Device for carrying out cutting operations on open format edges of a printed product

A device for carrying out cutting operations on at least one open format edge of at least one printed product, the device being operatively connected to a printed product-related feeding apparatus for position-related orientation of the printed product at a first cutting location of a plurality of cutting locations and the device being operatively connected with a printed product-related removal apparatus at a third cutting location of the cutting locations, the device comprising:

• a transport unit,
• wherein the transport unit is configured to controllably transfer the printed product along a guide path from the first cutting location to a second cutting location, of the cutting locations, and from the second cutting location to the third cutting location,
• wherein the transport unit comprises at least one gripper configured to grip the printed product by a spine of the printed product to convey the printed product along the guide path;
• a cutting tool at one of the cutting locations, the cutting tool configured to controllably perform at least one of the cutting operations on a first edge of the at least one open format edge of the printed product;
• and
• a controller operably coupled to the transport unit and the cutting tool, the controller being configured to:
• operate the cutting tool to perform a first edge-related cutting operation on the first edge of printed product;
• determine whether to perform at least one subsequent edge-related cutting operation on the first edge of the printed product based on a quality of a first cut made by the first edge-related cutting operation on the first edge, and
• operate the cutting tool to perform the at least one subsequent edge-related cutting operation on the first edge of the printed product based on determining to perform the at least one subsequent edge-related cutting operation on the printed product.