Method of and apparatus for composing a press imposition

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United States Patent [191 [11] Patent Number: 4,984,773
Balban et al. [45] Date of Patent: Jan. 15, 1991
[54] METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR (IEEE), Feb., 1987, by M. S. La, R. M. Panos and M.
COMPOSING A PRFSS IMPOSITION S. Balban.
“AI/ES Aids in Newspaper Manufacturing”, by Mor
[75] Inventors: Morton S. Balban, Skokie, 111.;
ton S. Balban, Manufacturing Applications of Artificial
Ming-Sbong Lan; Rodney M. Panos,
Intelligence: The User and Supply Perspective, (Society of
both of Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Manufacturing Engineers), Man, 1987.
[73] Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation, “The Press Lineup Adviser: An Expert System for
Pittsburgh, Pa. Printing Press Con?guration”, by Morton S. Balban,
[21] Appl. No.: 105,159 (List continued on next page.)
[22] Filed: Oct. 6, 1987
Primary Examiner—Edward K. Look
[51] Int. Cl.5 ............................................ .. B41F 13/58 Assistant Examiner~Therese M. Newholm
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—R. Lewis Gable
[52] US. Cl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 270/5; 270/ 1.1;
270/10; 270/18; 101/181; 364/471; 364/513
[57] ABSTRACT
[58] Field of Search ...................... .. 270/1.l, 4, 5, 6, 7,
270/10, 11,18,19, 20.1; 101/181; 364/513, 471 \_ An apparatus and a method are disclosed for composing
an imipds?éii'in terms of an arrangement of printing
[56] References Cited
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U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS units of a printing press to print a given edition, by ?rst
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270/6
43,,190482,,076872 38//11997786 HWeerrnmearc h. ........ .. areas. Thereafter, each printing unit is examined to
. 101/224
4,177,730 12/1979 Schriber et al. ..... .. 270/21 determine an utilization value thereof in terms of the
placement of the printing plates on the image positions
4,346,446 8/1982 Erbstein et al. . . . . . . . .. 364/551
4,495,582 1/1985 Dessert et a1. .. 364/468 and the relative number of image positions to which
4,532,596 7/1985 Pugsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 364/469 printing plates are assigned with respect to the total
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4,671,501 6/1987 Fujishiro .......................... .. 270/21.1
image positions for each of the sections and its area, is
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an order according to the placement of that printing
2022883A 12/1979 United Kingdom .................. .. 270/5
unit in the array and examining its utilization value to
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FIG. 3
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QUERY /\/02
PRESS INFORMATION
AND PRODUCT
INFORMATION
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INITIAL CHECK OF
PRINTABILITY BASED ON
RECOMMENDATION
(I) NUMBER OF UNITS REQUIRED
I2) COLOR REQUIREMENTS
l08
DETERMINE RELATIVE
SIZE OF SECTION
I
DETERMINE LOCATION
ON THE PRESS //4
FOR EACH SECTION //2
I DETERMINE UTILIZATION
/20 OF PRESS UNITS
YES //6 I
OENERATE POSSIBLE GENERATE PAGE
CONFIGURATION SEQUENCE
1
EVOLUTION DISPLAY '
counsunmou
TECHNIQUE
GRAPHICS
w/
RECOMMENDATION
AND DISPLAY /22
SAMPLE
CONFIGURATION
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