EP3996926B1 - Method for digitally printing a profiled strip - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for digitally printing a profile bar with a plurality of digital print heads, which are aligned with respect to contour sections of the profile bar and, in this aligned reference position relative to the profile bar, are moved at a predetermined distance along the longitudinal strips of the profile bar determined by the contour sections, with the nozzles the print heads are controlled with regard to the ink delivery depending on a print template.
- the invention also relates to a device for digitally printing a profile strip.
- EP 2 708 675 A1 It is known (EP 2 708 675 A1 ) to adapt the print template itself to the distortion, for example by adjusting the pixel spacing, the pixel size and/or the amount of ink, with the print head being deflected beyond the profiled area, for example, and the ink ejection adapted to the profile. It is known to apply printer ink in layers of different thicknesses (EP 2 208 542 A1 ), to control the digital print heads via a control device in the sense of a different ink delivery or a different relative speed, depending on a recorded surface profile, which not only entails complex measuring and control measures, but also a relative movement of the Print head relative to the profile surfaces caused transverse to the longitudinal direction of the profile bar.
- the document CN 103 722 886 A discloses the features of the preamble of claim 1 and claim 3.
- the invention is therefore based on the object of designing a method for digitally printing a profile strip and a corresponding device in such a way that profile strips which have an uneven contour profile can also be printed with good quality in the area of curved contour profiles with comparatively little control effort.
- the invention solves the problem in that reference planes are assigned to individual contour sections by an evaluation program based on data reflecting the contour of the profile strip in the printing area, that the print heads are aligned with respect to these reference planes and that the nozzles of the aligned Print heads are controlled with regard to ink delivery with correction values that take into account the deviation of the respective contour section from the reference plane.
- the inventive device is defined in claim 3.
- the changing printing conditions with these different distances and the resulting contours can be taken into account by changing the size, speed and/or frequency of the ink droplets ejected from the nozzles of the printheads accordingly. If the density of the applied ink droplets on a longitudinal strip of the profile bar that is inclined relative to the reference plane due to the shape of the contour corresponds to the droplet density on the reference plane, the amount of ink ejected from the nozzles associated with this inclined contour section must be increased.
- This correction value depends on the geometric position of the contour section in relation to the reference plane and can therefore be determined using an appropriate evaluation program in order to apply these position-dependent correction values to the nozzle control dependent on a print template, so that a print image largely corresponding to the print template is produced on the profile strip, even in the area of curved contour sections.
- the reference planes adapted to the profile contour can be determined using digital data, which reflect the contour of the profile bar at least in the area of the longitudinal strips to be printed, using a comparatively simple evaluation program and the alignment of the nozzle heads can be used as a basis, with corresponding position coordinates for aligning the nozzle heads the evaluation program can be output.
- the print heads can be aligned with respect to the reference planes according to the position coordinates determined with the aid of the evaluation program by a displacement in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the profile bar and a rotation about an axis parallel to the longitudinal direction in relation to the reference planes before the profile bar for printing on the print heads held stationary during the printing process is moved past.
- a device with a longitudinal guide for the profile strip to be printed, with digital print heads, which can be displaced independently of one another by means of actuators along two coordinate axes running in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal guide of the profile strip and can be rotated about an axis parallel to the longitudinal guide are, and with a control device for acting on the nozzles of the print heads with regard to an ink delivery depending on a print template.
- the print heads can easily be brought into the intended reference position and held in this reference position for the printing process by acting on the adjusting drives for aligning the print heads with respect to the profile bar with the program-related desired coordinates.
- the contour 3 of the profile bar 1 corresponding to the profile cross-section must first be recorded digitally, for which purpose digital drawing data are suitable.
- an evaluation program can be individual contour sections 4, 5, 6 in the area to be printed Assign profile bar 1 to reference planes 7, which are selected in such a way that the deviations of the contour from these reference planes 7 remain limited and therefore comparatively small correction values for the control of the print heads 2 are required during printing.
- the reference plane 7 coincides with the contour, as is the case 1 can be removed.
- the reference plane 7 is defined over the length of this contour section 5 in the sense of minimizing the distance between the contour section 6 and the reference plane 7 associated with this contour section 6.
- the droplet density on the inclined surface is lower compared to application on the reference plane because of the larger application area. This applies, for example, to the in 1 shown area 8, which has a significant inclination relative to the associated reference plane 7. This means that compared to the print template related to one level in area 8 z.
- the nozzles of the associated print head 2 in area 8 are to be controlled with a correction value, which ensures a correspondingly higher ink delivery in area 8, so that despite the reference of the print template to the reference plane 7, one of the Ink density of the print template corresponding ink density can also be ensured on the longitudinal strip of the profile bar 1 determined by the area 8 of the contour 3 . Since the correction values can essentially be derived from the geometric assignment of the contour deviations in relation to the associated reference plane, not only can suitable reference planes be defined by a corresponding evaluation program, but the correction values dependent thereon for controlling the nozzles of the print heads 2 can also be specified.
- the evaluation program can also be used to assign the positions of the individual print heads 2 to the reference planes 7 are made. It only needs to be assumed that the print heads 2 are at a preferred distance from the associated reference plane in order to displace the print heads at this distance parallel to the reference plane 7 in such a way that the print area extends over a corresponding contour section. According to the 1 If the length of the contour section 4 exceeds the printing width of a print head 2, so that two print heads 2 are to be used for this contour section 2 if the profile strip is to be printed in one pass.
- the target position of the individual print heads in relation to the contour sections 4, 5, 6 to be printed are in the 1 indicated by dash-dotted lines and denoted by a, b, c, and d, for each of these layers a, b, c, d coordinates can be specified that clearly define the individual print heads 2 in their position relative to the profile strip 1.
- a device for printing a profile strip 1 according to the method according to the invention is shown schematically.
- the profile strip is according to this embodiment using a conveyor 9, z. B. a conveyor belt, in the longitudinal direction of the profile bar 1 moved past the print heads, which are held stationary during the printing process.
- the print heads 2 must be displaceable independently of one another in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 10 along two coordinate axes and additionally rotationally adjustable about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis 10.
- the print heads 2 are guided in carriages 11 so as to be displaceable in height, which are adjustable along a horizontal guide 12 oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction 10 . Since the print heads 2 are mounted on the lifting arms 13, which can be moved vertically in the carriage 11, so that they can be rotated about an axis 14 parallel to the longitudinal direction 10, the individual print heads 2, which are offset in pairs in the longitudinal direction, can be aligned with respect to the profile bar 1 according to the respective requirements.
- the slides 11, the lifting arms 13 and the print heads can be provided with actuators that are acted upon by a control device.
- target coordinates for the individual positions a, b, c, d of the print heads 2 can be made available by the evaluation program.
- the respective coordinates of the axes 14 and the associated angle of rotation can be specified in order to use these position coordinates to align the print heads 2 according to the reference positions a, b, c, d with respect to the profile bar, so that the control of the nozzles of the print heads 2 is applied with the correction values determined for the reference positions a, b, c, d, which allows curved contour courses to be taken into account in a comparatively simple manner.
- an overlapping print area of two printheads can be used to ensure a desired distribution of ink droplets in these areas.
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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Verfahren zum digitalen Bedrucken einer Profilleiste mit mehreren digitalen Druckköpfen, die gegenüber Konturabschnitten der Profilleiste ausgerichtet und in dieser ausgerichteten Bezugslage relativ zur Profilleiste entlang der durch die Konturabschnitte bestimmten Längsstreifen der Profilleiste in einem vorgegebenen Abstand bewegt werden, wobei die Düsen der Druckköpfe hinsichtlich der Tintenabgabe in Abhängigkeit von einer Druckvorlage angesteuert werden. Die Erfindung bezieht sich zusätzlich auf eine Vorrichtung zum digitalen Bedrucken einer Profilleiste.The invention relates to a method for digitally printing a profile bar with a plurality of digital print heads, which are aligned with respect to contour sections of the profile bar and, in this aligned reference position relative to the profile bar, are moved at a predetermined distance along the longitudinal strips of the profile bar determined by the contour sections, with the nozzles the print heads are controlled with regard to the ink delivery depending on a print template. The invention also relates to a device for digitally printing a profile strip.
Zum mehrfarbigen Bedrucken einer Profilleiste mit ebenen Profilflächen ist es bekannt (
Mithilfe dieser bekannten Druckeinrichtungen lassen sich allerdings Profilleisten mit im Querschnitt unebenen Konturen nicht in vergleichbarer Qualität bedrucken, weil sich mit einer geneigten Lage der zu bedruckenden Profilfläche gegenüber einer zu den Düsen der Druckköpfe senkrechten Bezugsebene nicht nur der Abstand der Profilflächen zu den Düsen der Druckköpfe, sondern auch die Größe der zu bedruckenden Fläche mit der Wirkung ändert, dass sich die Druckertinte im Bereich unebener Konturen des Profilquerschnitts trotz einer gleichmäßigen Abgabe der Tintentröpfchen unterschiedlich dicht auf der zu bedruckenden Profilfläche anlagert, wodurch sich optisch auffallende Unterschiede beispielsweise in der Farbintensität ergeben.With the help of these known printing devices, however, profile strips with contours that are uneven in cross section cannot be printed in comparable quality, because not only the distance changes with an inclined position of the profile surface to be printed with respect to a reference plane perpendicular to the nozzles of the print heads of the profile surfaces to the nozzles of the print heads, but also the size of the surface to be printed changes with the effect that the printer ink in the area of uneven contours of the profile cross-section settles on the profile surface to be printed with different densities, despite the even distribution of the ink droplets, resulting in optically striking Differences arise, for example, in the color intensity.
Um sich aufgrund einer Abweichung der zu bedruckenden Profilfläche von einer ebenen Druckfläche gegenüber einer für den Druck genützten Druckvorlage ergebende Verzerrungen zu berücksichtigen, ist es bekannt (
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Der Erfindung liegt somit die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verfahren zum digitalen Bedrucken einer Profilleiste und eine entsprechende Vorrichtung so auszugestalten, dass mit einem vergleichsweise geringen Steuerungsaufwand Profilleisten, die einen unebenen Konturverlauf aufweisen, auch im Bereich gekrümmter Konturverläufe mit guter Qualität bedruckt werden können.The invention is therefore based on the object of designing a method for digitally printing a profile strip and a corresponding device in such a way that profile strips which have an uneven contour profile can also be printed with good quality in the area of curved contour profiles with comparatively little control effort.
Ausgehend von einem Verfahren der eingangs geschilderten Art löst die Erfindung die gestellte Aufgabe dadurch, dass durch ein Auswerteprogramm anhand von die Kontur der Profilleiste im Druckbereich wiedergebenden Daten einzelnen Konturabschnitten Bezugsebenen zugeordnet werden, dass die Druckköpfe gegenüber diesen Bezugsebenen ausgerichtet werden und dass die Düsen der ausgerichteten Druckköpfe hinsichtlich der Tintenabgabe mit die Abweichung des jeweiligen Konturabschnitts von der Bezugsebene berücksichtigenden Korrekturwerten angesteuert werden. Die erfinderische Vorrichtung ist im Anspruch 3 definiert.Based on a method of the type described at the outset, the invention solves the problem in that reference planes are assigned to individual contour sections by an evaluation program based on data reflecting the contour of the profile strip in the printing area, that the print heads are aligned with respect to these reference planes and that the nozzles of the aligned Print heads are controlled with regard to ink delivery with correction values that take into account the deviation of the respective contour section from the reference plane. The inventive device is defined in
Da zufolge dieser Maßnahmen für den Druckvorgang lediglich eine Relativbewegung zwischen den Druckköpfen und der Profilleiste in deren Längsrichtung erforderlich ist, entfällt die sonst für das Bedrucken gekrümmter Flächen vorgesehene, zur Krümmung parallele Nachführung der Druckköpfe mit dem hierfür notwendigen Steuerungsaufwand. Trotzdem können im Konturverlauf der Profilleiste auftretende Abweichungen von ebenen Abschnitten in vergleichsweise einfacher Art berücksichtigt werden, wenn einzelnen Konturabschnitten der Profilkontur im zu bedruckenden Bereich Bezugsebenen zugeordnet und die Druckköpfe gegenüber diesen Bezugsebenen ausgerichtet werden. Im Bereich von geraden Konturabschnitten fallen die Bezugsebenen vorzugsweise mit diesen Abschnitten zusammen, während bei gekrümmten Konturverläufen im Allgemeinen eine derart an den gekrümmten Konturverlauf angepasste Bezugsebene angestrebt wird, dass ein weitgehend einheitlicher Abstandsbereich zwischen der Bezugsebene und dem Konturverlauf eingehalten werden kann. Bei einer Ausrichtung der Druckköpfe gegenüber diesen Bezugsebenen können die sich mit diesen unterschiedlichen Abständen und mit den dadurch bedingten Konturverläufen ändernden Druckbedingungen durch eine entsprechende Änderung der Größe, der Geschwindigkeit und/oder der Frequenz der aus den Düsen der Druckköpfe ausgestoßenen Tintentröpfchen berücksichtigt werden. Soll die Dichte der aufgetragenen Tintentröpfchen auf einem gegenüber der Bezugsebene aufgrund des Konturverlaufs geneigten Längstreifen der Profilleiste der Tröpfchendichte auf der Bezugsebene entsprechen, so muss die aus den diesem geneigten Konturabschnitt zugehörigen Düsen ausgestoßene Tintenmenge erhöht werden. Dieser Korrekturwert ist von der geometrischen Lage des Konturabschnitts gegenüber der Bezugsebene abhängig und kann daher über ein entsprechendes Auswerteprogramm ermittelt werden, um die von einer Druckvorlage abhängige Düsenansteuerung mit diesen lageabhängigen Korrekturwerten zu beaufschlagen, sodass sich auf der Profilleiste ein der Druckvorlage weitgehend entsprechendes Druckbild auch im Bereich von gekrümmten Konturabschnitten ergibt. Die an die Profilkontur angepassten Bezugsebenen können anhand von digitalen Daten, die die Kontur der Profilleiste zumindest im Bereich der zu bedruckenden Längsstreifen wiedergeben, mithilfe eines vergleichsweise einfachen Auswerteprogramms festgelegt und der Ausrichtung der Düsenköpfe zugrunde gelegt werden, wobei für die Ausrichtung der Düsenköpfe entsprechende Lagekoordinaten über das Auswerteprogramm ausgegeben werden können.Since these measures only require a relative movement between the print heads and the profile bar in the longitudinal direction for the printing process, the otherwise provided for printing curved surfaces, parallel to the curvature tracking of the print heads with the necessary control effort. Nevertheless, deviations from flat sections occurring in the contour of the profile strip can be taken into account in a comparatively simple manner if individual contour sections of the profile contour are assigned reference planes in the area to be printed and the print heads are aligned with respect to these reference planes. In the area of straight contour sections, the reference planes preferably coincide with these sections, while in the case of curved contours, a reference plane that is adapted to the curved contour is generally sought in such a way that a largely uniform distance range between the reference plane and the contour can be maintained. When the printheads are aligned with respect to these reference planes, the changing printing conditions with these different distances and the resulting contours can be taken into account by changing the size, speed and/or frequency of the ink droplets ejected from the nozzles of the printheads accordingly. If the density of the applied ink droplets on a longitudinal strip of the profile bar that is inclined relative to the reference plane due to the shape of the contour corresponds to the droplet density on the reference plane, the amount of ink ejected from the nozzles associated with this inclined contour section must be increased. This correction value depends on the geometric position of the contour section in relation to the reference plane and can therefore be determined using an appropriate evaluation program in order to apply these position-dependent correction values to the nozzle control dependent on a print template, so that a print image largely corresponding to the print template is produced on the profile strip, even in the area of curved contour sections. The reference planes adapted to the profile contour can be determined using digital data, which reflect the contour of the profile bar at least in the area of the longitudinal strips to be printed, using a comparatively simple evaluation program and the alignment of the nozzle heads can be used as a basis, with corresponding position coordinates for aligning the nozzle heads the evaluation program can be output.
Obwohl es in Bezug auf den Druckvorgang lediglich auf die Relativbewegung zwischen den Druckköpfen und der zu bedruckenden Profilleiste ankommt, ergeben sich insbesondere für längere Profilleisten günstigere Konstruktionsbedingungen, wenn nicht die Druckköpfe gegenüber der ortsfest gehaltenen Profilleiste bewegt werden, sondern die Profilleiste an den ortsfest gehaltenen Druckköpfen vorbeigeführt wird. Die Druckköpfe können dabei entsprechend der mithilfe des Auswerteprogramms ermittelten Lagekoordinaten durch eine Verlagerung in einer zur Längsrichtung der Profilleiste senkrechten Ebene und eine Drehung um eine zur Längsrichtung parallele Achse gegenüber den Bezugsebenen ausgerichtet werden, bevor die Profilleiste zum Bedrucken an den während des Druckvorgangs ortsfest gehaltenen Druckköpfen vorbeibewegt wird.Although only the relative movement between the print heads and the profile strip to be printed is important in relation to the printing process, more favorable design conditions result, especially for longer profile strips, if the print heads are not moved relative to the stationary profile strip, but rather the profile strip on the stationary print heads is passed. The print heads can be aligned with respect to the reference planes according to the position coordinates determined with the aid of the evaluation program by a displacement in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the profile bar and a rotation about an axis parallel to the longitudinal direction in relation to the reference planes before the profile bar for printing on the print heads held stationary during the printing process is moved past.
Zur Durchführung eines solchen Verfahrens kann von einer Vorrichtung mit einer Längsführung für die zu bedruckende Profilleiste, mit digitalen Druckköpfen, die voneinander unabhängig mithilfe von Stelltrieben entlang von zwei in einer zur Längsführung der Profilleiste senkrechten Ebene verlaufenden Koordinatenachsen verlagerbar und um eine zur Längsführung parallele Achse drehverstellbar sind, und mit einer Steuereinrichtung zur Beaufschlagung der Düsen der Druckköpfe hinsichtlich einer Tintenabgabe in Abhängigkeit von einer Druckvorlage ausgegangen werden. Es muss allerdings dafür gesorgt sein, dass in einer Auswerteeinheit anhand von eingegebenen, die Kontur der Profilleiste im Druckbereich wiedergebenden Daten einzelnen Konturabschnitten Bezugsebenen zugeordnet und die Sollkoordinaten der programmbedingt vorgegebenen Bezugslage der Druckköpfe gegenüber diesen Bezugsebenen ermittelt werden, dass die Stelltriebe für die Druckköpfe mit den Sollkoordinaten der Bezugslage ansteuerbar sind und dass die Steuereinrichtung zur Düsenbeaufschlagung mit einer die Abweichung des jeweiligen Konturabschnitts von der Bezugsebene berücksichtigenden Korrekturgröße für die Tintenabgabe beaufschlagt wird.To carry out such a method, a device with a longitudinal guide for the profile strip to be printed, with digital print heads, which can be displaced independently of one another by means of actuators along two coordinate axes running in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal guide of the profile strip and can be rotated about an axis parallel to the longitudinal guide are, and with a control device for acting on the nozzles of the print heads with regard to an ink delivery depending on a print template. However, care must be taken to ensure that the contour of the profile bar in the print area is entered in an evaluation unit based on representing data are assigned to individual contour sections reference planes and the target coordinates of the reference position of the print heads specified by the program relative to these reference planes are determined, that the actuators for the print heads can be controlled with the target coordinates of the reference position and that the control device for nozzle application uses a deviation of the respective contour section from the reference plane correction value to be taken into account for the ink discharge is applied.
Durch eine Beaufschlagung der Stelltriebe zur Ausrichtung der Druckköpfe gegenüber der Profilleiste mit den programmbedingt ermittelten Sollkoordinaten können die Druckköpfe in einfacher Art in die vorgesehene Bezugslage gebracht und in dieser Bezugslage für den Druckvorgang festgehalten werden.The print heads can easily be brought into the intended reference position and held in this reference position for the printing process by acting on the adjusting drives for aligning the print heads with respect to the profile bar with the program-related desired coordinates.
Anhand der Zeichnung wird das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren näher erläutert. Es zeigen
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- eine digital erfassbare Kontur einer zu bedruckenden Profilleiste und die durch ein Auswerteprogramm einzelnen Konturabschnitten zugeordnete Bezugsebenen,
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- eine erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens in einem schematischen Querschnitt und
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- diese Vorrichtung in einer schematischen Draufsicht in einem kleineren Maßstab.
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- a digitally detectable contour of a profile strip to be printed and the reference planes assigned to individual contour sections by an evaluation program,
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- a device according to the invention for carrying out the method in a schematic cross section and
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- this device in a schematic plan view on a smaller scale.
Um eine Profilleiste 1 gemäß dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren entsprechend einer digital abgespeicherten Druckvorlage, beispielsweise einer Holzmaserung, mithilfe digitaler Druckköpfe 2 bedrucken zu können, muss zunächst die dem Profilquerschnitt entsprechende Kontur 3 der Profilleiste 1 digital erfasst werden, wofür sich digitale Zeichnungsdaten anbieten. Anhand eines Auswerteprogramms lassen sich einzelnen Konturabschnitten 4, 5, 6 im zu bedruckenden Bereich der Profilleiste 1 Bezugsebenen 7 zuordnen, die so ausgewählt werden, dass die Abweichungen des Konturverlaufs von diesen Bezugsebenen 7 beschränkt bleiben und daher beim Druck vergleichsweise kleine Korrekturwerte für die Ansteuerung der Druckköpfe 2 erforderlich werden. Dies bedeutet, dass in geradlinigen Konturabschnitten 4, 6 die Bezugsebene 7 mit dem Konturverlauf zusammenfällt, wie dies der
Treffen die von den Düsen eines Druckkopfs ausgestoßenen Tintentröpfchen nicht auf eine zum Tintenstrahl senkrechte Bezugsebene, sondern auf eine dazu geneigte Fläche auf, so ist die Tröpfchendichte auf der geneigten Fläche im Vergleich zu einem Auftrag auf der Bezugsebene wegen der größeren Auftragsfläche geringer. Dies gilt beispielsweise für den in
Da die Abmessungen der Druckköpfe 2 bekannt sind, kann mithilfe des Auswerteprogramms auch eine Lagezuordnung der einzelnen Druckköpfe 2 zu den Bezugsebenen 7 vorgenommen werden. Es braucht ja lediglich von einem bevorzugten Abstand der Druckköpfe 2 von der zugehörigen Bezugsebene ausgegangen zu werden, um die Druckköpfe in diesem Abstand parallel zur Bezugsebene 7 so zu verlagern, dass sich der Druckbereich über einen entsprechenden Konturabschnitt erstreckt. Gemäß der
In den
Zu diesem Zweck können die Schlitten 11, die Hubarme 13 und die Druckköpfe mit Stelltrieben versehen sein, die über eine Steuereinrichtung beaufschlagt werden. Wie in Verbindung mit der
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- Method for digitally printing a profiled strip (1), comprising a plurality of digital print heads (2) which are orientated with respect to contour portions (4, 5, 6) of the profiled strip (1) and in this orientated reference position (a, b, c, d) are moved, at a specified spaced interval, relative to the profiled strip (1) along the longitudinal bands of the profiled strip, which are determined by the contour portions (4, 5, 6), wherein the nozzles of the print heads (2) are activated with respect to the delivery of ink in dependence upon a printing template, characterised in that reference planes (7) are allocated to individual contour portions (4, 5, 6) by means of an evaluation program on the basis of data reproducing the contour (3) of the profiled strip (1) in the printing region, in that the print heads (2) are orientated with respect to these reference planes (7), and in that the nozzles of the orientated print heads (2) are activated with respect to the delivery of ink with a correction value which takes into account the deviation of the respective contour portion (4, 5, 6) from the reference plane (7).
- Method as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the print heads (2) are orientated with respect to the reference planes (7) in accordance with the position coordinates, which are ascertained with the aid of the evaluation program, by means of a displacement in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (10) of the profiled strip (1) and a rotation about an axis (14) in parallel with the longitudinal direction (10) before the profiled strip (1) is moved for printing purposes past the print heads (2) which are held in a positionally fixed manner during the printing procedure.
- Device for digitally printing a profiled strip (1), comprising a longitudinal guide for the profiled strip (1) to be printed, comprising digital print heads (2) which can be displaced independently of one another with the aid of actuators along two coordinate axes extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal guide of the profiled strip (1) and can be rotationally adjusted about an axis (14) in parallel with the longitudinal guide, and comprising a control device for acting upon the nozzles of the print heads (2) with respect to a delivery of ink in dependence upon a printing template, characterised in that reference planes (7) are allocated to individual contour portions (4, 5, 6) in an evaluation unit on the basis of input data reproducing the contour (3) of the profiled strip (1) in the printing region, and the nominal coordinates of the reference position (a, b, c, d) of the print heads (2) specified by means of a program are ascertained with respect to these reference planes (7), in that the actuators for the print heads (2) can be activated with the nominal coordinates of the reference position (a, b, c, d), and in that the control device for acting upon the nozzles is acted upon by a correction value for the delivery of ink which takes into account the deviation of the respective contour portion (4, 5, 6) from the reference plane (7).
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