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Apparatus and method for controlling a printing machine

  • US 5,509,108 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1993
  • Issued: 04/16/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A control apparatus for a printing machine located in a building with a portion of the building being characterized by an environmental state, the printing machine including a print machine component, comprising:

  • a communication line, operatively coupled with the printing machine, across which signals are transmitted;

    sensory input means, communicating with said communication line, for transmitting a control signal, representative of the environmental state of the building portion, across said communication line;

    an interface for receiving and converting the signal to a control signal;

    a print machine controller, responsive to said interface, for controlling operation of the print machine component as a function of the control signal;

    a plurality of print machine controllers; and

    a plurality of print machine components respectively coupled with selected ones of said plurality of print machine controllers, one of said plurality of print machine controllers being dedicated to receiving the control signal and communicating the information imparted by the control signal to a selected one of the other print machine controllers.

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