Method and apparatus for producing printed products
AssigneeMueller Martini Holding AG
InventorsGuenther Silberbauer, Markus Bracher
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Abstract
A method for producing at least one printed product, the method including conveying the printed product to a processing apparatus, wherein the printed product includes a detectable identification code. The method further includes supplying the printed product to at least one tool of the processing apparatus and processing the printed product with the at least one tool. The processing includes detecting data, with a reading device, from the detectable identification code on the printed product and transmitting the data to a control unit. The processing further includes controlling, by the control unit, the at least one tool to process the printed product in dependence of the transmitted data.
Claims11
An apparatus for producing at least one trimmed printed product, comprising:
- at least one tool comprising a trimming device for trimming a printed product, wherein the trimming device comprises a trimming knife and is adjustable to different formats of the printed product;
- a conveying device for supplying the printed product to the at least one tool, wherein an identification code is affixed to the printed product being conveyed to the at least one tool;
- a detecting device for detecting the identification code affixed to the printed product;
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- a control unit coupled to the detecting device, wherein the detecting device transmits data detected from the identification code to the control unit, wherein the control unit is coupled to the trimming device and is configured to adjust the trimming device to a predetermined trimming format for the printed product based on the data detected from the identification code on the printed product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.