Patent ID: 8291799

Claim:
A method of trimming printed media, comprising: creating predetermined delivery sequence data by combining geographical or postal mailing list data for a first printed media and a second printed media; accessing the predetermined delivery sequence data; selecting printed media to be positioned on a conveyor based on the predetermined delivery sequence data, wherein the selected printed media comprises the first printed media having an associated first size data, and the second printed media having an associated second size data, and wherein each of the first and second printed media comprises a first dimension, a first edge parallel to the direction of the first dimension, and a second dimension substantially perpendicular to the first dimension; positioning the first and second printed media successively on the conveyor in a single production run; receiving the first size data representative of a first trim dimension of the first printed media to be trimmed; using an electronic controller to adjust a location of a stop based on the received first size data; positioning the first edge of the first printed media adjacent the stop; trimming a first margin from the second dimension of the first printed media with a trimming device defining a first distance between the stop and the trimming device; receiving the second size data representative of a second trim dimension of the second printed media to be trimmed, wherein the first trim dimension is different from the second trim dimension; using the controller to adjust the stop to define a second distance between the stop and the trimming device after adjustment; positioning the first edge of the second printed media adjacent the stop after adjustment; and producing in the single production run the first printed media having the first trim dimension and the second printed media having the second trim dimension.