Method and apparatus for making business form dummy

A method for forming a test dummy of business forms comprising the steps of:

• collating a selected number of paper business forms to create a stack:
• inserting said stack between a plurality of perforating and crimping dies each having an aligned respective punch;
• simultaneously and manually operating said punches relative to said dies for piercing and crimping said stack at a plurality of spaced positions adjacent one edge of said stack,
• locating spaced perforations of one perforated and crimped stack on a respective pin,
• locating spaced perforations of a second perforated and crimped stack on a respective pin with edges of each stack in adjacent parallel positions, and
• securing the adjacent edges of each stack to each other to splice said stacks between the pins of one stack and the pins of the other stack.

Portable manually operable apparatus for punching and crimping a test dummy stack of paper business forms containing an indeterminate plurality of said business forms with said forms adapted to have selected different thicknesses and located at any selected position in the stack for imprinting by a print out machine having traction pins for moving said stack, the improvement comprising:

• a plate,
• a punch and die set carried by said plate with said punch and die set including a plurality of longitudinally aligned perforating punches and dies adapted to receive said stack of business forms therebetween and a series of aligned crimping dies and crimping punches and adapted to simultaneously receive said stack therebetween,
• means for simultaneously manually moving all of said punches relative all of said dies for perforating each paper in said stack to enable engagement by said traction pins and crimping said stack and at a plurality of spaced positions to hold said stack in assembled condition during imprinting,
• a splicing jig carried by said plate with said splicing jig including one pair of spaced pins for receiving a respective perforation adjacent one edge of one perforated stack;
• and another pair of spaced pins for receiving a respective perforation adjacent one edge of another perforated stack for aligning the one edge of each stack between each pair of pins to enable the aligned splicing of said stacks to each other.