PRINT MEMBER PROVIDED WITH AN IDENTIFICATION MEANS AND METHOD TO INTEGRATE THIS MEANS IN THIS MEMBER.

摘要

A printing member (1) such as a sleeve to be mounted on a mandrel that rotates about its axis, said printing member (1) comprising a body (2) having a thickness (7) and a through hole (3) limited by an inner surface (6) of said body, said body (2) being formed with a plurality of layers (1A, 1B) stiff to each other and defining said thickness (7), the body having ( 2) an outer surface (5) and side faces (8, 9) and comprising identification means (10) arranged to cooperate operatively with registration means (16) that are updatable after each use of the printing member (1), and are capable of storing data relative to at least one characteristic of said member (1) useful for use, characterized in that the identification means (10) are located between two superposed layers of the body (2) of the printing member (1) .