Device for register adjustment on a sheet-fed printing press

摘要

Register adjustment device in a sheet-fed printing press having adjusting elements for adjusting a printing operation thereof includes a position sensor, a light source for supplying light to the position sensor, and an evaluating unit connected to the position sensor for receiving data therefrom regarding registration of printing material traveling on a path through the printing press, and the evaluating unit being further connected to the adjusting elements of the printing press for adjusting a printing operation thereof in accordance with the data, the position sensor being disposed in the vicinity of the printing-material travel path so as to determine a respective register affecting the printing material, the position sensor having at least two sensor heads disposed at spaced distances from one another; and a method of register-adjustment.