Registration mode
Select the registration edge of a plate. The registration edge is the edge that:
The image will be aligned with
Will be the along-cylinder edge on the press
Registration usually involves two points along the registration edge and a third point along a side edge.
If this device has side-edge registration enabled, you can select whether registration takes place along the leading edge or the side edge.
Leading Edge
The device uses the edge detection strip located near the leading edge
clamps to look along the drum
for one registration point at the home edge of the plate. The second and
third registration points are on the leading edge.
This is the usual registration method and it is the method you must use
for media over a certain size (too large for portrait loading).
Side Edge
The device uses the edge detection strip located near the leading edge clamps and another edge detection strip located midway around the drum to look around the drum for two registration points at the side edge of the plate. The third registration point is on the leading edge.
These detection points have been determined for each device and are
not configurable. The side edge may or may not be the long edge of the
plate.
If the side edge is the long edge of the plate (portrait orientation) and
if you are using a plate size that is small enough to allow two plates
to be loaded at once, this registration method increases throughput.
Configurable Side Edge
The device looks for two detection points that you define (see below) at the side edge of the plate. The side edge may or may not be the long edge of the plate.
Edge to pin offset
To use configurable side edge registration, you must define two edge
detection points.
Edge to pin offset is the distance from the leading edge to the
first point.
Pin spacing
Pin spacing is the distance between the two edge detection points.
