of use, the printer forms 01 being sent, temporarily stored in the storage device 51, for example, in a manner sequential to folding device 38. The sorting station 57 or the storage device 51 group the printer forms 01 fed to them in each case, for example, in an automated manner, by means of the code placed 30 preferably in each of these printer forms 01 in interrelated games which, for their part, must be fed to the corresponding cylinder holder 06 or to the corresponding tank 09 of printing forms in the same operation especially with one of the mobile collecting tanks 43. This code is configured, for example, as a Datamatrix code 22, this code being preferably placed in a zone, which does not print, of the corresponding printer form 01, for example, on a side 13; Suspension 14 not folded yet at the time of storing this printer form 01 in the storage device 51 (Figures 3, 4).

 In order to visualize, among others, preferably both the process that is developed in particular sequentially for the manufacture of printer forms 01 ready for use in a printing machine and the operational status at the place of use of these printer forms 01 It is preferably provided together with the device that performs this process, as outlined, for example, in Figure 7 by means of a border of lines and dots, an indicating device 52 with an indication, for example, optical, especially graphic, which preferably it uses at least one symbol, indicating at the same time the indication in a general representation, which indicates several mounting positions on a cylinder holder 06 that has several mounting positions or several storage positions of a tank 09 of printing forms that has several storage positions, in which of these several mounting positions on the corresponding cylinder holder 06 or in which of these various storage positions of the reservoir 09 of printing forms, a printing form 01 must be arranged respectively. Therefore, the indicating device 52 has an indication preferably configured electronically, for example, as a monitor or as a screen mask, which indicates at least one use of a printer form 01 at its place of use in a printing machine, several different positions being provided with each other at the place of use of the printer form 01, each position referring to the place of use to one of several mounting positions on a 50 form cylinder 01 that has several mounting positions or to one of several storage positions of a container 09 of printing forms having several storage positions, pointing at the same time the device indicator 52 in its indication several different places of use in the printing machine, indicating the indication in cu Beyond the positions of a particular place of use, which in each case has several positions for a printer form 01 that can be arranged here respectively, a printer form 01 55 must be arranged respectively. This indication allows an operator of the printing machine to have information and control

on the status of a retrofitting of this printing machine for a new production. The indicating device 52 may also be configured as an integral component of the control station 42 of the printing machine or together with at least one other machine unit of the printing machine, for example, with a printing unit. The information, which will be indicated by the indicating device 52, can be displayed, for example, on a monitor of the control station 42 or on a monitor of the other machine unit. 5 The indicating device 52 may also indicate in its indication also different states and / or properties relative to at least one of the printing forms 01 currently manufactured or at least to be manufactured, for example, a) at which mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder 06 or to which storage position of the printer form tank 09 is assigned a printer form 01 already manufactured, that is, ready for use, b) to which mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder 06 or to which position 10 A printer form 01 is assigned to the storage tank 09 of printer forms, which is precisely in its production process, that is, in the feeding process, c) in which mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder 06 or in which position storage tank 09 of printer forms has to be really placed a printer form 01 for the production future reference, d) which mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder 06 or what storage position of the container 09 of forms 15 printers is not occupied with a printing form 01 in future production, because in future production it is used, for example , a printing material 18 with a width of printing material that does not take full advantage of the entire printing width of the corresponding form cylinder 06, or e) in what mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder 06 or in which storage position of the container 09 of printer forms a printer form 01 is provided which does not print, that is, a so-called white plate. 20 The indicating device 52 can extract the information necessary for its respective indication, for example, from the data provided by the control unit 39 of the production planning system preferably by comparison with those data originating in the manufacture of the 01 printer forms prepared for future production. According to the representation of FIG. 7, it is therefore advantageous to connect the indicating device 52 with the communication system 41, to which are also connected, for example, the plate exposure device 33, the phase computer 34 prior to printing, the control unit 39 of the production planning system, the storage unit 51 and, if necessary, the folding device 38 and the control station 42 belonging to the printing machine, and enabling via interrelation created in this way a preferably mutual exchange of data. If the indicating device 52 is configured as a stand-alone device, it is spatially arranged, for example, in that area, in which the mobile collecting tank 43 houses the printing forms 01, corresponding to a particular form cylinder 06 or to a tank determined 09 of printing forms, before being transported to the corresponding cylinder holder 06 or to the corresponding tank 09 of printing forms. Regardless of its configuration as a stand-alone device or as an integral component of the control station 42 or other machine unit of the printing machine, the indicating device 52 can also be used to indicate the current status of the printing forms 01 to be manufacture for a particular production, that is, to indicate whether a particular printing form 01 is currently, for example, in the plate display device 33, the developing device 36, the folding device 38 or the storage device 51 , so that especially an operator of the printing machine can verify by means of the indication of the indicating device 52 if a set of printing forms 01, necessary for a given form cylinder 40 or for a specific deposit 09 of printing forms, is already complete or no. The indicating device 52 can also indicate for which printing unit 44, which preferably has several form-forming cylinders 06 and / or reservoirs 09 of printing forms, of a complex printing installation, that is, having several printing units 44, is already complete by minus one set of printer forms 01 and / or which of the various sets of printer forms 01, which are to be arranged in a particular printing unit of the printer units 45 44, is now ready for use.

 Figure 9 shows by way of example the indication of the indicating device 52 for a printing installation having at least two printing units 44.1; 44.2 and that, for example, together with other components, not shown here, for example, a folder, form a section of a printing machine. The representation in the upper half of Figure 9 refers to a first production and the representation in the lower half of Figure 9, to a second production other than the first. For each of the two 44.1 printing units; 44.2 are indicated in figure 9 in two blocks arranged in a row for both productions in each case the respective places of use of the printer forms 01 ready for use, the place of use of these printer forms 01 being found respectively in one of several cylinders form holders 06 or reservoirs 09 of printing forms arranged in the printing machine, the places of use, located in the 55s being represented in each block

respective operating sides of the respective printer unit 44.1; 44.2, for these printing forms 01 in two columns parallel to each other. Each of these blocks, assigned to one of the two 44.1 printing units; 44.2, is represented in Figure 9 by a border of dashed lines. On each operating side of the respective printer unit 44.1; 44.2 four places of use are provided, for example, superimposed vertically, for four different sets of printing forms 01 corresponding to the arrangement of the printing mechanisms in the corresponding printing unit 44.1; 44.2 (Figures 2, 8), presenting each place of use in the axial direction of the corresponding cylinder holder 06, for example, four mounting positions or storage positions, located side by side in each case, respectively for a printing form 01 of the corresponding set of printing forms 01 and being provided in the circumferential direction of each corresponding form holder cylinder 06, for example, two mounting positions or storage positions, located one behind the other, respectively 10 for a printing form 01 of the corresponding set of forms printers 01. For each place of use of a set of printer forms 01, an information field 53 is created in the indication of the indicating device 52 which in the example represented in figure 9 is respectively composed of four positions arranged next to each other and two overlapping positions for printing forms 01 of the corresponding set. Therefore, to each of the two printing units 44.1; 44.2, respectively, a total of eight information fields 53 are assigned respectively, 15 indicating the status of a printing form 01 to be manufactured and / or the occupation of a mounting position or storage position respectively in eight different positions. Therefore, the indication of the indicating device 52 is able to indicate at the same time several different productions, which are to be carried out successively on the same printing machine, with several places of use, assigned respectively to these productions, of the necessary printing forms 01 for the respective production. 20 By means of a code, different information can be indicated in the indication of the indicating device 52. In each information field 53, specific information about the status of a printing form 01 and / or the occupation of a position can be extracted in each position. Mounting or storage position. An open position, as indicated by a blank field in Figure 9, may indicate, for example, that for future production in the corresponding printing unit 44.1; 44.2 a printer form 01 is not needed in this position. A full position may mean that in this position a printer form 01 is already in the corresponding place of use, since, for example, the printer form 01 of a previous production can be taken. The positions identified respectively with a symbol, for example, an "X", may indicate, for example, that for these positions a printing form 01 has to be manufactured respectively. The positions identified with another symbol, for example, with a "Y" "indicate, for example, that for this position there is a printer form 01, 30 at least already exposed, in the storage device 33. The positions identified with another symbol, for example, with a "Z", indicate, for example, that an unexposed printer form 01, that is, a white plate, is used in the corresponding position. The printer forms 01, to be used in the next planned production in the corresponding printer units 44.1; 44.2 in the positions identified with a symbol, for example, with an "X", "Y" or "Z", create in each case the game, which is to be transported to the respective place of use, of 35 printer forms 01 related each. Therefore, the indication of the indicating device 52 indicates in a general representation that it indicates at the same time several positions, that is to say, mounting positions or storage positions, in addition to the information on which of these positions must actually be arranged respectively a printer form 01, for which of these positions respectively a printer form 01 must be manufactured and / or must be transported in conjunction with other printer forms 01, necessary in the same place of use, to the corresponding place of use. As another auxiliary element, for example, for the arrangement, according to the needs, in positions of participating printer forms 01, for example, in a future production, referring to these positions, for example, to mounting positions of a form-holder cylinder 06 having several mounting positions or storage positions of a reservoir 09 of printing forms having several storage positions may also be provided, for example, in at least one of the printing forms 01, but preferably in several, especially in each one of the printing forms 01 to be disposed on the corresponding form cylinder 06 or in the corresponding container 09 of printing forms, an information field 54 corresponding, for example, with an information field 53 in the indication of the indicating device 52 and contains information at least on the arrangement and / or on a work instruction with respect to another form 50 printer 01, whose position is contiguous with the printer form 01 which has the information field 54. Accordingly, this information field 54 constitutes an auxiliary element in use, especially the arrangement of a printing form 01 in one of several positions of a construction group belonging to a printing mechanism of a printing unit 44; 44.1; 44.2 or printing machine, this construction group being able to be configured, for example, as a form holder cylinder 06 or as a reservoir 09 of printing forms. 55

 The information field 54 placed, for example, by the plate display device 33

preferably in an area, which does not print, especially on side 13; 14 of suspension of the corresponding printer form 01, it can indicate: a) in what mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder 06 or in which storage position of the container 09 of printer forms the printer form 01 having this field must be arranged 54, b) in what other mounting position on the corresponding form cylinder 06 or in which other storage position of the storage tank 09, which stores this printer form 01, another printer form 01 is to be disposed to be manufactured, c) in which mounting position on the corresponding form-holder cylinder 06 or in which storage position of the container 09 of printing forms, which stores this printer form 01, is not currently placed, that is, for future production, a new printer form 01, but the existing printer form 01 from a previous production is maintained, d) what mounting position on the ci The corresponding formholder number 06 or what storage position of the tank 10 09 of printer forms, which stores this printer form 01, is not occupied in future production with any printer form 01, because in the future production a material is used, for example 18 with a width of printing material that does not take full advantage of the entire printing width of the corresponding formholder cylinder 06, or e) in which mounting position on the corresponding formholder cylinder 06 or in which storage position of the container 09 of printing forms, which stores this printer form 01, a printer form 01 is provided that 15 does not print, that is, a so-called white plate. In this way, the information field 54 may contain information about an arrangement and / or a work instruction with respect to several or preferably all the positions corresponding to the same construction group. Information on the arrangement of printer forms 01, participants in a future production, in the corresponding positions can be created in the information field 54 preferably in graphic form, for example, by using at least one symbol or in a text Sure. The information represented in the respective information field 54 is extracted, for example, from the data provided by the control unit 39 of the production planning system. The information represented in the respective information field 54 can be obtained alternatively or additionally from a comparison with those data originating in the manufacture of the printer forms 01 prepared for future production. The information field 54, placed 25 in the printer form 01, may respectively be placed additionally to a Datamatrix code, for example, on a side 13; 14 of suspension of the corresponding printing form 01. The information field 54 is directly readable by humans preferably without auxiliary means. Figure 10 shows this type of information field 54 placed in at least one of the printing forms 01. The information field 54 is composed of several individual position elements 56 that correspond to the positions of the construction group, that is, The mounting positions on the corresponding form cylinder 06 or the storage positions in the corresponding tank 09 of printing forms are grouped, for example, in this case into two parallel rows with four columns respectively. The position elements 56 contain and transmit information about an arrangement and / or a work instruction with respect to at least one other printer form 01, whose position is contiguous with the printer form 01 which presents the information field 54, by means of a code suitable, for example, by letters and / or figures and / or colors. An open position element 56 indicates, for example, that no printer form 01 is to be arranged in this position, while a position filled element 56, on the contrary, indicates, for example, that the printer form 01, which With this information field 54, it must be placed exactly in that position in the construction group corresponding to the position element 56 in the information field 54. Correspondingly or at least similar to the explanation given above in relation to the indication of the indicating device 52, a position identified with a symbol, for example, with an "X", may indicate, for example, that for this position a printer form 01 is to be manufactured. A position identified with another symbol, for example, with a "Y", indicates, for example, that an unexposed printer form 01, that is, a white plate, is used in the corresponding position. In addition, a position identified with another symbol, for example, with a "Z", may indicate that in this position a new printer form 01 is not to be arranged, but that the existing printer form 01 is kept arranged here. The position elements 56 are preferably also registered by the camera system or the recording device, for example, the code reader 28 (Figure 5), and are automatically evaluated for the information to be transmitted, for example, in an electronic evaluation unit linked to the camera system or the recording device. fifty

List of reference numbers 01 Printer form 02 Support surface 03 End 04 End 5 05 - 06 Cylinder holder 07 Distributor cylinder 08 Inking mechanism 09 Deposit of printing forms 10 10 - 11 Folding line 12 Folding line 13 Suspension side 14 Side of suspension 15 15 - 16 Frame 17 Base 18 Print material, material strip, paper strip 19 Paper guide cylinder 20 20 - 21 Paper guide cylinder 22 Datamatrix code surface 23 Structural element 24 Boundary line 25 25 - 26 Boundary line 27 Storage area 28 Code reader 29 Registration area 30 30 - 31 Observation area 32 Raw part 33 Plate display device 34 Computer (pre-phase) 35 35 - 36 Development device 37 Model 38 Storage device folding 39 Control unit of a production planning system 40 40 -

41 Communication system

42 Control post 43 Collector tank 44 Printer unit 44.1 Printer unit 44.2 Printer unit 5 45 - 46 Handling device 47 Platform 48 Guide element 49 Gallery 10 50 - 51 Storage device 52 Indicator device 53 Information field 54 Information field 15 55 - 56 Position element 57 Sorting station B Width D Material thickness 20 L Length X Position Y Position Z Position a28 Distance 25 l13 Length l14 Length α Opening angle β Opening angle

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Claims (2)

CLAIMS 1. Procedure for the manufacture of printer forms (01) ready for use in a printing machine by using a device that in a production line of these printer forms (01), to be manufactured, presents at least a plate display device (33) and at least one storage device (51) located next to this plate display device (33), 5 at least one set of shapes being temporarily stored in the storage device (51) printers (01), related to each other with respect to a common place of use, before being transported to the printing machine, the place of use of these forms being found (01) in one of several cylinder holders (06) or tanks (09) of printing forms arranged in the printing machine, exposing the plate display device (33) at least one of the printing forms (01), belonging to the same set, with at least one imag in printing by means of a model 10 (37) provided electronically by a computer (34) of a previous printing phase, making the exposure of at least one of the printing forms controlled in a controlled manner (33) (01), belonging to the same set, by means of production data made available by a control unit (39) of a production planning system, and by exchanging data the plate display device (33), the computer (34) of the previous printing phase, the production planning system control unit (39), the storage device (51), a control station (42) belonging to the printing machine and an indicating device (52) by means of the same communication system (41), allowing the interrelation created in this way a mutual exchange of data, using the indicating device (52) for the indication of a current status of the more printers (01) to be manufactured for a given production. 2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage device (51) is arranged in the production line of the printing forms (01), which are to be manufactured, in front of or following a folding device (38) , by configuring the folding device (38) on at least one end (03; 04) of the printing forms (01), fed thereto, a suspension side (13; 14) respectively in a bending process. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the printing forms (01) enters and at the same time another of the printing forms (01) enters. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage device (51) sends the printing forms (01), which belong to a specific set and leave it, towards at least one mobile collection tank (43), transporting the at least one collecting tank (43) the corresponding set of printing forms (01), related to each other in relation to their common place of use, towards the printing machine. 5. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage device (51) 30 checks before a joint transport of a set of printer forms (01), interrelated with respect to their common place of use, to the printing machine if This set of printer forms (01) is complete. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage device (51) provides at least as many storage spaces as printing forms (01) belong to the same set of printing forms (01). Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the amount of the printing forms (01), belonging to the same set, is equivalent to the maximum number of mounting positions on that form cylinder (06) or the maximum number of storage positions of that deposit (09) of printing forms, for which the printing forms (01) to be transported are intended. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the respective set of printing forms (01) 40 comprises as many printing forms (01) as those that are to be placed and / or replaced in the same operation on the form carrier cylinder (06), that participates in future production, or the corresponding deposit (09) of printing forms. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that all sets of printer forms (01), which can be used in the corresponding printing machine, or at least several sets of printer forms () are housed in the storage device (51). 01). Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage device (51) removes the printing forms (01), stored therein and belonging to different sets, in each case as a set of printing forms (01), related to each other. , in an uninterrupted order. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage device (51) previously classifies the printer forms (01), stored therein and belonging to different games, into sets of related printer forms (01). 12. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage device (51) temporarily stores the printer forms (01), stored therein and belonging to different sets, in any arrangement in its storage spaces. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that a sorting station (57) classifies the printing forms (01), temporarily stored in the storage device (51), in each case in games, necessary in the printing machine, of shapes printers (01) related to each other with respect to their common place of use in a particular cylinder holder (06) or a specific tank (09) of printer forms. Method according to claim 13, characterized in that at least the sorting station (57) classifies the printing forms (01), fed to it, in an order, in which these printing forms (01) are arranged in positions of assembly of a specific cylinder holder (06) or in storage positions of a specific tank (09) of printing forms. 15. A method according to claim 1 or 13, characterized in that the storage device (51) or the sorting station group together the related printer forms (01), fed into them respectively, by means of a code placed respectively in these forms printers (01).