Patent ID: 6471430
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A system for manufacturing sheet-like printed products, comprising:a transport device that transports starting material to be printed from a feed station through a printing station, in which at least one printed image is applied onto the starting material, the transport device defining a transport path extending in a transport direction, wherein the feed station includes a transfer device for transferring starting material in the form of sheet-like starting sections to the transport device, the transport device is equipped with a vacuum conveyor belt, on which the sheet-like starting sections to be printed are held during their transport due to the vacuum, and the printing station is equipped with a printer that operates in a contactless fashion as well as a dryer that is arranged behind the printer viewed in the transport direction of the starting sections, an electronic printed image specification device that cooperates with the printer and makes it possible to specify individual printed images for the sheets, a sensor arrangement for determining certain positions of the continuously transported starting sections, wherein the printed image specification device is also linked to the feed station, the transport device and the dryer for control purposes, and wherein the dryer comprises of an infrared radiation dryer that generates near-infrared radiation which directly falls onto the printed image, wherein a turning station is provided, with the starting sections that were printed on one side of the printing station being turned in said turning station such that the other side of the respective starting sections can also be printed, wherein an additional printing station is arranged behind the turning station viewed in the transport direction of the starting sections, with the other side of the turned sheet-like starting sections being printed in the second printing station, and wherein the additional printing station is substantially identical to the first printing station.