Patent ID: 6070391
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: B42C,B65H,G06Q

Abstract:
A method for producing a predetermined continuous sequence of copies of newspapers and magazines which are ready for reading, which are comfortably handleable and which are individualized to a freely selectable degree and comprise varying numbers n of printed pages, the method comprising the steps ofselectively combining for each copy to be produced data specific to the contents of a newspaper, magazine or parts thereof with data unique to selected individual copies,processing the combined data to form data representing a group of printed pages 1 to n, which group of printed pages consists of a first sequence of juxtaposed pages of page numbers 2, 3, 4 . . . n/2+1 and a second sequence of juxtaposed pages of page numbers 1, n, n-1 . . . n/2+2,printing the first sequence of pages onto one side of a paper web and the second sequence of pages onto the opposite side of the paper web, including printing data common to multiple printed copies and data unique to individual copies in the same printing step, resulting in a plurality of printed copies each having a plurality of pages of a standard size,forming a folded stack of the printed part of the paper web by folding the web in alternating directions at folds across the web between the printed pages, andforming an easily separable separation line across the web between groups of pages representing successive copies by perforating a line across the paper web between each two groups of pages representing two successive copies, whereby each newspaper or magazine copy has data specific to that copy and has a freely selectable volume of material, and wherein the copies of the sequence have varying page numbers; andcontrolling the steps of printing, folding and perforating to produce pages of greater width at defined locations wherein pairs of pages separated by a perforation line and pairs of pages positioned at preselected opening locations are wider between successive folds than the pages of the standard size, thereby producing an aid for separating copies from a stack containing a plurality of copies and producing an aid for opening the copies at the preselected opening location.