Abstract: A method for controlling a printing process is disclosed. The method includes printing a printing material by a printing unit on a basis of data of a prepress stage. A printed result on the printing material is compared with a desired value and a correction value is derived from the comparison. The data of the prepress stage is corrected with the correction value.

Abstract: A method for checking intermediate, part or end products during the production process without using marks is disclosed. The print image of the intermediate, part or end product produced on a digital printing press is scanned at least after a predetermined production step in order to subsequently compare the scanned print image with stored product data. Based on the comparison, the check of the previous processing steps and/or the calculation of the subsequent control actions for the order allocated to the intermediate, part or end product and the control actions by the production device are carried out.

Abstract: A method for a assigning at least one production order comprising known job data from one or a plurality of production orders, which are in line for processing, to a particular production device of a plurality of production devices, wherein production device data with regard to the production options thereof can be written to each of the production devices, by means of which an efficiency-optimized assignment of at least one production order to a particular production device is made possible without manual interventions and person-bound analysis. The method permits the assignment of the at least one production order to a particular production device with regard to at least one sorting criterion to be carried out automatically.

Abstract: A method for optimising the production sequences of a plurality of printing orders assigned to a printing system is provided. When multiple printing orders are assigned to a specific printing system, each printing order on its own can be economically produced on the specific printing system, but economically optimal processing of the entirety of the printing jobs to be processed in a defined time interval is not thereby ensured. To increase the efficiency of the processing of a plurality of printing orders, the printing orders assigned to the printing system are arranged in their order and thus their sequence of processing in an automated manner, such that the printing orders assigned to the printing system can be produced in an optimised manner at least with regard to at least one sorting criterion. The method is applicable for sorting printing orders both for print form variable printing methods, as well as for non-print form variable printing methods and also for sheet-fed and/or reel-fed printing systems.

Abstract: A device and method for automatically generating a production data set for an order to be printed in a printing facility is disclosed. Job data of an order to be printed and production possibilities of at least one processing device of the printing facility are received at an imposition module. The production data set for the order to be printed is automatically generated by the imposition module based on the job data and the production possibilities.

Abstract: A method for checking intermediate, part or end products during the production process without using marks is disclosed. The print image of the intermediate, part or end product produced on a digital printing press is scanned at least after a predetermined production step in order to subsequently compare the scanned print image with stored product data. Based on the comparison, the check of the previous processing steps and/or the calculation of the subsequent control actions for the order allocated to the intermediate, part or end product and the control actions by the production device are carried out.

Abstract: A method for the control or regulation of a production process in a print form-variable production device is disclosed, where the production process includes one or multiple orders and where for each of these orders corresponding product data are stored in a storage device. In an embodiment, the method includes the following steps: a. scanning a print image by a scanning device of at least one part of a substrate to produce a scanned print image; b. comparing the scanned print image with the product data stored for each of the orders and assigning an associated order and associated product data of the associated order to the scanned print image based on the comparing; c. determining subsequent control actions from the associated product data; and d. executing the subsequent control actions by the production device. A device is also disclosed to carry out the method.

Abstract: A method for controlling a printing process is disclosed. The method includes printing a printing material by a printing unit on a basis of data of a prepress stage. A printed result on the printing material is compared with a desired value and a correction value is derived from the comparison. The data of the prepress stage is corrected with the correction value.