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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Adrian Helmut Alt-steiner, Wurzburg, DE;
Andreas Kunzemann, Guntersleben, DE;
Adrian Helmut Alt-Steiner, Wurzburg, DE;
Andreas Kunzemann, Guntersleben, DE;
Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft, Wurzburg, DE;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus are used for providing information about printing plates to be manufactured for a new production of a printing press. A point of use of at least one of the printing plates is visualized on a display. Several different positions exist at the point of use of each respective printing plate. Each may relate to one of several installation positions on a plate cylinder disposed in the printing press. These can also relate to storage positions of a printing plate magazine. Using the display, several different points of use in the printing area, for a particular printing plate, are displayed. The display depicts which one of the positions of use is to be provided. The display additionally depicts different states or properties of at least one printing plate. It may also depict a print location of a printing plate on a transport path.