US 12,151,463 B2
Method for automated error management in a printing machine
Guido Averdiek, Lengerich (DE); and Martin Krümpelmann, Lengerich (DE)
Assigned to Windmöller & Hölscher KG, Lengerich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/769,082
Filed by Windmöller & Hölscher KG, Lengerich (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/078831
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/074183, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019128139.3 (DE), filed on Oct. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0100819 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B41F 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41F 33/0036 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for use in automated error management in a printing machine, the method comprising:
imprinting a recurring print image on a moving material web,
controlling an inspection of the moving material web with a control unit and a function switch, the function switch being switchable between at least a first function mode of the printing machine and a second function mode of the printing machine,
operating a camera as a line scan camera in the first function mode, and operating the same camera as an area scan camera in the second function mode;
acquiring, by the camera in the first function mode, the print image continuously, and forwarding the print image to the control unit for continuous inspection, and
acquiring, by the camera in the second function mode, the print image and forwarding the print image to the control unit for inspection of a specific area of the print image.