(19)
(11)EP 3 337 666 B1

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION

(45)Mention of the grant of the patent:
02.12.2020 Bulletin 2020/49

(21)Application number: 16888450.0

(22)Date of filing:  28.01.2016
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B41J 3/01(2006.01)
B41J 15/04(2006.01)
B41J 3/28(2006.01)
(86)International application number:
PCT/US2016/015471
(87)International publication number:
WO 2017/131720 (03.08.2017 Gazette  2017/31)

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CORRUGATOR CONTROL INFORMATION ON A BOX LINER

WELLENMASCHINENSTEUERUNGSINFORMATIONEN AUF EINER KARTONAUSKLEIDUNG

INFORMATIONS DE COMMANDE D'ONDULEUSE SUR UN REVÊTEMENT INTÉRIEUR DE CAISSE


(84)Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(43)Date of publication of application:
27.06.2018 Bulletin 2018/26

(73)Proprietor: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Spring TX 77389 (US)

(72)Inventors:
  • HOWER, Jason
    Corvallis, Oregon 97330-4239 (US)
  • PERDICARO, Frank
    Corvallis, Oregon 97330-4239 (US)
  • LEE, Mun Yew
    San Diego, California 92127-1899 (US)
  • CRAMPTON, Bryan
    Corvallis, Oregon 97330-4239 (US)

(74)Representative: Liesegang, Eva 
Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB Pettenkoferstrasse 22
80336 München
80336 München (DE)


(56)References cited: : 
EP-A1- 0 554 989
WO-A1-2014/206496
US-A1- 2008 002 011
US-A1- 2013 292 030
US-A1- 2014 378 285
EP-A2- 2 551 117
JP-A- 2007 160 846
US-A1- 2012 243 020
US-A1- 2014 307 020
  
      
    Note: Within nine months from the publication of the mention of the grant of the European patent, any person may give notice to the European Patent Office of opposition to the European patent granted. Notice of opposition shall be filed in a written reasoned statement. It shall not be deemed to have been filed until the opposition fee has been paid. (Art. 99(1) European Patent Convention).


    Description

    BACKGROUND



    [0001] Corrugated boxes are sometimes manufactured using rolls of liner material pre-printed with graphics and other images. Liners are laminated to a flute in the corrugating machine to form a continuous web of corrugated board, and individual boxes are cut from the web. In some box manufacturing processes, the board is cut down-web into two lanes, each lane cut into ribbons, and each ribbon chopped into rectangular sheets. The board sheets are fed to a die for cutting and creasing. A single die cut operation may produce one or multiple box blanks. A corrugating machine is commonly referred to as a "corrugator." Cut and creased but unfolded boxes are commonly referred to as box "blanks." US-A1-2013/292030 discloses forming a structural laminate that resists stress.

    DRAWINGS



    [0002] 

    Fig. 1 is an exterior perspective illustrating one example of a printing system to print a corrugated box liner with box graphics and corrugator control information for multiple different box layouts.

    Fig. 2 is a block diagram illustrating one example of a printing system to print a corrugated box liner with box graphics and corrugator control information for multiple different box layouts.

    Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating one example of a box liner printed with box graphics and corrugator control information for multiple different box layouts, such as might be printed with a printing system shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

    Fig. 4 is a detail of a portion of the example box liner shown in Fig. 3.

    Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views showing, respectively, each of the multiple different box layouts on the example liner shown in Fig. 3.

    Fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating one example of a processor readable medium with image data to print box graphics and machine readable images representing corrugator control information for multiple different box layouts on a single web of liner material.

    Fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating one example of a processor readable medium with image data to print machine readable images representing corrugator control information for multiple different box layouts on a single web of liner material

    Fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a print engine controller that includes the example processor readable medium with image data or print data to print box graphics and machine readable images representing corrugator control information for multiple different box layouts on a single web of liner material.



    [0003] The same part numbers designate the same or similar parts throughout the figures. The figures are not necessarily to scale.

    DESCRIPTION



    [0004] Corrugators cut and crease individual box blanks from a web or sheet of corrugated board according to a corrugator plan with instructions that tell the corrugator the layout of the boxes, including, for example, where to make cuts and creases for the size and shape of each box. Currently, when the layout of the box changes, a new roll of liner material printed with the corresponding images is loaded into the corrugator along with a new corrugation plan. Digital web printing systems are capable of printing box liners for multiple different box layouts on a continuous web of liner material in a single roll. In order to use a single roll of liner material printed for different box layouts, it may be desirable to automatically reconfigure the corrugator plan and corresponding cutting and creasing instructions for each layout on the web.

    [0005] Accordingly, in one example, a new digital web printing system includes a print engine and a print engine controller operatively connected to the print engine to print, on a single substrate web, (1) graphics for multiple different layouts of corrugated boxes to be lined with the web and (2) machine readable images representing corrugator control information for making the multiple different box layouts. The corrugator control information printed on the liner may be read by an optical scanner or other sensor in the corrugator's computer control system, for example, to configure (or reconfigure) the corrugator plan with cutting and creasing instructions for each of the different box layouts. In one implementation, corrugator control information printed on the liner includes an identification that associates each of the different layouts with a corrugator plan for the layout. In another implementation, corrugator control information printed on the liner includes the actual instructions to cut and crease each box layout.

    [0006] These and other examples described below and shown in the figures illustrate but do not limit the scope of the patent, which is defined in the Claims following this Description.

    [0007] As used in this document: "and/or" means at least one of the connected things; a "box" means a box whether or not it is folded, including what is commonly referred to as a "blank"; "crease" means to crease or score or otherwise make a fold line; a "graphic" means a human readable image (that could be machine readable too); and "layout" means the size and/or shape of a box.

    [0008] Fig. 1 is an exterior perspective and Fig. 2 is a block diagram each illustrating one example of a printing system 10 to print a corrugated box liner 12 with box graphics and corrugator control information together concurrently for multiple different box layouts on a single web of liner material. Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating one example of a box liner 12 such as might be printed with a printing system 10 shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a detail from liner 12 in Fig. 3, and Figs. 5 and 6 show each of the individual box layouts printed on liner 12.

    [0009] Referring first to Fig. 1, printing system 10 includes an arched print engine 14 with printing units 16 to apply imaging material to a printable substrate web 18 made of box liner material. While any suitable printing technology and imaging material may be used to implement a print engine 14, the arched configuration shown in Fig. 1 is used in some high-speed inkjet web printing systems with a series of web-wide printing units 16. A single continuous web 18 of box liner material is supplied to print engine 14 from a supply roll 20 and the printed liner 12 is taken up on a take-up roll 22. The unprinted web of liner material is called out as web 18 and the printed web of liner material is called out as liner 12.

    [0010] Referring now also to Fig. 2, printing system 10 includes a print engine controller 24 operatively connected to print engine 14. Controller 24 in Figs. 1 and 2 represents generally the programming, processors and associated memories, and the electronic circuitry and components needed to control the operative elements of print engine 14. In the example shown in Fig. 2, print engine 14 is implemented as a modular print bar 26 that includes a series of printhead modules 28 each with multiple printheads 30, such as might be used in each of the arched printing units 16 shown in Fig. 1. Also in the example shown in Fig. 2, controller 24 includes a raster image processor 32 to receive image data 34, convert image data 34 to print data 36, and transmit print data 36 to print engine 14.

    [0011] Raster image processor 32 and other image processing components in a print engine controller 24 for a high-speed digital printing system are sometimes referred to collectively as a "digital front end." As part of the process of rendering image data for use by the print engine, a digital front end may perform color conversion, mapping, halftoning and other functions to enable the print engine to form the desired images at the proper locations on the print substrate. Accordingly, a print engine controller 24 in printing system 10 may include programming, processing and/or data components not shown in the block diagram of Fig. 2.

    [0012] Referring specifically to Fig. 2, image data 34 includes graphics data 38 and corrugator control data 40. Graphics data 38 represents the graphics to be printed on web 18 for boxes with different layouts. Control data 40 represents machine readable images with corrugator control information to be printed on web 18 to make the boxes with different layouts. Print data 36 also includes the now rasterized graphics data 39 and corrugator control data 41. Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate a web liner 12 printed by a system 10 based on print data 36. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, web liner 12 is printed concurrently with both a graphic 42 and machine readable images 44A-44D with corrugator control information for a first box layout 46, and with a graphic 48 and machine readable images 50A-50F with corrugator control information for a second box layout 52. A detail of box layout 46 is shown in Fig. 5. A detail of box layout 52 is shown in Fig. 6.

    [0013] The layout for each box 46, 52 is depicted with phantom lines where the corrugator is to make cuts and dashed lines where the corrugator is to make creases (at the folds). Box layouts 46, 52 are not actually printed on liner 12, but are shown to help illustrate images 42, 44 and 48, 50 for the corresponding box layouts 46, 52. Part numbers 46, 52 in Fig. 3 designate the individual boxes as well as the different box layouts. Also, while two different box layouts are shown on that portion of liner 12 included in Fig. 3, liner 12 may include more than two different box layouts. In the example shown in Figs. 3-6, machine readable images 44, 50 for box layouts 46, 52, respectively, include barcodes 44A, 50B, 50D, registration marks 44B, 44C, 50C, 50F, and matrix barcodes 44C, 50A, 50E. Some of the images 44, 50 printed on liner 12 may be used exclusively for corrugator control, some used exclusively for other than corrugator control, and some used for both corrugator control and other than corrugator control.

    [0014] In one implementation, machine readable images 44A-44D and 50A-50F on each box include an identification that associates a single box or a single group of boxes on liner 12 with a corrugation plan for the box or group of boxes. For example, a barcode 44A, 50D on each layout may be used to identify the respective layout 46, 52 to the corrugator. Accordingly, when the optical scanner or other sensor in the corrugator's computer control system reads a barcode 44A or 50D, the system can execute cutting and creasing instructions in the plan associated with the corresponding box layout.

    [0015] In another implementation, the machine readable images 44A-44D and 50A-50F on each box include the corrugation plan itself, or at least instructions to properly cut and crease the respective box layout 46, 52. For example, a matrix barcode 44C, 50A on each layout may convey cutting and creasing instructions to the corrugator for the respective layout 46, 52. Accordingly, when the optical scanner or other sensor in the corrugator's computer control system reads a matrix barcode 44C or 50A, the system can execute cutting and creasing instructions for the corresponding box layout.

    [0016] Machine readable images 44A-44D and 50A-50F on each box may include other or different corrugator control information from that described above. For one example, one of the images may include an identification that uniquely identifies a single box or single group of boxes to the corrugator. For another example, one of the images may include an indication of the location of the box or group of boxes on the printed web. Box ID and location information may be used by the corrugator to execute the cutting and creasing instructions corresponding to the layout for that box or group of boxes, for example in conjunction with a liner roll map that maps box ID and location information on the liner to a corrugator plan with the desired cutting and creasing instructions. Corrugator control images 44A-44D and 50A-50F may be located inside the box layout, for example barcode 44A and matrix barcode 44C in layout 46, and/or outside the box layout, for example matrix barcode 50A and barcode 50D in layout 52. The configuration and characteristics of the graphics and machine readable images shown in the Figs. 3-6 are just one example. Other configurations and characteristics for both the graphics and the corrugator control information are possible.

    [0017] Corrugator control information printed on a liner 12 also will include registration marks, for example registration marks 44B, 44D and 50C, 50F shown in Figs. 3-6. Registration marks 44B, 44D and 50C, 50F are used by the corrugator control system to help accurately locate the corrugated board (with liner 12) relative to the cutting and creasing dies. The positional information depicted by the registration marks is sensed and then processed "on the fly" to dynamically adjust the position of the corrugated board and/or the position of the dies to correct for any misalignment in the system for each of the different box layouts 46, 52 on liner 12.

    [0018] The layout of each of the multiple different boxes and the corresponding graphics and corrugator control images to be printed on the liner may be created with any suitable CAD (computer aided design) programming compatible with the corrugator control system(s) that will use the printed liner. Image data for the liner may be provided to the printing system in any suitable processor readable medium, for example as part of a normal "pre-press" workflow. Image data 34 with corrugator control information 40 may be provided together with box graphics 38, as shown on a processor readable medium 54 in Fig. 7, or separate from the box graphics as shown on a processor readable medium 56 in Fig. 8. If the image data for box graphics 38 and corrugator control information 40 is provided separately, the image data may be merged by print engine controller 24 before or after rasterizing, if desired, to generate integrated print data 36.

    [0019] A processor readable medium 58 with image data 34 or print data 36 may be implemented in a print engine controller 24, as shown in Fig. 9.

    [0020] A processor readable medium 54, 58 in the figures is any non-transitory tangible medium that can embody, contain, store, and/or maintain information for use by a processor.

    [0021] The examples shown in the figures and described above illustrate but do not limit the scope of the patent, which is defined in the following Claims.


    Claims

    1. A printing system (10), comprising:

    a print engine (14);

    a print engine controller (24) operatively connected to the print engine (14) to print, on a single substrate web (18):

    graphics for multiple different layouts (46, 52) of corrugated boxes to be lined with the web (18), and

    machine readable images (44A-44D; 50A-50F) representing corrugator control information for making the multiple different layouts (46, 52) of boxes, characterized in that the corrugator control information includes registration marks depicting positional information to be used for dynamically adjusting a position of a corrugated board and/or cutting and creasing dies for each of the different layouts (46, 52).


     
    2. The printing system (10) of Claim 1, where each machine readable image representing corrugator control information includes at least one of:

    an identification that uniquely identifies a single box or single group of boxes to a corrugator;

    an identification that associates a single box or single group of boxes with a corrugator plan;

    an indication of a location of a single box or single group of boxes on the printed web; and

    an instruction to cut and/or crease a single box or single group of boxes on the printed web.


     
    3. The printing system (10) of Claim 1, where the multiple different layouts (46, 52) of boxes include multiple different size and/or shape boxes.
     
    4. The printing system (10) of Claim 1, where the print engine controller (24) is to:

    receive graphics image data for each box;

    convert the graphics image data to graphics print data; and

    transmit the graphics print data to the print engine (14) to print the graphics on the single web of box liner material, based on the graphics print data, together with the machine readable images (44A-44D; 50A-50F).


     
    5. The printing system (10) of Claim 4, where the print engine controller (24) is to:

    receive corrugator control image data for the machine readable images (44A-44D; 50A-50F) with corrugator control information for making the different layouts (46, 52) of boxes;

    convert the control information image data to control print data; and

    transmit the control print data to the print engine (14) to print the machine readable images (44A-44D; 50A-50F) on the single web of box liner material, based on the control print data, together with the graphics.


     
    6. The printing system (10) of Claim 5, where the print engine controller (24) is to:

    receive the control information image data and the graphics image data together as integrated image data;

    convert the integrated image data to integrated print data; and

    transmit the integrated print data to the print engine (14) to print the graphics and the machine readable images (44A-44D; 50A-50F) on the single web of box liner material based on the integrated image data.


     
    7. A non-transitory processor readable medium (54) having image data thereon representing machine readable images (44A-44D; 50A-50F) with corrugator control information for making boxes with multiple different layouts (46, 52) from a single web of box liner material, characterized in that the corrugator control information includes registration marks depicting positional information to be used for dynamically adjusting a position of a corrugated board and/or cutting and creasing dies for each of the different layouts (46, 52).
     
    8. The medium (54) of Claim 7 having image data thereon representing graphics for each box to be printed on the single web of box liner material.
     
    9. The medium (54) of Claim 7, where each machine readable image includes at least one of:

    an identification that uniquely identifies a single box or single group of boxes to a corrugator;

    an identification that associates a single box or single group of boxes with a corrugator plan;

    an indication of a location of the a single box or single group of boxes on the printed web; and an instruction to cut and/or crease a single box or single group of boxes on the printed web.


     
    10. The medium (54) of Claim 9, where:

    the graphics includes multiple different graphics each for a single box or a single group of boxes different from any other box or group of boxes on the web; and

    the corrugator control information includes multiple single sets of corrugator control information each corresponding to the graphic for a single box different from any other box on the web.


     
    11. A liner (12) for making corrugated boxes, comprising a single substrate web printed with graphics for multiple different layouts (46, 52) of corrugated boxes to be lined with the web and with multiple different machine readable images (44A-44D; 50A-50F) representing corrugator control information for making the multiple different layouts (46, 52) of boxes, characterized in that the corrugator control information includes registration marks depicting positional information to be used for dynamically adjusting a position of a corrugated board and/or cutting and creasing dies for each of the different layouts (46, 52).
     
    12. The liner (12) of Claim 11, where each machine readable image includes an identification that uniquely identifies a single box or a single group of boxes to a corrugator.
     
    13. The liner (12) of Claim 11, where each machine readable image includes an identification that associates a single box or a single group of boxes with a corrugation plan.
     
    14. The liner (12) of Claim 11, where each machine readable image includes instructions to cut and crease a single box or single group of boxes on the printed web.
     
    15. The liner (12) of Claim 11, where the multiple different layouts (46, 52) include different size and/or shape boxes with the same or different graphics.
     


    Ansprüche

    1. Drucksystem (10), das Folgendes umfasst:

    eine Druckmaschine (14);

    eine Druckmaschinensteuerung (24), die mit der Druckmaschine (14) wirkverbunden ist, um Folgendes auf eine einzelne Substratbahn (18) zu drucken:
    Grafiken für mehrere unterschiedliche Anordnungen (46, 52) von Wellpappschachteln, die mit der Bahn (18) auszukleiden sind, und maschinenlesbare Bilder (44A-44D; 50A-50F), die Wellpappenanlagensteuerinformationen zum Herstellen der mehreren unterschiedlichen Anordnungen (46, 52) von Schachteln darstellen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Wellpappenanlagensteuerinformationen Passmarken beinhalten, die Positionsinformationen darstellen, die zum dynamischen Anpassen einer Position einer Wellpappe und/oder von Schneide- und Faltwerkzeugen für jede der unterschiedlichen Anordnungen (46, 52) zu verwenden sind.


     
    2. Drucksystem (10) nach Anspruch 1, wobei jedes maschinenlesbare Bild, das Wellpappenanlagensteuerinformationen darstellt, Folgendes beinhaltet:

    eine Identifikation, die eine einzelne Schachtel oder eine einzelne Gruppe von Schachteln für eine Wellpappenanlage eindeutig identifiziert;

    eine Identifikation, die eine einzelne Schachtel oder eine einzelne Gruppe von Schachteln einem Wellpappenanlagenplan zuordnet;

    eine Angabe eines Ortes einer einzelnen Schachtel oder einer einzelnen Gruppe von Schachteln auf der bedruckten Bahn; und/oder

    eine Anweisung, um eine einzelne Schachtel oder eine einzelne Gruppe von Schachteln auf der bedruckten Bahn zu schneiden und/oder zu falten.


     
    3. Drucksystem (10) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die mehreren unterschiedlichen Anordnungen (46, 52) von Schachteln mehrere Schachteln unterschiedlicher Größe und/oder Form beinhalten.
     
    4. Drucksystem (10) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Druckmaschinensteuerung (24) zu Folgendem dient:

    Empfangen von Grafikbilddaten für jede Schachtel;

    Konvertieren der Grafikbilddaten in Grafikdruckdaten; und

    Übertragen der Grafikdruckdaten an die Druckmaschine (14), um die Grafiken basierend auf den Grafikdruckdaten zusammen mit den maschinenlesbaren Bildern (44A-44D; 50A-50F) auf die einzelne Bahn aus Schachtelauskleidungsmaterial zu drucken.


     
    5. Drucksystem (10) nach Anspruch 4, wobei die Druckmaschinensteuerung (24) zu Folgendem dient:

    Empfangen von Wellpappenanlagensteuerbilddaten für die maschinenlesbaren Bilder (44A-44D; 50A-50F) mit Wellpappenanlagensteuerinformationen zum Herstellen der unterschiedlichen Anordnungen (46, 52) von Schachteln;

    Konvertieren der Steuerinformationsbilddaten in Steuerdruckdaten; und

    Übertragen der Steuerdruckdaten an die Druckmaschine (14), um die maschinenlesbaren Bilder (44A-44D; 50A-50F) basierend auf den Steuerdruckdaten zusammen mit den Grafiken auf die einzelne Bahn aus Schachtelauskleidungsmaterial zu drucken.


     
    6. Drucksystem (10) nach Anspruch 5, wobei die Druckmaschinensteuerung (24) zu Folgendem dient:

    Empfangen der Steuerinformationsbilddaten und der Grafikbilddaten zusammen als integrierte Bilddaten;

    Konvertieren der integrierten Bilddaten in integrierte Druckdaten; und

    Übertragen der integrierten Druckdaten an die Druckmaschine (14), um die Grafiken und die maschinenlesbaren Bilder (44A-44D; 50A-50F) basierend auf den integrierten Bilddaten auf die einzelne Bahn aus Schachtelauskleidungsmaterial zu drucken.


     
    7. Nicht flüchtiges prozessorlesbares Medium (54), auf dem sich Bilddaten befinden, die maschinenlesbare Bilder (44A-44D; 50A-50F) mit Wellpappenanlagensteuerinformationen zum Herstellen von Schachteln mit mehreren unterschiedlichen Anordnungen (46, 52) aus einer einzelnen Bahn aus Schachtelauskleidungsmaterial darstellen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Wellpappenanlagensteuerinformationen Passmarken beinhalten, die Positionsinformationen darstellen, die zum dynamischen Anpassen einer Position einer Wellpappe und/oder von Schneide- und Faltwerkzeugen für jede der unterschiedlichen Anordnungen (46, 52) zu verwenden sind.
     
    8. Medium (54) nach Anspruch 7, auf dem sich Bilddaten befinden, die Grafiken für jede Schachtel darstellen, die auf die einzelne Bahn des Schachtelauskleidungsmaterials zu drucken sind.
     
    9. Medium (54) nach Anspruch 7, wobei jedes maschinenlesbare Bild Folgendes beinhaltet:

    eine Identifikation, die eine einzelne Schachtel oder eine einzelne Gruppe von Schachteln für eine Wellpappenanlage eindeutig identifiziert;

    eine Identifikation, die eine einzelne Schachtel oder eine einzelne Gruppe von Schachteln einem Wellpappenanlagenplan zuordnet;

    eine Angabe eines Ortes einer einzelnen Schachtel oder einer einzelnen Gruppe von Schachteln auf der bedruckten Bahn; und/oder

    eine Anweisung, um eine einzelne Schachtel oder eine einzelne Gruppe von Schachteln auf der bedruckten Bahn zu schneiden und/oder zu falten.


     
    10. Medium (54) nach Anspruch 9, wobei:

    die Grafiken mehrere unterschiedliche Grafiken jeweils für eine einzelne Schachtel oder eine einzelne Gruppe von Schachteln beinhalten, die sich von jeder anderen Schachtel oder Gruppe von Schachteln auf der Bahn unterscheiden; und

    die Wellpappenanlagensteuerinformationen mehrere einzelne Sätze von Wellpappenanlagensteuerinformationen beinhalten, die jeweils der Grafik für eine einzelne Schachtel entsprechen, die sich von jeder anderen Schachtel auf der Bahn unterscheidet.


     
    11. Auskleidung (12) zum Herstellen von Wellpappschachteln, die eine einzelne Substratbahn umfasst, die mit Grafiken für mehrere unterschiedliche Anordnungen (46, 52) von Wellpappschachteln, die mit der Bahn auszukleiden sind, und mit mehreren unterschiedlichen maschinenlesbaren Bildern (44A-44D; 50A-50F) bedruckt ist, die Wellpappenanlagensteuerinformationen zum Herstellen der mehreren unterschiedlichen Anordnungen (46, 52) von Schachteln darstellen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Wellpappenanlagensteuerinformationen Passmarken beinhalten, die Positionsinformationen darstellen, die zum dynamischen Anpassen einer Position einer Wellpappe und/oder von Schneide- und Faltwerkzeugen für jede der unterschiedlichen Anordnungen (46, 52) zu verwenden sind.
     
    12. Auskleidung (12) nach Anspruch 11, wobei jedes maschinenlesbare Bild eine Identifikation beinhaltet, die eine einzelne Schachtel oder eine einzelne Gruppe von Schachteln für eine Wellpappenanlage eindeutig identifiziert.
     
    13. Auskleidung (12) nach Anspruch 11, wobei jedes maschinenlesbare Bild eine Identifikation beinhaltet, die eine einzelne Schachtel oder eine einzelne Gruppe von Schachteln einem Wellenbildungsplan zuordnet.
     
    14. Auskleidung (12) nach Anspruch 11, wobei jedes maschinenlesbare Bild Anweisungen beinhaltet, um eine einzelne Schachtel oder eine einzelne Gruppe von Schachteln auf der bedruckten Bahn zu schneiden und zu falten.
     
    15. Auskleidung (12) nach Anspruch 11, wobei die mehreren unterschiedlichen Anordnungen (46, 52) Schachteln unterschiedliche Größe und/oder Form mit denselben oder unterschiedlichen Grafiken beinhalten.
     


    Revendications

    1. Système d'impression (10) comprenant :

    un moteur d'impression (14) ;

    une unité de commande de moteur d'impression (24) reliée de manière fonctionnelle au moteur d'impression (14) pour imprimer, sur une seule bande de substrat (18) :
    des graphiques pour plusieurs mises en page différentes (46, 52) de caisses en carton ondulé à doubler avec la bande (18), et des images lisibles par machine (44A-44D ; 50A-50F) représentant des informations de commande de l'onduleuse pour réaliser les plusieurs mises en page différentes (46, 52) des caisses, caractérisé en ce que les informations de commande de l'onduleuse comportent des repères d'enregistrement représentant des informations de position à utiliser pour régler dynamiquement une position d'un carton ondulé et/ou des matrices de découpe et de rainage pour chacune des différentes mises en page (46, 52).


     
    2. Système d'impression (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel chaque image lisible par machine représentant des informations de commande d'onduleuse comporte :

    une identification qui identifie de manière unique une seule caisse ou un seul groupe de caisses à une onduleuse ; et/ou

    une identification qui associe une seule caisse ou un seul groupe de caisses à un plan d'onduleuse ; et/ou

    une indication de l'emplacement d'une seule caisse ou d'un seul groupe de caisses sur la bande imprimée ; et/ou

    une instruction pour découper et/ou plier une seule caisse ou un seul groupe de caisses sur la bande imprimée.


     
    3. Système d'impression (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les plusieurs mises en page différentes (46, 52) de caisses comportent plusieurs caisses de tailles et/ou de formes différentes.
     
    4. Système d'impression (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'unité de commande de moteur d'impression (24) permet de :

    recevoir des données d'images graphiques pour chaque caisse ;

    convertir les données d'images graphiques en données d'impression graphique ; et

    transmettre les données d'impression graphique au moteur d'impression (14) pour imprimer les graphiques sur la seule bande de matériau de revêtement intérieur de caisse, sur la base des données d'impression graphique, conjointement avec les images lisibles par machine (44A-44D ; 50A-50F).


     
    5. Système d'impression (10) selon la revendication 4, dans lequel l'unité de commande de moteur d'impression (24) permet de :

    recevoir des données d'images de commande d'onduleuse pour les images lisibles par machine (44A-44D ; 50A-50F) avec des informations de commande d'onduleuse afin de réaliser les différentes mises en page (46, 52) de caisses ;

    convertir les données d'images d'informations de commande pour commander les données d'impression ; et

    transmettre les données d'impression de commande au moteur d'impression (14) pour imprimer les images lisibles par machine (44A-44D ; 50A-50F) sur la seule bande de matériau de revêtement intérieur de caisse, sur la base des données d'impression de commande, conjointement avec les graphiques.


     
    6. Système d'impression (10) selon la revendication 5, dans lequel l'unité de commande de moteur d'impression (24) permet de :

    recevoir les données d'images d'informations de commande et les données d'images graphiques conjointement en tant que données d'image intégrées ;

    convertir les données d'image intégrées en données d'impression intégrées ; et

    transmettre les données d'impression intégrées au moteur d'impression (14) pour imprimer les graphiques et les images lisibles par machine (44A-44D ; 50A-50F) sur la seule bande de matériau de revêtement intérieur de caisse sur la base des données d'image intégrées.


     
    7. Support lisible par processeur non transitoire (54) comportant des données d'image représentant des images lisibles par machine (44A-44D ; 50A-50F) avec des informations de commande d'onduleuse pour réaliser des caisses avec plusieurs mises en page différentes (46, 52) à partir d'une seule bande de matériau de revêtement intérieur de caisse, caractérisé en ce que les informations de commande de l'onduleuse comportent des repères d'enregistrement représentant des informations de position à utiliser pour ajuster dynamiquement une position d'un carton ondulé et/ou des matrices de découpe et de rainage pour chacune des différentes mises en page (46, 52).
     
    8. Support (54) selon la revendication 7, présentant des données d'image représentant des graphiques pour chaque caisse à imprimer sur la seule bande de matériau de revêtement intérieur de caisse.
     
    9. Support (54) selon la revendication 7, dans lequel chaque image lisible par machine comporte :

    une identification qui identifie de manière unique une seule caisse ou un seul groupe de caisses à une onduleuse ; et/ou

    une identification qui associe une seule caisse ou un seul groupe de caisses à un plan d'onduleuse ; et/ou

    une indication d'un emplacement d'une seule caisse ou d'un seul groupe de caisses sur la bande imprimée ; et/ou

    une instruction pour découper et/ou plier une seule caisse ou un seul groupe de caisses sur la bande imprimée.


     
    10. Support (54) selon la revendication 9, dans lequel :

    les graphiques comportent plusieurs graphiques différents chacun pour une seule caisse ou un seul groupe de caisses différent(e) de toute autre caisse ou groupe de caisses sur la bande ; et

    les informations de commande d'onduleuse comportent de multiples ensembles uniques d'informations de commande d'onduleuse correspondant chacun au graphique pour une seule caisse différente de toute autre caisse sur la bande.


     
    11. Revêtement intérieur (12) destiné à la fabrication de caisses en carton ondulé, comprenant une seule bande de substrat imprimée avec des graphiques pour plusieurs mises en page différentes (46, 52) de caisses en carton ondulé à doubler avec la bande et avec plusieurs images différentes lisibles par machine (44A-44D ; 50A-50F) représentant des informations de commande d'onduleuse pour réaliser les plusieurs mises en page différentes (46, 52) de caisses, caractérisé en ce que les informations de commande d'onduleuse comportent des repères d'enregistrement représentant des informations de position à utiliser pour ajuster dynamiquement une position d'un carton ondulé et/ou et des matrices de découpe et de pliage pour chacune des différentes mises en page (46, 52).
     
    12. Revêtement intérieur (12) selon la revendication 11, dans lequel chaque image lisible par machine comporte une identification qui identifie de manière unique une seule caisse ou un seul groupe de caisses à une onduleuse.
     
    13. Revêtement intérieur (12) selon la revendication 11, dans lequel chaque image lisible par machine comporte une identification qui associe une seule caisse ou un seul groupe de caisses à un plan d'ondulation.
     
    14. Revêtement intérieur (12) selon la revendication 11, dans lequel chaque image lisible par machine comporte des instructions pour découper et plier une seule caisse ou un seul groupe de caisses sur la bande imprimée.
     
    15. Revêtement intérieur (12) selon la revendication 11, dans lequel les plusieurs mises en page différentes (46, 52) comportent des caisses de tailles et/ou de formes différentes avec des graphiques identiques ou différents.
     




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