Method for producing booklets printed with variable information and form therefore
AssigneeLaser Substrates, Inc.
InventorWarren M. Fabel
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Abstract
A process is provided for producing booklets, such as bank check booklets, having variable printed information. A paper stock for the booklets, perforated for separation into panels, is coated with a catalyst along certain surfaces. After passage through a non-impact printer, such as a laser printer, the panels are separated and stacked in such a way that the surfaces coated with a catalyst extend along an edge of each panel, with these edges being aligned in a common direction. When the coated edges of each stack of panels are subsequently pressed against an adhesive layer coated on a binding cover, the catalyst begins the process of hardening the adhesive in the layer.
Claims21
A process of producing booklets having a plurality of sheets contained in a cover, said sheets initially being in a configuration suitable for printing in which said individual sheets are separated by perforations, said cover having a first material on a portion thereof, said first material, when contacting a second material forming a bond, said method comprising the steps of:
- affixing said second material through said perforations;
- separating said sheets at said perforations, so that a first edge of each separated sheets has said second material affixed thereto;
- aligning said first edges into a stack;
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- placing said stack in said cover so that said aligned first edges are against said first material.
A process for producing booklets having variable printed information comprising the steps of:
- coating a catalyst on certain surface portions of a paper web;
- feeding said paper web through a printer, printing said variable information on adjacent panels of said paper web;
- separating said panels from each other, so that each of said panels after separation has a first edge formed along one of said certain surface portions;
- stacking said panels such that each first edge of each panel is aligned and directed in a common direction;
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- placing said stack against an adhesive material coated on a binding cover, with each first edge held against said adhesive surface, wherein a hardening process within said adhesive material is begun by contact with said catalyst along each first edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.