To provide a method for specializing the registering of a printing master simply in both directions parallel and vertical to the shaft of a plate cylinder and for adjusting it correctly.

A printing master 12 includes a printing element and a base 33, and one or more strain gauges 31 and a means for electrically connecting the gauges 31 with an apparatus for measuring resistance are installed in the base 33. Preferably, the printing element is a plate having a printing surface 35, and its back side 37 is laminated on the base 33. The printing master 12 can include an optional adhesive layer 36 and/or a protective layer 32. The registering of the printing master 12 can be adjusted simply and correctly by measuring the resistance of the strain gauges.