Method for printing bingo books

A method of printing bingo sheets on a web of paper wherein each sheet has at least one bingo face which is designated by an indicium that is different from an indicium designating a bingo face of each adjacent sheet, comprising the steps of:

• providing a web of paper;
• sequentially printing a plurality of different bingo matrix indicia on defined sequential longitudinally spaced areas on said web of paper, wherein said step of sequentially printing a plurality of different bingo matrix indicia comprises the subsidiary steps of:
• printing each of a plurality of indicia having a common first pattern, and
• subsequently printing each of a plurality of indicia having a common second pattern;
• employing a single printing nip for the step of sequentially printing;
• and,
• printing bingo matrices in each of said defined areas on said web of paper, wherein said steps of printing indicia having a common first pattern and indicia having a common second pattern each comprise the subsidiary step of printing at least one design in each of a plurality of different colors.

A method for printing bingo game booklets comprising the steps of:

• providing a web of paper;
• defining discrete areas on the web;
• sequentially printing a bingo matrix identifier in each of a plurality of colors on the discrete areas on the web of paper, wherein said step of sequentially printing a bingo matrix identifier comprises the subsidiary steps of:
• printing in each of a plurality of colors in a first pattern, and
• subsequently printing in each of a plurality of colors in a second pattern;
• printing bingo matrices in each of the discrete areas on said web of paper;
• cutting the web into a plurality of master bingo sheets;
• and,
• stacking the plurality of master bingo sheets into a stack.

A method of printing bingo game booklets comprising the steps of:

• providing a web of paper;
• sequentially printing a plurality of different bingo matrix indicia on defined sequential longitudinally spaced areas of said web of paper, wherein said step of sequentially printing a plurality of different bingo matrix indicia comprises the subsidiary steps of printing each of a plurality of indicia having a first common pattern and sequentially printing at least one additional plurality of indicia with a second common pattern in tandem with the first pattern;
• employing a single printing nip for the step of sequentially printing;
• printing bingo matrices in each of said defined areas on said web of paper;
• and,
• forming the web into a plurality of bingo booklets, each booklet having a minimum of thirteen pages and employing indicia printed in at least two different patterns.