Device for carrying out cutting operations of unbound formatting edges of a printed product

A device for carrying out cutting operations on at least one unbound formatting edge of at least one printed product, the device comprising:

• at least one cutter configured to carry out each of a plurality of edge-related cutting operations;
• and
• at least one transporter operatively connected to a printed product-related advancing device for a first one of the cutting operations and to a printed product-related transporting device, which is operative after a last one of the cutting operations, whereby the printed product is transportable from a first cutting location, at which the first cutting operation for a first formatting edge of the printed product takes place, to a second cutting location, at which a second one of the cutting operations for a second formatting edge takes place, and to a third cutting location, at which a third one of the cutting operations for a third formatting edge is carried out, after the second cutting operation at the second cutting location has been carried out,
• wherein the at least one transporter includes a guide section such that the transport of the printed product from one cutting location to the next is carried out along the guide section, and
• wherein the at least one transporter includes a gripper with which the printed product is gripped by the spine and conveyable from one cutting location to the next in a suspended manner.