Abstract: A control provision is provided for separating sheets of printed matter. An initiator serves to generate electrical pulses proportional to the transport speed, which are transformed into compensation times depending on the pulses of the operating delay time and of the fall delay time of the servo components, and which are connected to the servo components via coupling elements and following selection or control circuits. A transport means moves the printed material, a distributing guide is operated by the servo components and the sheets to be sorted out are removed independent from the speed of transport and without interference or disturbance of the other sheets.