A method for setting the cut register in a web-fed rotary press includes
assigning a cut register function to a predetermined speed function,
wherein the predetermined speed function describes a time curve of an
operating speed of the rotary press starting from a predetermined initial
value and the cut register function describes a time curve of the set
value of the cut register, and changing the set value of the cut register
continuously and synchronously in accordance with the associated cut
register function during a variation in the operating speed of the rotary
press according to the predetermined speed function, the cut register
function being chosen empirically such that it counteracts a change in
the actual value of the cut position as a result of the change in the
operating speed.