scope:

This document applies to:

- Pre-press machinery (machinery and devices for the production of master copies and printing forms):

- exposure equipment for the production of films and printing forms;

- equipment for developing films and printing forms;

- washing machines for printing forms;

- machines for bending printing forms;

- punching machines for film and printing forms;

- cutting machines for film and printing forms;

- machines for the production of gravure printing forms;

- scanners.

- Printing and varnishing machines:

- proofing presses;

- sheet-fed printing presses and varnishing machines including digital printing presses;

- web-fed rotary presses and varnishing machines including digital printing presses;

- screen printing presses.

- Auxiliary devices:

- cylinder and roller washing devices;

- continuous flow drying devices;

- powder spraying devices;

- auxiliary devices on inking and damping units;

- automatic plate clamping devices;

- washing equipment for printing forms, rollers and scrapers;

- pile turners;

- measuring and control devices.

This document shall be used together with EN 1010-1:2004+A1. Both parts together identify all significant hazards relevant to printing and varnishing machines including pre-press machinery and auxiliary devices, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see clause 4). The specific requirements specified in prEN 1010-2 take precedence over respective requirements in this standard.

This document does not deal with risks generated by noise emitted from the machines. These issues are fundamentally covered in EN 1010-1:2004+A1

This document does not apply to high-pressure cleaning devices and screen printing presses for textile substrates.

This document is not applicable to printing and varnishing machines including pre-press machinery which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.