Patent ID: 8915491

Claim:
A method for operating a collection system for printed products, the method comprising: drawing off the printed products from at least one discharge device disposed at a corresponding at least one discharge point in the collection system; depositing the printed products one after the other on a collection section during a cycle period of the at least one discharge device so as to form a bundle of printed products from the printed products that were drawn off during the cycle period; transferring the bundle to a subsequent conveying mechanism having a plurality of receiving pockets at a transfer station on the collection section, determining whether at least one missing printed product exists due to an incorrect drawing off from the at least one discharge point such that a relevant receiving pocket is incompletely loaded with the printed products; initiating and controlling a repair process in which the at least one missing printed product is drawn off from the corresponding at least one discharge point at a time corresponding to a subsequent recurrent pocket-related cycle of the subsequent conveying mechanism in a subsequent cycle period of the at least one discharge device; and inserting the at least one missing printed product in the relevant receiving pocket, wherein the subsequent conveying mechanism includes a rotating drive wheel having at least one of a number n of the receiving pockets around its circumference and an endless belt equipped with the receiving pockets.