Reel editor for pre-print paper, sheet, and box manufacturing systems

A system for editing a roll of printed web product, the system comprising:

• a controller;
• and
• a memory including computer program product stored thereon, wherein the computer program product is configured, when executed by the controller, to:
• receive a control plan associated with the roll of printed web product, wherein each roll of printed web product is associated with a roll-specific control plan, wherein the control plan comprises roll data that includes data corresponding to a plurality of printed orders for one or more paper-based products that are formable from the roll of printed web product, wherein the roll data comprises waste data that includes one or more locations of waste sections on the roll of printed web product, wherein each of the waste sections corresponds to at least one of waste on the roll of printed web product or unsatisfactory images that are printed on the roll of printed web product, wherein the roll data comprises a length of printed web product associated with an order section on the roll of printed web product;
• control a first winding device to unwind the roll of printed web product to position a location of a waste section of the roll of printed web product at the cutting station for removal of the waste section to form an edited roll of printed web product;
• control at least one of the first winding device or a second winding device to wind the edited roll of printed web product after removal of the waste section;
• and
• update, in the memory, the control plan associated with the roll of printed web product by updating the roll data based on the removed waste section to form an updated control plan associated with the edited roll of printed web product, wherein updating the control plan comprises updating, in an instance in which a portion of an order section was removed, the roll data with an updated length of printed web product associated with the order section such that the updated control plan includes an indication of the updated length of printed web product associated with the order section.

A method for editing a roll of printed web product, the method comprising:

• receiving a control plan associated with the roll of printed web product, wherein each roll of printed web product is associated with a roll-specific control plan, wherein the control plan comprises roll data that includes data corresponding to a plurality of printed orders for one or more paper-based products that are formable from the roll of printed web product, wherein the roll data comprises waste data that includes one or more locations of waste sections on the roll of printed web product, wherein each of the waste sections corresponds to at least one of waste on the roll of printed web product or unsatisfactory images that are printed on the roll of printed web product, wherein the roll data comprises an overall length of printed web product on the roll of printed web product;
• controlling a first winding device to unwind the roll of printed web product to position a location of a waste section of the roll of printed web product at the cutting station for removal of the waste section to form an edited roll of printed web product;
• controlling at least one of the first winding device or a second winding device to wind the edited roll of printed web product after removal of the waste section;
• and
• updating, in the memory, the control plan associated with the roll of printed web product by updating the roll data based on the removed waste section to form an updated control plan associated with the edited roll of printed web product, wherein updating comprises updating the roll data with an updated overall length of printed web product based on an overall length of web product that was removed such that the updated control plan includes an indication of the updated overall length of printed web product.