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 monitoring and analysing the printing process of a press includes both measured data which reproduce or influence the quality of the printed product and measured data which reproduce the state and consumption of the press or its parts are acquired. To monitor and analyse the printing process, the acquired measured data are placed in a relationship with one another, so that the printing process can be monitored effectively via new data produced as a result.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for collecting operating data from machines used in the printing industry, in particular from printing presses, is disclosed. At least one machine linked to a control device, or an operating data collection device, automatically transmits data during operation of the machine to the control device, or the operating data collection device, and a time frame for operating data collection is generated automatically from the machine data such that machine activity time intervals about the operating time of the machine on the one hand and machine downtime intervals on the other hand are derived from the machine data. Reasons for downtime are automatically assigned to the established machine downtime intervals and/or can be assigned semi-automatically.

Abstract: A method for monitoring and analysing the printing process of a press includes both measured data which reproduce or influence the quality of the printed product and measured data which reproduce the state and consumption of the press or its parts are acquired. To monitor and analyse the printing process, the acquired measured data are placed in a relationship with one another, so that the printing process can be monitored effectively via new data produced as a result.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a digitally controllable printing machine having a permanent printing plate, for which image data has been created in machine-independent format in a pre-press stage. The image data is prepared for the printing process by a data processing device and is fed in adapted form to the printing machine 1. The data processing device uses a profile which corresponds precisely with the current machine condition, for the final data preparation for printing. The profile can be addressed using the correct color-space conversion for the printing machine (i.e., calibrated). For this purpose, at the time at which the data is prepared for image setting, a machine condition forecast for the time of printing is called up and, from this, together with the knowledge of the operating materials, the machine profile which most closely approaches that for the print job is determined. This profile is then used for the data preparation.

Abstract: A process corrects geometric errors in the transfer of information without mechanical intervention on the printing form, to compensate for the errors that occur and thus attain optimized print quality prior to imaging. The corrections are visually indiscernible, so that the artifacts created in the printed result by the corrections do not stand out in the image. A device-independent description of the page information to be printed is converted by a Raster Imaging Process into at least one device-dependent digital matrix. Each matrix with m rows and n columns contains the information for a certain color to be printed. After the individual matrices are produced, they are supplied to a matrix manipulation device, which subjects each matrix to a correction transformation using specific parameters. After the matrices are adjusted, they are supplied by a matrix transfer device to the digital imaging devices in the printing mechanisms.