Patent ID: 9323489
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: B42C,B65H,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for re-configuring a production plant for post print processing to change from one production order to a following different production order, the production plant including a plant central control unit and a plurality of post print processing machines each included with a separate machine control unit for successively processing different production orders, so as to turn partial products into finished print products, the method comprising: determining when a last partial product of a first production order processed in the production plant has left each one of the plurality of post print processing machines; transmitting from the machine control unit of each post print processing machine to the plant central control unit that the post print processing machine is ready to be re-configured to the following different production order; transmitting from the plant central control unit to the machine control unit of each post print processing machine the instructions for the re-configuring; successively re-configuring the plurality of post print processing machines in sequence as the last partial product of the first production order leaves each post print processing machine, either fully automatically or semi-automatically, depending on the partial products for the following different production order to be processed in the production plant; determining when the re-configuring of each post print processing machine is completed; and transmitting the completion of the re-configuring from the machine control unit of each post print processing machine to the plant central control unit.