METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING PRINTING STATIONS OF A PRINTING PRESS

摘要

A method for registering a printing press, said printing press including a plurality of printing stations each for printing a respective color-image on a web, each said printing stations being associated with a respective different color, at least two pairs of said printing stations being un-registered, the method includes the procedures of identifying at least two regions-of-interest in the image to be printed, each including a respective different pair of two partially overlapping color-images, acquiring an image of the common area on the web, for each region-of-interest, chromatically separating the acquired image to determine two monochrome images respective of each region-of-interest, for each region-of-interest registering the two monochrome images respective thereof, registering a monochrome image respective of one region-of-interest with a monochrome image respective of another region-of-interest and determining a registration correction for each printing station according to the registration between the monochrome images.

主权项

1. A method for registering a printing press, said printing press including a plurality of printing stations each for printing a respective color image on a web, each said printing stations being associated with a respective different color, at least two pairs of said printing stations being un-registered one with respect to the other, said method comprising the procedures of:
identifying at least two regions of interest in the image to be printed, each region including a respective different pair of at least two partially overlapping color images of different colors; acquiring an image of the common area on the web after the said pairs of printing stations printed the respective color images thereof; for each region of interest, chromatically separating the acquired image to determine two monochrome images respective of each region of interest; for each region of interest, registering the two monochrome images respective thereof; registering a monochrome image respective of one region with a monochrome image respective of another region of interest; and determining a registration correction for each printing station according to the registration between the monochrome images.