Apparatus, system and method for cutting and creasing media

A system comprising:

• a cutting and creasing tool configured to move in an X direction but not in a Y direction during use, the cutting and creasing tool including a cut-crease head comprising
• a non-rotatable cutting blade with a cutting edge and a terminal end, the cutting blade being moveable between an engaged position in which the terminal end is below a sheet of media and a non-engaged position in which the terminal end is above the sheet of media, and
• a non-rotatable creasing tip spaced from the cutting blade,
• a cutting and creasing platform having a generally planar upper surface configured to support the sheet of media during cutting and creasing, the platform including an elastically deformable creasing portion disposed beneath the creasing tip, and a non-deformable cutting portion disposed adjacent to the creasing portion and beneath the cutting blade, the cutting portion having an elongated channel formed therein to receive the cutting blade when the cutting blade is in the engaged position,
• a positioner configured to draw the sheet of media along the cutting and creasing platform in a Y-direction while shifting the sheet back and forth along the Y-direction in response to at least one of a cutting order and a creasing order,
• a sensor configured to read data on the sheet of media comprising instructions for at least one of cutting and creasing,
• a computerized processor configured to operate the cutting and creasing tool, the sensor and the positioner,
• a first feeder disposed adjacent to or connected to the cutting and creasing platform, the first feeder being configured to automatically transport individual sheets of media from an in-feed receptacle toward the cutting and creasing platform using a first feed device, and
• a second feeder disposed adjacent to or connected to the cutting and creasing platform, the second feeder being configured to automatically transport individual sheets of media from the cutting and creasing platform to an out-feed receptacle after at least one of cutting and creasing.

A method of making a media converter, comprising:

• forming a cutting and creasing tool configured to move in an X direction but not in a Y direction during use, the cutting and creasing tool including a cut-crease head comprising a non-rotatable cutting blade with a cutting edge and a terminal end, the cutting blade being moveable between an engaged position in which the terminal end is below a sheet of media and a non-engaged position in which the terminal end is above the sheet of media, a non-rotatable creasing tip spaced from the cutting blade, and a sensor configured to read data on a sheet of media comprising instructions for at least one of cutting and creasing,
• forming a cutting and creasing platform having a generally planar upper surface configured to support the sheet of media during cutting and creasing, the platform including an elastically deformable creasing portion disposed beneath the creasing tip, and a non-deformable cutting portion disposed adjacent to the creasing portion and beneath the cutting blade, the cutting portion having an elongated channel formed therein to receive the cutting blade when the cutting blade is in the engaged position,
• mounting the cutting and creasing tool above the cutting and creasing platform,
• forming a positioner configured to draw the sheet of media along the cutting and creasing platform in a Y-direction while shifting the sheet back and forth along the Y-direction in response to at least one of a cutting order and a creasing order, and
• forming a computerized processor to operate the cutting and creasing tool and the positioner.