Printing arrangement incorporating page binding

Abstract

Provided is a printing arrangement having a driving station operatively driving pages along a path, an adhesive application station to apply a two-part adhesive to opposed sides of sequential pages to facilitate binding of such pages, and a printing station to print upon the pages. The printing arrangement has a page binding support tray which includes a tray suspended from a frame via dampers, said tray operatively receiving the pages after printing and after the adhesive has been applied. The tray also includes a vibrator arranged below a corner of the tray, and a number of semicircular disks spaced apart from each other and fixedly mounted to a common rotatably driven shaft extending along an axis of rotation arranged on the frame. The disks and shaft are configured to bind the pages by applying pressure to the adhesive when said shaft is driven.

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