Patent ID: 6246993
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
For use with an auxiliary device located downstream from a first printing press printing a stream of books with fixed and variable data, the auxiliary device being adapted to perform a process on books printed by the first printing press, a reorder system comprising:a first sensor located downstream of the auxiliary device to monitor books output by the auxiliary device; anda local processor associated with the auxiliary device, the local processor being in communication with the first sensor and being adapted to recognize an errored book based at least in part on an output of the first sensor; and,a global processor in communication with the local processor, the global processor being responsive to a communication from the local processor identifying the errored book to cause the errored book to be reprinted with fixed and variable data after at least one other book in the stream of books has been printed by the first printing press.