EP2895413B1 - Verfahren und system zum automatischen stopfen von gedruckten dokumenten - Google Patents

Verfahren und system zum automatischen stopfen von gedruckten dokumenten Download PDF

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EP2895413B1
EP2895413B1 EP13792463.5A EP13792463A EP2895413B1 EP 2895413 B1 EP2895413 B1 EP 2895413B1 EP 13792463 A EP13792463 A EP 13792463A EP 2895413 B1 EP2895413 B1 EP 2895413B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65H29/62—Article switches or diverters diverting faulty articles from the main streams
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    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M3/00—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes
    • B43M3/04—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes automatic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H43/00—Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable
    • B65H43/04—Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable detecting, or responding to, presence of faulty articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65H2301/431—Features with regard to the collection, nature, sequence and/or the making thereof
    • B65H2301/4311—Making personalised books or mail packets according to personal, geographic or demographic data
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the present invention relates to a method and a system for automatically stuffing of printed documents.
  • mailing service companies use external companies, known in the sector as "mailing services", which can act on the part of third parties to perform services including printing, folding, stuffing and dispatch of the paper documents.
  • the mailing service companies use special web (wound continuous paper sheet) printing systems for printing on web typographic reels of large dimensions, and automatic stuffing systems.
  • the printing systems are able to process a file, generally in a graphic format, supplied by their customer company and comprising a series of encoded data codifying the data to be reproduced in a plurality of printed documents.
  • the printing systems include: a device for unreeling the web from a fresh typographical reel starting from a first external end of the sheet; printing means, typically digital, for printing a portion of the sheet while it is being unreeled; and a winding device for winding, starting from the first end, the printed portion of the web.
  • a first printed typographical reel is obtained on which the documents of the plurality of documents are sequentially printed, generally organizing them on the basis of a dispatch parameter (for example a code relating to a postal address of the receiving party).
  • Each document of the plurality of documents is paginated at least on a page and at least the first page of each document includes an identifying code of the relative document.
  • the printed typographical reel is then processed by the automatic stuffing system.
  • the automatic stuffing system For this purpose it has be to manually loaded in an unreeling device included in the system which partially unwinds the relative web.
  • every page relative to each single printed document on an unwinding portion of web is automatically separated by a separating device, included in the system and arranged downstream of the unwinding device, so as to obtain at least a relative single printed sheet for each single printed document.
  • a separating device included in the system and arranged downstream of the unwinding device, so as to obtain at least a relative single printed sheet for each single printed document.
  • Each single sheet bears, printed on a relative side thereof, a page of the respective document.
  • the single sheets are automatically fed to a storing device, which is a part of the system and is arranged downstream of the sub-dividing device.
  • the storing device by reading the identifying code printed on the first page of each document, is able to determine the number of sheets which make up the document and consequently automatically forms a document unit for each document, stacking the relative single sheets in such a way that the relative identifying code printed on the relative first page of each document is visible.
  • the above-mentioned stuffing system can comprise one or more devices, known as sheet-placing devices, for inserting in each document unit one or more insertions that can be constituted by single sheets and/or planar articles.
  • the stuffing system further comprises: a stuffing device, arranged downstream of the storing device, for automatically stuffing the formed document units (flat or folded) and obtain corresponding envelopes in which the relative identifying code is visible from outside.
  • the document units are folded so as to be stuffed in envelopes of a smaller format than that of the single sheets that make it up.
  • the system includes a special folding device, also known as the sheet-folder, arranged upstream of the storing device or (if present) the sheet-placing devices and in any case downstream of the stuffing deice.
  • the sheet-folder arranged upstream of the storing device or (if present) the sheet-placing devices and in any case downstream of the stuffing deice.
  • many non-conformities can occur, for example the web might tear, the single sheets might get jammed.
  • a document unit is not obtained for each document of the plurality of documents, and it can even happen that non-conforming units are formed, for example where an identifying code is not visible.
  • These systems comprise: a verifying device, arranged in such a way as to verify the conformity of each unit obtained by the stuffing device and automatically read the identifying code relative to each conforming unit; a reject device, connected to the verifying device and arranged in such a way as to be activated so as to automatically reject the units judged non-conforming by the verifying device; and processing means connected to the verifying device for automatically and together processing the file and the identifying codes read by the verifying device.
  • the processing means generate a further file, a printing file, which encodes only the data connected to the documents of the plurality of documents relative to the identifying codes not read by the verifying device.
  • the printing file is loaded into the printing system on the web so as to obtain a second printed reel, known as the printing reel, in which only the documents of the plurality of documents relative to the identifying codes not read by the verifying device.
  • the second printed reel must be loaded in the unwinding device and processed by the automatic stuffing system in the same way as the first printed reel. It follows the further process non-conformities can be verified which will give rise to a further printing file and a further typographic printing reel to be processed in turn using the automatic stuffing system, and so on up to when a conforming envelope is obtained for each document of the plurality of documents, initially printed on the first reel. Therefore, in order to stuff the whole plurality of documents numerous reiterations of the production cycle can be necessary, involving a respective number of reels to be printed.
  • the envelopes obtained by the second and following print reels are in any case produced in different times with respect to the envelopes obtained by the first printed reel. Consequently a delay can ensue in the delivery of the relative documents which can cause payment of a penality should the mailing service not respect the dispatch times set down in customer contracts.
  • the envelopes obtained following insertion of the print reel can be relative to different destinations; for example they can be relative to different postcodes, or can be relative to the same province or region.
  • the conforming envelopes obtained from several print reels are not ordered according to the same postcode sequence as the first print reel.
  • the dispatch costs of the envelopes are greater, with respect to those applicable to the envelopes having the same postcode sequence of the first reel, as the subject carrying out the dispatching will have to proceed to a preliminary sorting on the basis of destination or postcode.
  • the main aim of the present invention consists in reducing and/or eliminating the above-cited drawbacks relating to the systems and methods of automatic stuffing of printed documents of known type.
  • a further aim of the invention is to provide a method and a system for automatic stuffing of printed documents with a high production capacity and having a low production cost for the envelopes.
  • the method and the automatic stuffing system of the invention enable printing a single reel for a determined client and preventing printing of the print files on corresponding fresh typographic reels, preventing the relative manual loading of fresh reels in the web printing system and the manual loading in the automatic stuffing system of the printing reels. Further, the printing on the single sheets of the documents of the plurality of documents, relating to non-read identifying codes by the verifying device, can occur while the first printed reel is processed by the stuffing system.
  • the method and the system of the invention enable processing the single printed sheets with the printing means immediately after having processed the single printed reel relative to the determined client and, in the case of a plurality of iterations, immediately after the preceding iteration. Therefore one single set-up of the stuffing system is sufficient for each client.
  • all the envelopes relating to the entire plurality of documents can be delivered contemporaneously to the subject who will carry out the dispatching. This enables reducing the time and production costs of the envelopes of the whole plurality of documents. In particular the time and production costs connected to the last iterations of the production cycle, when the number of pages to be printed is small, are much lower with respect to the prior art.
  • figure 1 illustrates both a diagram (not in scale), of the stuffing system and the various steps of the stuffing method.
  • reference number 9 denotes the automatic stuffing system of the invention, which enables actuating the method of the invention.
  • the method comprises steps of:
  • the identifying code 22 can be an alphanumeric code, a bar code, either single- or bidimensional.
  • the automatic stuffing system of printed documents comprises:
  • the printing means can advantageously be constituted by common printers for PCs usable for printing on single sheets 20.
  • the series of data codifying the printed information in the plurality of documents is supplied by the client of the mailing service company in an electronic format and is comprised in a file (the "printing file") which, as indicated in figure 1 , can be registered on any memory support 30 such as a CD, a DVD or a USB memory stick. Alternatively the file can be sent to via e-mail.
  • the printing means 17 are preferably connectable to processing means 16 and, when connected, are automatically activatable by the processing means 16.
  • the formation of the document unit 4 can be done by reading and decoding the code 22 indicating the number of pages which constitute the relative document and thus the number of single printed sheets 2 to be stacked.
  • the document unit 4 can therefore comprise a single printed sheet 2, when the number of pages to be stacked is 1, or a stack of single printed sheets 2, when the number is greater than 1. Therefore the storing device 12 can comprise reading means (not shown) of the code 22 and possibly further processing means (not shown) for decoding the code with the aim of defining the number of single printed sheets 2 to be stacked. Alternatively, when the processing means 16 are connected to the storing device 12, the further processing means are no longer necessary.
  • the reading means can comprise an optic sensor or more preferably a television camera.
  • the system of the invention can include at least a sheet-placing device (not shown) for inserting, in the document unit 4, one or more insertions, typically paper sheets of the dimension of the single printed sheets 2.
  • the system 9 can further comprise a sheet-folding device 19, arranged between the storing device 12, of the sheet-placing device (when included) and the stuffing device 13, for folding the document unit 4, should the envelopes to be obtained require a smaller format to that of the single sheets which make up the documents.
  • a folded document unit 4' is obtained having smaller dimensions than those of the corresponding document unit 4 formed by the storing device 12 or obtained in outlet from the sheet-placing device when present.
  • the envelope 5 can be one with at least a transparent window 25, arranged in such a way that the code 22, reported in the relative document unit, is visible from outside the envelope 5.
  • the envelope can be constituted by a transparent wrapping.
  • the stuffing device 13 can therefore be predisposed so as to insert each document unit 4, 4' into a corresponding preformed envelope 25, fed into the stuffing device 13 in known ways, for be configured so as to insert the document unit 4,4' into a continuous tube of paper or transparent wrapping material, which is then transversally cut to form, after gluing, an envelope containing the document unit 4, 4'.
  • the step of printing can be advantageously begun automatically following detection during the processing step of a single non-read code 22 during the step of verification, in order to singly print a document of the plurality of documents relating to the single non-read code 22.
  • This further accelerates the production of the conforming staffed envelopes 5.
  • the processing means 16 are activatable to detect a single non-read identifying code 22 at a time, and so as to generate immediately following the detection a single further series of codifying data at a time so as to enable singly printing each document of the plurality of documents relating to a non-read identifying code 22 by the verifying means.
  • the step of reiteration begins before the step of separating the web 101 into single printed sheets 2 is terminated.
  • systems 9 which comprise selecting means (not illustrated) functionally interposed between the supply means 18 and the storing device 12 and activatable so as to supply the storing device 12 only with single sheets 2 loadable on the feeding means of single sheets 2.
  • the selection means are advantageously automatically activatable thereby.
  • the series of encoded data comprises a parameter for each document of the plurality of documents; wherein the plurality of documents has been printed on the web 101 by ordering the documents of the plurality of documents on the basis of a value of the parameter, where the processing step comprises an automatic control such as to establish whether a conforming stuffed envelope 5 has been obtained for each document of the plurality of documents to which a determined parameter value is associated.
  • the processing means 16 are configured so as to establish whether a conforming stuffed envelope 5 has been obtained for each document of the plurality of documents to which the determined parameter value is associated.
  • the parameter can indicate for example the postcode or a datum relating to the address the envelope is to be sent to.
  • the step of separating the web 01 into single printed sheets 2 is advantageously halted up to when the automatic control establishes that a conforming envelope 5 has been found for each document of the plurality of documents to which the determined value of the parameter is associated. This enables obtaining conforming envelopes 5 with the same sequence as the parameter (for example the postcode) of the plurality of printed documents on the reel 1.
  • the step of verifying more preferably also comprises an automatic verification of the conformity of each document unit 4, 4' formed; the automatic rejecting of each non-conforming document unit 4, 4' and the automatic reading of the identifying code 22 retative to each conforming document unit 4, 4'.
  • the verifying device 14 can be advantageously configured so as to further verify the conformity of each document unit 4, 4', once formed by the storing device 12 and/or in outlet from the sheet-placing device and/or the sheet-folding device.
  • the verifying device 14 can automatically read the identifying code 22 relative to each conforming document unit 4, 4'; and the reject device 15 can be configured so as to be activated also so as to automatically reject the document units 4, 4' judged to be non-conforming to the verifying device 14.
  • the processing step advantageously comprises a further automatic control for establishing whether a document unit 4, 4' has been obtained for each document of the plurality of documents, advantageous for each document to which the determined value of the parameter is associated.
  • the printing can immediately be performed on single sheets 20 of a document to which the determined value of the parameter is associated and which is relative to a non-read identifying code 22 during the verification of the conformity of each document unit 4, 4'.
  • the processing means 16 are configured such as to establish whether a conforming document unit 4, 4' has been obtained for each document of the plurality of documents to which a determined value of the parameter is associated.
  • the verifying means 14 preferably comprise at least a television camera for reading the identifying code 22.
  • processing means 16 are connected to all the devices and/or the means provided in the system 9.
  • processing means 16 are connectable with the unreeling device 10 and/or the separating device 11 and/or with the storing device 12 and/or the sheet-placing device (when included), the sheet-folding device 13 (when included) and/or the stuffing device 13 and/or the reject device 15 and/or the printing means 17, and/or the sheet-feeding means 18.

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  1. Verfahren zum automatischen Kuvertieren von gedruckten Dokumenten, folgende Schritte beinhaltend:
    A) Bereitstellen einer typographischen Rolle (1) mit darauf einer Papierbahn (101), die mit einer Vielzahl von Dokumenten sequenziell bedruckt wurde, wobei jedes Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten auf zumindest einer Seite paginiert ist und wobei zumindest auf einer ersten Seite jedes Dokuments ein Kennzeichnungscode (22) des entsprechenden Dokuments angegeben ist;
    B) Bereitstellen einer Reihe codierter Daten zur Kodifizierung der Informationen, die in der Vielzahl von Dokumenten gedruckt sind, wobei die Reihe von Daten elektronisch verarbeitet werden kann, um zumindest ein Dokument der Reihe von Dokumenten zu drucken;
    C) automatisches Trennen der zumindest einen Seite jedes Dokuments der Vielzahl von Dokumenten von der bedruckten Papierbahn (101), um zumindest ein entsprechendes bedrucktes Einzelblatt (2) für jedes Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten zu erhalten, wobei auf einer Seite des bedruckten Einzelblattes (2) die zumindest eine Seite des entsprechenden Dokuments aufgedruckt ist;
    D) automatisches Bilden einer Dokumenteinheit (4) für jedes Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten, durch Stapeln des entsprechenden zumindest einen bedruckten Einzelblattes (2) in einer Weise, dass der entsprechende Code (22), der auf der ersten Seite des entsprechenden Dokuments der Vielzahl von Dokumenten angegeben ist, von außen auf jeder Dokumenteinheit (4) sichtbar ist;
    E) automatisches Kuvertieren jeder gebildeten Dokumenteinheit (4), um entsprechende gefüllte Umschläge (5, 5') zu erhalten, die jeweils eine Dokumenteinheit (4) enthalten, wobei der entsprechende Code (22) von außen auf jedem Umschlag (5, 5') sichtbar ist;
    F) automatisches Überprüfen der Konformität jedes erhaltenen Umschlags (5, 5'), wobei jeder nicht konforme gefüllte Umschlag (5') automatisch ausgesondert und der Code (22) für jeden konformen gefüllten Umschlag (5) automatisch gelesen wird;
    G) automatisches Verarbeiten der Reihe codierter Daten und der während des Überprüfungsschrittes gelesenen Codes (22), um zumindest einen Code (22), sofern vorhanden, zu erfassen, der nicht gelesen wurde, und um eine weitere Reihe codierter Daten zur Kodifizierung der gedruckten Informationen in zumindest einem Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten, das auf den zumindest einen nicht gelesenen Code (22) bezogen ist, zu erzeugen, wobei die weitere Reihe von Daten zum Drucken des Dokuments verwendbar ist;
    H) automatisches Drucken auf zumindest einem Einzelblatt (20) des zumindest einen Dokuments der Vielzahl von Dokumenten, das auf den zumindest einen nicht gelesenen Code (22) bezogen ist, um ein entsprechendes bedrucktes Einzelblatt (2) zu erhalten, auf dessen einer Blattseite die zumindest eine Seite des Dokuments aufgedruckt ist; und
    I) Wiederholen der Schritte D-H, bis ein konformer gefüllter Umschlag (5) für jedes eine Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten erhalten wurde.
  2. Verfahren nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei der Schritt des Druckens automatisch beginnt, nachdem während des Verarbeitungsschrittes ein einzelner, während des Überprüfungsschrittes nicht gelesener Code (22) erfasst wurde, um ein Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten einzeln zu drucken, das auf den einzelnen, nicht gelesenen Code (22) bezogen ist.
  3. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Schritt des Wiederholens beginnt, bevor der Schritt des Trennens der Papierbahn (101) in bedruckte Einzelblätter (2) beendet ist.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Reihe codierter Daten einen Parameter für jedes Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten beinhaltet; wobei die Vielzahl von Dokumenten auf die Papierbahn (101) gedruckt wurde, indem die Dokumente der Vielzahl von Dokumenten auf Grundlage eines Wertes dieses Parameters geordnet wurden, wobei der Verarbeitungsschritt eine automatische Kontrolle beinhaltet, um festzustellen, ob ein konformer gefüllter Umschlag (5) für jedes Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten erhalten wurde, dem ein bestimmter Parameterwert zugeordnet wurde.
  5. Verfahren nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei der Schritt des Trennens der Papierbahn (101) in bedruckte Einzelblätter (2) ausgesetzt wird, bis durch die automatische Kontrolle festgestellt wurde, dass ein konformer gefüllter Umschlag (5) für jedes Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten erhalten wurde, dem ein bestimmter Parameterwert zugeordnet wurde.
  6. System zum automatischen Kuvertieren von gedruckten Dokumenten, Folgendes beinhaltend:
    eine Abwickelvorrichtung (10) zum Abwickeln einer typographischen Rolle (1) mit einer entsprechenden Papierbahn (101);
    eine Trennvorrichtung (11), die stromabwärts nach der Abwickelvorrichtung (10) angeordnet ist und dazu dient, nachdem die Papierbahn (101) kontinuierlich mit einer Vielzahl von Dokumenten bedruckt wurde, wobei jedes Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten auf zumindest einer Seite paginiert wurde, von einem durch die Abwickelvorrichtung (10) abgewickelten Abschnitt der Papierbahn (101) die zumindest eine entsprechende Seite automatisch abzutrennen, um zumindest ein entsprechendes bedrucktes Einzelblatt (2) für jedes einzelne Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten zu erhalten, wobei auf einer Seite des bedruckten Einzelblattes (2) die zumindest eine Seite des entsprechenden Dokuments aufgedruckt ist;
    eine Sammelvorrichtung (12), die stromabwärts nach der Trennvorrichtung (11) angeordnet ist und aktiviert werden kann, um automatisch eine Dokumenteinheit (4) für jedes einzelne Dokument zu bilden, wobei das entsprechende zumindest eine bedruckte Einzelblatt (2), das von der Trennvorrichtung (11) erhalten werden kann, so gestapelt wird, dass ein Kennzeichnungscode (22) jedes Dokuments, der auf einer entsprechenden ersten Seite des einzelnen Dokuments angegeben ist, sichtbar ist;
    eine Kuvertiervorrichtung (13), die stromabwärts nach der Sammelvorrichtung (12) angeordnet ist und dazu dient, jede Dokumenteinheit (4), die durch die Sammelvorrichtung (12) gebildet werden kann, automatisch zu kuvertieren und entsprechende gefüllte Umschläge (5, 5') zu erhalten, wobei der Code (22) von außen auf jedem Umschlag (5, 5') sichtbar ist;
    zumindest eine Überprüfungsvorrichtung (14), die angeordnet ist, um die Konformität jedes gefüllten Umschlags (5, 5'), der von der Kuvertiervorrichtung (13) erhalten werden kann, zu überprüfen und automatisch den Code (22) für jeden konformen gefüllten Umschlag (5) zu lesen;
    zumindest eine Aussonderungsvorrichtung (15), die an die Überprüfungsvorrichtung (14) angeschlossen und aktiviert werden kann, um automatisch diejenigen gefüllten Umschläge (5') auszusondern, die von der Überprüfungsvorrichtung (14) als nicht konform beurteilt wurden;
    Verarbeitungsmittel (16), die an die Überprüfungsvorrichtung (14) angeschlossen und aktiviert werden können, um automatisch und gemeinschaftlich eine Reihe codierter Daten zur Kodifizierung der gedruckten Informationen in der Vielzahl von Dokumenten und die von der Überprüfungsvorrichtung (14) gelesenen Codes (22) zu verarbeiten, um zumindest einen Code (22) zu erfassen, der nicht von der Überprüfungsvorrichtung (14) gelesen wurde, und um, falls zumindest ein nicht gelesener Code (22) erfasst wird, zumindest eine weitere Reihe codierter Daten zur Kodifizierung der gedruckten Informationen in einem Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten, das auf den zumindest einen nicht gelesenen Code (22) bezogen ist, zu erzeugen;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es ferner beinhaltet:
    Druckmittel (17) zum Drucken auf Einzelblättern (20), wobei diese Druckmittel (17) dazu dienen, die in der weiteren Reihe codierter Daten kodifizierten Informationen auf zumindest ein Einzelblatt (2) zu drucken und somit zumindest ein bedrucktes Einzelblatt (2) zu erhalten, auf dessen einer Blattseite die zumindest eine Seite des Dokuments der Vielzahl von Dokumenten aufgedruckt ist, das auf den zumindest einen nicht gelesenen Code (22) bezogen ist; und
    Zuführmittel (18) für Einzelblätter (2), welche von den Druckmitteln (17) bedruckt werden können, wobei die Zuführmittel (18) stromaufwärts vor der Sammelvorrichtung (12) angeordnet sind und aktiviert werden können, um die Einzelblätter (2) der Sammelvorrichtung (12) zuzuführen.
  7. System nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, worin die Druckmittel (17) an die Verarbeitungsmittel (16) anschließbar sind und, sofern angeschlossen, automatisch von den Verarbeitungsmitteln (16) aktiviert werden können.
  8. System nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 6 und 7, worin die Verarbeitungsmittel (16) aktiviert werden können, um jeweils einen einzelnen nicht gelesenen Code (22) nach dem anderen zu erfassen, und sofort nach dieser Erfassung jeweils eine einzelne weitere Reihe codierter Daten nach der anderen zu erzeugen, um das einzelne Drucken jedes Dokuments der Vielzahl von Dokumenten, das auf einen von den Überprüfungsvorrichtung (14) nicht gelesenen Code (22) bezogen ist, zu ermöglichen.
  9. System nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche von 6 bis 8, beinhaltend Auswahlmittel, die aktivierbar sind, um der Sammelvorrichtung (12) nur einzelne Blätter zuzuführen, die auf die Zuführmittel (18) für Einzelblätter geladen werden können.
  10. System nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche von 6 bis 9, worin, wenn die Reihe codierter Daten einen Parameter für jedes Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten enthält und die Vielzahl von Dokumenten auf die Papierbahn (101) gedruckt wurde und die Dokumente der Vielzahl von Dokumenten auf Grundlage eines Wertes dieses Parameters geordnet wurden, die Verarbeitungsmittel (16) dafür ausgelegt sind, festzustellen, ob ein konformer gefüllter Umschlag (5) für jedes Dokument der Vielzahl von Dokumenten erhalten wurde, dem ein bestimmter Parameterwert zugeordnet wurde.
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