Patent ID: 8844442
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B41F,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method for printing comprising the steps of: printing a web of material so as to define a printed web; slitting the web into at least two ribbons; winding the printed web ribbons onto at least two rolls; cutting the printed web ribbons so as to define at least two printed rolls; storing a plurality of printed rolls including the at least two printed rolls in an automated buffer; controlling the automated buffer by a processor by selecting the at least two printed rolls from the automated buffer for arrangement on unwinding devices of an assembly device for processing into a finished printed product formed from a plurality of signatures in the assembly device; transporting the at least two printed rolls in rolled form from the automated buffer to the unwinding devices of the assembly device; and processing the at least two printed rolls together in the assembly device to form the finished printed product, the processing includes forming the plurality of signatures.