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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028981 | Method of delivering a printed product to a binding or mailing line A method of delivering signatures to a finishing line includes generating an assembly order. The assembly order is provided to a controller that is operatively associated with a feeder that comprises a print-on-demand printer. Paper is provided to the print-on-deman... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8006969 | Book production apparatus A book product apparatus includes a gathering line and a plurality of feeding devices adapted to dispense at least one signature onto the gathering line. The apparatus further includes a controller operatively connected to the plurality of feeding devices for contro... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7874550 | Method for producing books A book product apparatus and method for producing books includes the step of supplying a controller, a gathering line, and a plurality of feeding devices, wherein the feeding devices are adapted to dispense at least one signature onto the gathering line based on ins... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7441762 | Special order book production system A method of book production wherein a customer sends a computer file of a book to a producer whose computer book production program restructures the text and cover data to fit a standard/preferred size accommodated by the producer's book binding system. The program ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7389985 | Tray locking system for accepting sheets A multi-bin sheet collection system comprising at least one secured stacking bin operatively configured to secure imaged sheets from general purview. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7325375 | Selective product inserter apparatus and process The combination of a plurality of streams of printed products. The first stream of products is selectively inserted into a packaging device while being merged into a second stream of products. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314216 | Method for making a unique code onto a paper edge A method of marking a unique code onto an edge of a sheet of material takes N stacks of sheet material, each stack having N1 sheets; prints a barcode uniquely identifying each stack on at least one edge of the stack so that each sheet of sheet material in the... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300044 | Personalized document and method for making same A method for producing a document suitable for mailing to a recipient including the steps of determining preferences of the mail recipient and compiling a selection of messages relating to recipient preferences in a format accommodating variable data printing. The c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284749 | Sheet processing systems and methods Systems and methods for processing sheets, statements, and/or inserts prior to mailing are provided. One sheet processing system includes a receiver adapted to receive first and second sheets to be processed. The first sheet originates from a stack of first sheets o... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280888 | Method and system for prepaid inserter machine In a mail inserting machine that a user uses to process mailpieces for a prepaid quantity, a counter is installed in an inaccessible manner to keep count of the processed mailpieces. The machine is disabled when the prepaid quantity is used up. In order to allow the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7246798 | Method and apparatus for assembling personalized electronic media into printed products A method and apparatus for assembling personalized CDs, DVDs and other types of optical disks, magnetic media, and data storage devices into magazines, catalogs, pamphlets, and other printed products in order to enhance the amount and quality of personalization asso... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7197375 | System and method for collating items A system and method for merge-sequencing ordered subsets of items into a single merged set in a predetermined sorted sequence and error-checking the resulting merged set to provide information about out of order items to allow for efficient error correction methods.... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7133741 | Method and device for accepting articles in the form of sheet-type material The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for accepting sheet material, in particular papers of value such as bank notes, checks, etc., whereby different groups of sheet material are successively accepted and stored. In a known method and corres... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7012211 | Single pass sequencing assembly A method and apparatus for sequencing articles via a single sort pass or process includes a plurality of article receivers or collators positioned along a conveying or transport path and a plurality of carriages movable along the path. The carriages receive articles... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6912061 | Method and apparatus for processing image output A print server connected to medical diagnostic imaging equipment via a network or dedicated channels, wherein the print server executes a process to identify the device that is the source of image data received via the network or dedicated channels and outputs the i... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6814004 | Face-to-face printing within booklet Method for printing pages within a booklet to improve the appearance of images on opposing pages includes sequencing images such that opposing pages are printed with the same print engine and/or fused the same number of times. Booklets include opposing pages having ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6809841 | Marking print documents for visible ownership The present invention provides a method and system for marking pages printed for a print job in correspondence with an identification of a user that initiates a print job. The method may include indicating, to a printer, the identification of the user, selecting, by... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6788426 | Image forming apparatus Record sheets on which an image is formed on the basis of image data supplied from a terminal apparatus, are efficiently discharged to a bin. A post-process section of a digital copier which is used in conjunction with at least first to third computers includes firs... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6546313 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having a plurality of discharge trays is provided, from which a user can readily obtain printed sheets he has requested. The user inputs a secret code at an operating and displaying section, which secret code the user specified ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6347260 | Multi-mailer A method for combining in zip code order pre-personalized printed items with items that are not pre-personalized. The method includes the step of producing a grouping of the pre-personalized items in zip code order according to a first mailing list. The f... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6179287 | Sheet stacking apparatus with stacking and retaining tray A sheet stacking apparatus includes a sheet discharging device for discharging sheets; a stacking tray for stacking sets of the sheets discharged by the sheet discharging device; a retaining tray for retaining one sheet discharging by the discharging devi... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6167326 | Multi-mailer combining pre-personalized items with items not pre-personalized to produce zip code bundles A method for combining in zip code order pre-personalized printed items with items that are not pre-personalized. The method includes the step of producing a grouping of the pre-personalized items in zip code order according to a first mailing list. The f... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6142469 | Sheet ejecting mechanism with contact member and advance descending of tray to prevent direct return of contact member A sheet ejecting mechanism is provided with a sheet ejecting sensor which detects a sheet to be ejected onto an offset tray and an upper-surface position-regulating section which regulates the position of the upper surface of the sheets in accordance with... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6137590 | Image forming apparatus and image forming system An image forming apparatus comprises an identification code assignment section for assigning an identification code for each page unit or print job unit of print images, a printing section for printing the print image and its corresponding identification ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6089559 | Method and device for separably depositing sheets in a stack The device is disposed above an office machine stacking tray and stores circular divider films in a magazine. The divider films are selectively output singly from the magazine and deposited between successive sheet groups in the stacking tray to separate ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5979888 | Lapped stream feeding adaption for sheet material articles Sheet-like material articles are gathered in gathering pockets which move along a path in a horizontal direction. The sheet-like material articles are conveyed in a shingled stream adjacent the path. On each of the gathering pockets a deflector is actuata... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5898592 | Sheet delivery control system A method for a sheet handling system where a controller communicates with a mailbox bin subsystem having a plurality of print receiving bins is provided. The plurality of bins are grouped into a first print receiving bin set, a second print receiving bin ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5777882 | Control system for mailboxing arrangement A control system for a sheet handling system having a mailboxing system with a mailbox bin subsystem is provided. The mailbox bin subsystem includes a print receiving bin set with a plurality of print receiving bins, the plurality of print receiving bins ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5709374 | System for automatic print jobs separations in container with vertically projecting folders In reproduction systems in which a printer outputs a plurality of different plural sheet print jobs, a system is provided for automatically separating respective print jobs into separate specially formed folders for respective print jobs and stacking a nu... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5704602 | System for automatic print jobs separations in folders In reproduction systems in which a printer outputs a plurality of different plural sheet print jobs to a common stacking output, a system is provided for automatically separating respective print jobs into separate folders by loading selected folder paper... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5547178 | Printer mailbox split jobs overflow banner sheet indicator system In a shared users printing system, with an electronic printer for printing print jobs of respective different plural users, with a printer mailbox system for receiving the print jobs in multiple mailbox bins of a limited sheet capacity, and a sheet distri... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5519624 | Method and system for preparing items to be mailed For the preparation of items to be mailed, a number of main documents are fed. Printing instructions for the printing of a number of enclosure documents are stored in a memory, each in association with a corresponding enclosure code. In at least some of t... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5143362 | Publication personalization A method and apparatus provide for the personalization of magazines and like "book" publications. A book, having a cover which provides address information, is formed from a number of signatures. This is accomplished by automatically printing at least one... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5031891 | Method and system for selectively collating subjectively different printed copy products, particularly different newspaper inserts for targeted distribution To permit placement of selected copy products having different subject matter together in specifically collated copy product assemblies, for association of individualized copy product assemblies with delivery addresses in a specific sequence, for example ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5029830 | Apparatus and method for customizing magazines A customizing system for signatures delivered by signature feeders to a conveyor includes a variable selection device comprising a plurality of vanes, each of which has elongated guide members extending to the signature feeders and a switchplate selective... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4585220 | Method of operating insertion machine and printer with control signals stored on searchable medium An insertion machine system includes an insertion machine 100 of a type wherein a plurality of insert stations 152 are positioned proximate conveyor means 120 travelling therealong for selectively feeding inserts onto the conveyor means 120. A buffer and ... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4576370 | Method and apparatus for tipping closely incidental mail to magazines or the like A method and apparatus are disclosed for automatically tipping closely incidental mail to magazines or the like. A plurality of magazines are sequentially fed from a source location to a town sort stacking location. A labelling station and an envelope tip... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4552349 | Programmable packaging grid for loop gripper product conveyor system The programmable packaging grid groups selective ones of a plurality of available printed products, newspapers, and the like based on demographic information concerning the consumer to receive each package. A plurality of longitudinally receiving conveyor... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4484733 | Programmable packaging grid including gripper conveyor monitoring system The programmable packaging grid groups selective ones of a plurality of available printed products, newspapers, and the like based on demographic information concerning the consumer to receive each package. A plurality of longitudinally receiving conveyor... | 11/27/1984 |
