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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fumio Osawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Hideo Watanabe, Ibaraki, JP;
Masatsugu Sekine, Ibaraki, JP;
Taro Shimanuki, Yamagata, JP;
Assignee:
Komori Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101477 ; 101486 ;
Abstract
In an automatic plate exchange/plate registration method and apparatus, a current position of a plate cylinder on which a plate to be exchange is mounted is stored. The plate cylinder is reset to an origin. Automatic plate exchange is performed when the plate cylinder is at the origin. The plate cylinder is automatically returned to the stored current position.