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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Eric Pearson, Consestogo, CA;

Mark R. Hansen, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

Bradly S. Moersfelder, Waukesha, WI (US);

Patrick James Noffke, Devon Park, AU;

John C. Seymour, Genesee Depot, WI (US);

Inventors:

Eric Pearson, Consestogo, CA;

Mark R. Hansen, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

Bradly S. Moersfelder, Waukesha, WI (US);

Patrick James Noffke, Devon Park, AU;

John C. Seymour, Genesee Depot, WI (US);

Assignee:

Quad/Tech, Inc., Sussex, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/86 (2006.01); G01V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of imaging an imprinted substrate on a printing press is provided. The method comprises sensing light reflected by the substrate using a contact image sensor to produce data representative of the imprinted substrate. The substrate has been imprinted with different colors at a plurality of printing units of the printing press. Each printing unit comprises a plate cylinder. The method further comprises storing the data representative of the imprinted substrate in a memory.


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