Patent ID: 6827012
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B41F,B65H

Abstract:
A printing device comprising:a roll-to-roll printing press, the roll-to-roll printing press including: an unprinted roll unwinding device unwinding an unprinted web of material, a plurality of printing units, a longitudinal slitting device, and a plurality of printed roll winding devices, the longitudinal slitting device slitting the printed web of material into a plurality of printed ribbons, the printed roll winding devices winding the printed ribbons to form the printed rolls; a printed roll storage separate from the roll-to-roll printing press for storing the printed rolls; a first transport device, the first transport device transporting the printed rolls from the roll-to-roll printing press to the printed roll storage; an assembly device separate from the roll-to-roll printing press and separate from the printed roll storage, the assembly device including a first printed roll unwinding device and a second printed roll unwinding device; a second transport device, the second transport device transporting the printed rolls from the printed roll storage to the assembly device; the assembly device further including a first folder and a second folder, the first folder accepting at least one first printed ribbon from the first printed roll unwinding device, the first folder having at least one of the group consisting of a first former and a first plow, the first folder further having a first cutting device and forming first signatures, the second folder accepting at least one second printed ribbon from the second printed roll unwinding device, the second folder having at least one of the group consisting of a second former and a second plow, the second folder further having a second cutting device and forming second signatures; the assembly device further including a conveyor, the conveyor having at least one of the group consisting of saddles and pockets, the conveyor collecting the first signatures and the second signatures and forming multi-page printed products.