Patent ID: 8596632
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: B42C,B42P,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method to produce printed items each having at least one printed product and a supplement, comprising: sequentially printing pages of printed products with at least one digital printer; continuously circulating a conveyor with uniformly spaced apart receiving locations that follow each other; supplying the printed products from the digital printer as individual sheets or partial block stacks to the uniformly spaced apart receiving locations by respective feeders arranged along a gathering section of the circulating conveyor to form an at least partially formed book block; and supplying at least one supplement to one of the at least partially formed book blocks on the circulating conveyor by a supplement feeder arranged along the gathering section of the circulating conveyor between two of the respective feeders, wherein the receiving locations at an end of the gathering section contain loose book blocks formed of selectively gathering of supplied printed products and supplements used to form the printed items.