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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Josef Göttling, Friedberg, DE;
Thomas Hartmann, Mering, DE;
Josef Göttling, Friedberg, DE;
Thomas Hartmann, Mering, DE;
MAN Roland Druchmaschinen, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
In an apparatus for producing a printing image on a printing medium held by a cylinder () by a laser, the laser writing head () of which is positioned on a crossmember () so as to be displaceable parallel to the axis of the cylinder (), a space-saving functionally reliable embodiment is attained by the fact that a protective switch () which detects the presence of a cylinder () is provided fixedly on the crossmember () and the crossmember () bears switching strips () which expose a laser writing head displacement region (b) between them having the width of the printing image () and interact with a further protective switch () attached to the laser writing head () for switching off the laser when it is situated outside the laser writing head displacement region (b).