The invention discloses a camera control device and a camera control method for a printing plate quality inspection instrument. The camera control device comprises a control unit, a control terminal, a camera motion control module and a camera position detection module. According to the camera control device and the camera control method disclosed by the invention, a double trigger photographing technology based on real-time position photographing of a camera is adopted, photographing parameters and motion parameters of the camera can be adjusted dynamically according to the plate texture content, correct photographing parameters and motion parameters are calculated through the first time of photographing under the condition that the printing plate is not radiated by a light source continuously, and photographing is carried out on the printing plate according to the correct parameters when the camera is triggered the next time, thereby realizing dynamic parameter photographing for the overall layout of the printing plate without influencing the printing plate to be inspected, and being good in photographing effect.