System and method for adding data to a printed publication
AssigneeQuad/Graphics, Inc.
InventorsWilliam T. Graushar, John A. Barndt, Robert H. Barton, Jr., Terrill Scott Clayton
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Abstract
Systems and methods for adding data to a printed publication are provided. One method includes receiving variable data and controlling an energy source to at least partially ablate the printed publication based on the variable data. The printed publication is printed on the substrate using the commercial printing press based on fixed data. Controlling the energy source to at least partially ablate the printed publication includes, after the printed publication has been printed on the substrate by the commercial printing press based on the fixed data, controlling the energy source to remove a portion of the printed publication based on the variable data.
Claims21
A method of adding data to a printed publication printed on a substrate by a commercial printing press as the substrate travels through the commercial printing press, comprising:
- receiving variable data, wherein the variable data comprises, for a print run during which a plurality of copies of the printed publication are printed, data changed between at least two of the copies;
- and
- controlling an energy source to at least partially ablate the printed publication based on the variable data;
- wherein an image is printed on the substrate using the commercial printing press based on fixed data, wherein the fixed data comprises data common to all of the copies of the printed publication printed during the print run;
- and
- wherein controlling the energy source to at least partially ablate the printed publication comprises, after the image has been printed on the substrate by the commercial printing press based on the fixed data, controlling the energy source, based on the variable data, to remove a portion of the image previously printed on the substrate by the commercial printing press.
A system for adding data to a printed publication printed on a substrate, comprising:
- a processing circuit;
- and
- an energy source;
- wherein the processing circuit is configured to receive variable data and to control the energy source to at least partially ablate the printed publication based on the variable data, wherein the variable data comprises, for a print run during which a plurality of copies of the printed publication are printed, data changed between at least two of the copies;
- wherein an image is printed by a commercial printing press as the substrate travels through the commercial printing press based on fixed data, wherein the fixed data comprises data common to all of the copies of the printed publication printed during the print run;
- and
- wherein, after the image has been printed on the substrate by the commercial printing press based on the fixed data, the processing circuit is configured to control the energy source, based on the variable data, to remove a portion of the image previously printed on the substrate by the commercial printing press.
A printed publication generated using a process of:
- receiving variable data, wherein the variable data comprises, for a print run during which a plurality of copies of the printed publication are printed, data changed between at least two of the copies;
- and
- controlling an energy source to at least partially ablate the printed publication based on the variable data;
- wherein an image is printed on the substrate using the commercial printing press based on fixed data, wherein the fixed data comprises data common to all of the copies of the printed publication printed during the print run;
- and
- wherein controlling the energy source to at least partially ablate the printed publication comprises, after the image has been printed on the substrate by the commercial printing press based on the fixed data, controlling the energy source, based on the variable data, to remove a portion of the image previously printed on the substrate by the commercial printing press.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.