Apparatus and method for producing newspapers from a printed web
AssigneeGoss International Americas, Inc.
InventorJochen Dieter Meissner
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Abstract
A printing press is provided that includes at least one printing unit printing on a plurality of successive web portions. Each of the web portions is printed with a plurality of groups of pages and each web portion is printed with different content than at least one other of the plurality of web portions. The printing press also includes a storage apparatus receiving the web portions and storing the web portions separately from one another and a folder receiving the web portions from the storage apparatus and processing the web portions into a plurality of printed products. Each of the printed products includes one group of pages from each of the web portions. A method of creating newspapers is also provided.
Claims29
A printing press comprising:
- at least one printing unit printing on a plurality of successive web portions, each of the web portions being printed with a plurality of groups of pages, each web portion being printed with different content than at least one other of the plurality of web portions;
- a storage apparatus receiving the web portions and storing the web portions separately from one another;
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- a folder receiving the web portions from the storage apparatus and processing the web portions into a plurality of printed products, each of the printed products including one group of pages from each of the web portions.
A method of creating newspapers comprising:
- printing on a plurality of successive web portions, each of the web portions being printed with a plurality of groups of pages, each web portion being printed with different content than at least one other of the plurality of web portions;
- storing the web portions;
- longitudinally folding the web portions and merging the longitudinally folded web portions together;
- cutting the merged longitudinally folded web portions into a plurality of printed products, each of the printed products including one group of pages from each of the web portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.