Adjustable delivery web conversion apparatus and method

A cutting assembly for receiving ribbons from a variable cutoff printing unit, the cutting assembly comprising:

• a cutting device cutting the ribbons to separate the longitudinal sections into a plurality of signatures, the cutting device including at least one cut cylinder and at least one anvil cylinder, the cutting device including at least one servomotor;
• at least one guide guiding the ribbons and the signatures horizontally as the ribbons are cut by the cutting device into a plurality of signatures;
• and
• a controller, the controller connected to the servomotor, the controller driving the servomotor at varying velocities during each revolution.

A method of operating a cutting assembly:

• receiving first ribbons containing printing pages of a first print job having a first cutoff length;
• guiding the first ribbons horizontally through a cutting assembly including at least one cutting cylinder;
• cutting the first ribbons into first signatures with the at least one cutting cylinder based on the printing of the pages of the first print job such that the pages of the first print job are properly positioned on the first signatures;
• receiving second ribbons containing printing pages of a second print job having a second cutoff length different from the first cutoff length;
• guiding the second ribbons horizontally through the cutting apparatus;
• and
• cutting the second ribbons into second signatures with the at least one cutting cylinder based on the printing of the pages of the second print job such that the pages of the second print job are properly positioned on the second signatures.