CONTROL DEVICE FOR PRINTER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for a sheet-fed offset printer. SOLUTION: A printer is provided with a plurality of units 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 with stations 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 respectively and an angle indicator 4, and the stations 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 are connected to one another through a first bus 6 transmitting commands, and signals of the angle indicator 4 are fed to the stations 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 through a second bus 7. The angle indicator 4 is formed as an absolute angle indicator with an evaluation instrument 5 connected on its rear, and increment values and absolute angle values to be generated by the angle indicator 4 are obtained from the evaluation instrument 5, and absolute angle values can be transmitted to the evaluation instrument 5 through a first bus 6 at the time of stop of the operation of the device, and a second bus 7 is formed as a body transmitting the increment signals of the evaluation instrument.