EP3259141A1

EP3259141A1 - Method for producing book-like security documents

Info

Publication number: EP3259141A1
Application number: EP16705486.5A
Authority: EP
Inventors: André LEOPOLD; Thomas STIRNER; Marco GRAETZ; Jens Ehreke; Michael Knebel; Rainer Seidel
Original assignee: Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Current assignee: Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Priority date: 2015-02-19
Filing date: 2016-02-16
Publication date: 2017-12-27
Anticipated expiration: 2036-02-16
Also published as: DE102015203006B4; CN107249897B; WO2016131842A1; DE102015203006A1; EP3259141B1; CN107249897A

Abstract

The invention relates to a method (100) for producing different types of book security documents, in particular passbooks, each of which comprises a plurality of pages joined together as a book, of which pages a composite page is designed having at least one personalised security feature, wherein the different types of book security documents differ at least with regard to a colour of a binding, wherein a standard type and a plurality of special types of book security documents exist, comprising the steps: separate producing of personalised composite pages (110) and remaining semi-finished book products (400), and joining together (600) of each already personalised composite page comprising one or more semi-finished book products for a book security document, wherein the producing (110) of each of the composite pages comprises: receiving (120) of one personalisation data set; printing (250) of at least one substrate layer comprising personalising information according to the personalisation data set; joining together (270) of the at least one printed substrate layer comprising one or more further substrate layers to form the personalised composite page, wherein for every personalisation data set a status variable is set (140), which states the type of the associated book security document, and the printing (250) of the at least one substrate layer comprising personalising information is achieved by means of multi-colour printing and together with the personalising information, if the type of the associated book security document is one of the special types, an identification print is additionally carried out in colour, in particular an identification field is printed such that the colour of the identification print, in particular of the printed identification field, corresponds to the colour of the binding of the associated type of book security document.

Description

Method for producing book-type security documents

The invention relates to a method for producing different types of book security documents, in particular passbooks.

Book-type security documents are known from the prior art. An example of such book security documents is passport books. These are a variety of pages stapled or bound to a book or booklet. As a rule, one or more pages are labeled with particulars identifying a person to whom the passport is associated. As a rule, special features are also formed on this page or these pages, which serve to verify the authenticity of the book-type security document, for example the passport, and the authenticity of the personal data given therein.

Historically, all pages of such a paper security document have been made of pulp based paper, for example. However, in order to increase the security against counterfeiting, in modern passports a page is designed as a composite page, which is often referred to as a data card. Such composite cards are produced in particular on the basis of a plurality of plastic and / or additional paper layers, which are usually joined together in a lamination process. In such a composite page are a variety of different security features, for example, with a

Security printed layers, optical security features such as holograms, Changeable Laser Images, laser engraving or even electronically verifiable security features such as Radio Frequency Identification devices and / or

Integrated microchips.

As a rule, differently structured book security documents, for example different types of passports, are issued by a state. On the one hand passports are issued for the own nationals. In addition, diplomatic passports, service passports and passports for refugees, passports for stateless persons and passports for foreigners are also issued. In order to easily distinguish these different types in use, for example, they have different cover colors. However, in order to avoid counterfeiting such that, for example, a data card or composite page of an ordinary passport is inserted in a book cover of a diplomatic passport, it is desirable that Also, the data card or composite pages can be easily distinguished. Therefore, currently, the substrate layers on which a security print is printed, for example, in the form of a guilloche pattern are formed differently for the different types of passports.

In manufacturing, the problem now arises that very different numbers of items are required by the individual types of passports. Only about one-tenth of the passports issued in the Federal Republic of Germany are diplomatic passports. In production, the passports are each manufactured in batches which have a batch size of, for example, several hundred passport documents. With such a batch size, no or only a very small amount of printed or security element-provided substrate layers occurs in the production of the composite pages. If one were to try to produce also the types of passport documents, which are produced in a small number of pieces per year, in batches of the same type, only about five or six batches would be produced in one year. The resulting waiting times for obtaining a new diplomatic passport are not acceptable in practice. Therefore occur in manufacturing, for example, in the

Use of provided with a security printing substrate layers larger waste surfaces, which significantly increase the production of such documents. Furthermore, there is an increased risk that a misallocation of a composite page or

Data page of one type of book security document, such as a data page of a diplomatic passport, to a binding and other passport pages that belong to another type, such as a normal passport.

This places increased demands on quality control and also increases reject rates.

The invention is therefore the technical object of these problems

Avoid material waste and misallocation and create an improved, material-saving and less error-prone manufacturing.

The invention is based on the basic idea, if possible in terms of most

Security features to create uniformly designed composite pages and introduce easily recognizable distinguishing features together with personalization data in the composite page, which must be configured individually for each composite page anyway. There is therefore a method for producing different book Security documents, in particular passbooks, created, each comprising a plurality of joined pages to a book, one of which is designed as a composite page with at least one personalized security feature, wherein the different types of book security documents at least in a design of the cover, in particular a color of Covers, where one standard type and several special types of book security documents exist. The method comprises the steps of separately producing personalized ones

Composite pages and other book semi-finished products; Assembling in each case an already personalized composite page with one or more book semi-finished products to a book security document, the production of a composite page each comprising:

Receiving a personalization record; Print at least one

Substrate layer with personalizing information according to the

Personalizing record; Merging the at least one printed

Substrate layer having one or more further substrate layers for forming the personalized composite side, wherein it is provided that for each

Personalization record a status variable, which is also referred to as flag, which indicates the type of the associated book security document, and the printing of the at least one substrate layer with personalizing

Information is done by means of multicolored printing and together with the

personalized information, provided that the associated status variable indicates that the type of the associated book security document belongs to one of the special types, additionally at least one identification print, for example in the form of printing an identification field, is colored so that the color of the at least one identification print, for example the printed identification field, corresponding to the color of the cover of the associated type of book security document. Because each personalization record belongs to a book security document, a personal security record type can also be associated with the personalization record. Based on this type, a status variable is thus set and set for each book security document to be created. Such a status variable may take on different values, at least as many as there are different types of book security documents. Nevertheless, the term often used in the art is the term "flag" which, as used herein, may assume not only a binary value but a variety of different predefined values. In addition to the personalizing data, a security document is typically associated with at least one other identifier, such as a passport number, which is unique to all book security documents of different types. This means that the identifier, for example the passport number, can occur only once. The one-to-one identifier is preferably formed from alphanumeric characters, but may also be represented in the form of a bar code or a 2D dot pattern.

A particular advantage is that distinguishable composite sides are produced without requiring a special processing or processing step. The personalized data are printed in color anyway, for example, to print a full-color or colorful face image of the person on the composite page to which the personalization data belongs. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform different fine line security prints to distinguish the different types of security documents.

The advantage of the proposed solution is that based on the

Identification printing in a simple manner via the different colors used for this assignment to the corresponding types is possible. If, for example, a coherent closed area, for example a rectangular area, is provided as an identification field on the composite side, then, for example, in the case of a standard passport, which is the standard type of the book security document, no printing is made in the identification field. For all special types, on the other hand, in the identification field a monochrome or a monochrome homogeneous is

Overall impression causing appropriate, which corresponds in terms of color impression with the color impression, which has the corresponding cover of the associated type of passport document. This allows a very simple final check of the correct assignment of the composite page to the corresponding cover. Also in a later verification at control points can be easily determined by the composite page, which type of book security document is or whether the composite page is inserted in the right type of cover or if there is a fake.

Furthermore, the invention provides an apparatus for producing different types of book security documents, in particular passbooks, each of which several comprise pages associated with a book, of which a composite page is embodied with at least one personalized security feature, wherein the different types of book security documents differ at least with respect to a color of a cover, wherein one standard type and several special types of book security documents exist, comprising: a Control means for receiving a personalization record; a printing device connected to the control device for printing at least one substrate layer with personalizing information according to the personalization data record; and joining means for joining the at least one printed substrate layer to one or more further substrate layers to form the personalized composite side; and a mating workstation for mating each of a pre-personalized composite page with one or more separate remainder booklets made from the personalized composite page to the book security document, wherein the control device is configured, for each

Personalization record to set a status variable indicating the type of associated book security document, and to control the printing of the at least one substrate layer with personalizing information so that this is done by means of multicolor printing and together with the personalizing

Information, when the status variable indicates to the personalizing information that the type of the associated book security document is one of the special types, in addition, an identification print is executed in color, in particular

Identification field is printed so that the color of the identification pressure,

in particular the printed identification field, corresponding to the color of the cover of the associated type of book security document.

In a preferred embodiment it is provided that in a final quality control of the book security document a match of the color, ie the color impression of the at least one identification print, for example the identification field, is present with the color of the cover of the book security document. This quality control is performed at least for all special types where such a match is expected. If a color identification print corresponding to the color of the cover for this standard type of book security document is not applied to the standard type of book security document, the final check is performed only for the special types. These are identified by the identifier or other information of the personal record. Subsequently, the associated status variable (flag) is evaluated and determined which type of book security document it is and whether such

Check is to perform.

A development of the device is characterized by an optical detection device for color detection of the cover and printed with the personalizing information composite page and associated with the optical detection means evaluation to check whether at least for all special types of book security documents, a match of the color of at least there is an identification print with the color of the cover of the book security document.

An advantage of the method is that the different composite pages can be reliably and easily identified. In a preferred development of the method, it is therefore provided that the composite pages for different types of book security documents are produced in mixed order. It is not necessary to form each type-specific batches. Book security document requirements can therefore be executed in any order, regardless of the type.

In a preferred embodiment, at least some process steps in the production of the composite side are carried out in multiple use. So can

For example, large-area sheets are printed with the fine line background security printing in the form of a guilloche pattern, which subsequently with the

Personalization printing in different places for different composite pages are printed and then isolated or even before the

Personalization pressure to be isolated. Overall, this can be

Accelerate the manufacturing process and achieve savings in terms of manufacturing costs. Furthermore setup times are minimized and an alignment and adjustment effort is reduced.

In a further embodiment of the invention it is provided that the

Book semi-finished products include content-independent content pages and type-specific book covers, and when merged, each include a set of content pages and one to the type book cover associated with the composite page.

In one embodiment, the content pages, the book cover and the

Linked together in a bookbinding process. In this case, a thread binding, a binding, a perfect binding or any other known in the art form of binding of a book or booklet can be used.

In another embodiment, it is provided that the book semi-finished products

include type-dependent book blanks having content pages and a type-dependent cover, wherein the book blanks are already assembled and include a tab to which the personalized composite page is attached. The bonding of the composite side with the tab is done for example via a plastic welding process. The content pages and the type-dependent cover and tab are thus assembled into a book blank.

In one embodiment of the device is therefore provided that the

Joining work station is formed, as the other book semi-finished products

To merge type-dependent book blanks with content pages, a type-dependent cover, and a tab that are already joined together with personalized composite pages by attaching the personalized composite page to the tab, respectively.

Particularly preferably, the content pages are configured independently of type. The joining of the personalized composite pages with the other book semi-finished in an embodiment of the method by means of a

Merge workstation that detects the different types of composite pages, i. Composite pages of different types of book security documents, in mixed order. The assembly workstation has

different magazines for the book semi-finished products of different types of book security documents to be produced. The merging workstation identifies the composite page blanks and determines the type of book security document to be produced based on the associated status variables. The corresponding others

Book semi-finished products are supplied from the different magazines according to their type. An embodiment of the apparatus provides that the assembly work station is coupled to a feeder so that the personalized composite pages of different types of book security documents are fed in mixed order to a joining workstation and these are different

Magazine for different types of book semi-finished, over the

Book semi-finished products are required, which are required for the different types of book security documents to be produced, and the assembly workstation is designed to identify the composite pages and the associated

Status variables in each case to determine the type of book security document to be produced and to supply the corresponding other book semi-finished products from the various magazines according to the type.

In another embodiment, the composite side pipes are after the

Manufacture, which is type-mixed, type-sorted and the

Joining workstation each composite pages and book semi-finished products supplied that belong to the same type of book security document.

An embodiment of the apparatus comprises a sorting means for sorting the composite pages according to the type of book security document to which they are associated so as to give the assembly work station only composite pages and the rest

Supply semi-finished books that belong to the same type of book security document.

When in the context of this invention it is said that an identification print is made with a color, printed with a color, or has a color, etc., it is always meant that the identification print in the finished composite page causes a certain uniform color impression. On the other hand, should not be expressed with such an embodiment that the identification print must be carried out with a printing ink, which causes this color impression. The color impression can thus be caused by the interaction of a plurality of color pixels, which are each formed in a primary color of a color system. This results in the color impression due to the laws of color subtraction or color addition.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to a drawing. Hereby show: 1 is a schematic representation of a flowchart of a method for producing a book security document; and

Fig. 2 is a schematic process flow of an alternative embodiment of a method for producing a book security document.

FIG. 1 schematically shows a flow diagram of a method 100 for producing book security documents with which different types of book security documents can be produced. By way of example, the production is explained in passbooks, but should not be limited thereto. Different types of passbooks (book security documents) are produced. These include, on the one hand, standard passports, which are a standard type of passport documents. Special types include diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for stateless persons and passports for foreigners. These different types of passports are differentiated by the color of the cover. This means that every type of passport document is assigned a cover color.

A passport document each includes a linked page in which personalized data is stored, other content pages, and a cover that are joined together to form a book security document. The production of the composite page 1 10, which is also referred to as a data card, is carried out separately from the production of the other book semi-finished products 400.

For the production of the composite page 1 10, first of all a personalization data record is received or recorded 120. This personalization data record will be further

Identifiers and the like assigned 130, from which, for example, a

Passport number, but also information about the type of book security document to be produced. The assignment of these identifiers and others

Information can already be obtained when the personalization data is entered, for example by filling in a specific paper-based or electronic form which is already book-specific. Further, the personalization record is assigned a status variable 140 which signals the type of book security document. Such a status variable, even if it can assume more than two values, is sometimes referred to as a flag.

Physical fabrication of composite side 200 includes providing and / or fabricating substrate layers 210 including forming

Security features on or in the substrate layers. It is also checked 220 whether the personalization record for a book security document belongs to one of the special types. The status variable is queried 230. Depending on the result of the query, a colored print information is generated 240, which, at least if it is a special type, in addition to the personalizing

Information includes pressure information for an identification print. Of the

Identification printing is carried out in each case in one color in such a way that the

Identification printing is performed in the color that matches the cover color of the

corresponding type of book security document.

In one implementation, the standard book security documents, that is the

Standard passports, executed without the identification pressure. At this

Embodiment, only the special types are executed with an identification print, for example, by an identification field is printed in one color with the color corresponding to the cover color. In other embodiments, an identification print may also be executed for the standard book security documents, wherein the identification print is carried out in the color associated with the

Cover color of the respective book security document type matches. It is essential that the identification print is applied in the same working and printing step as the other color personalized information. It is essential here that the identification print must produce a color impression that matches the color impression of the cover. However, it is not necessary that this is a pressure preparation is used, which causes just this color impression.

Rather, it is possible and usually advantageous if the corresponding one

Color impression is created due to a plurality of print pixels that are printed in primary colors of a subtractive color system. A common one

Color system represents, for example, the cyan-magenta-yellow color system, which is also referred to as CMY color system. This can be a very large variety of colors represent. Frequently, in addition to presenting black shades as well still the color black (K) added. Some color systems use cyan, light cyan, magenta, light magenta, yellow, light yellow, and preferably black in addition to cyan, magenta, and yellow in a brighter version.

On the basis of the created printing information, a substrate layer is printed in color 250. Preferably, an inkjet printing process is used. Other digital

Printing methods such as transfer printing methods, etc. can also be implemented. It is important that the personalizing information together with the

Identification printing is performed in a printing operation.

After the individual substrate layers are prepared, in particular one

Substrate layer with the personalizing information, and at least for the

Special types of book security document network pages in addition to the

Identification printing is provided, the individual substrate layers are collected 260 to a substrate layer stack, preferably so that the printed substrate layer surface on which the personalizing information and optionally the identification pressure are applied, from another

Substrate layer are covered, so that the information finally in a

inside level are stored in the composite page and as well against

Tampering and counterfeiting are protected.

The assembly 270 of the various substrate layers is preferably carried out in a lamination process. In particular, this is a

High temperature lamination method used. Especially preferred are all

Substrate layers, which are connected, made on the basis of the same plastic material. Suitable substrates are all substrate layers known to the person skilled in the art, for example polycarbonate, PVC, ABS, polyethylene terephthalate and other plastics. However, embodiments are also possible in which individual layers consist of different plastics or even cellulose layers or the like. In addition, it is customary to integrate hologram films, patches or electronic components, in particular RFID chips and antennas, in composite pages.

Separated from the composite pages, the remaining book semi-finished products are manufactured 400. This includes the production of differently colored covers 410 and the Making content pages 420. In the embodiment shown here, content pages and an associated cover are joined 430 together with a tab to form a book blank

Book blanks made for the different types of book security documents.

The individual composite pages produced are collected 280 in a magazine, regardless of type, and fed to a joining station 610, which carries the

Composite page in each case with an associated book blank zusammenfügt. For this purpose, the respective composite card is identified 620, for example on the basis of read personalization data. These are preferably stored electronically in a chip. Alternatively, the printed information including the personalization data and / or the identifier may be read out. In this way, the associated status variable can be determined 630 and thus the required book blank for the corresponding type on the composite page. From different magazines in which the different types of book blanks are provided 640, the workstation selects the corresponding required book blank 650 and joins it 660, for example, with a plastic welding process with the composite side. This means that the tab contained in the book blank is on the composite side is welded so that the composite page is not separably connected to the content pages and the cover over the tab.

Finally, a control 700 is executed, which checks whether the

Identification pressure or the color of the identification pressure matches the color of the cover. Will not be used for the standard types of book security documents

Identification printed applied, so these are correct, if no identification pressure is found. For the other special grades, these are only considered correctly made if the color of the identification print matches the color of the cover.

The quality-tested book security documents are then finished.

2, another embodiment 100 'of the method for producing different types of book security documents is illustrated. Same features are provided with the same reference numerals and not explained again here. The

Method differs in that the composite pages at the end of 290 composite pages are sorted separately according to the associated type of book security document

Composite pages sorted by the joining station 61 1 supplied to the same time the correct type of book blanks 641. In the

Assembly workstation is the joining of the composite page with a book blank 660, as explained above.

At the conclusion of the fabrication, another check is made 700 as to whether a color of the identification color print matches the color of the cover. Both

Standard-book security documents are produced as correct

if no color identification print can be detected and the cover color matches the color of a standard book security document.

In still other embodiments similar to those of Figures 1 and 2, the assembly work station may also be fed the content pages and the various covers separately and not yet assembled into a book blank. In such an embodiment, the composite page with the content pages and the cover are bound and / or stapled to a book without requiring an additional tab to be welded to the composite side. An attachment of a tab portion may be made in such an embodiment during the manufacture of the composite side.

Also in the assembly performed in this manner, embodiments are possible in which the joining workstation unsorted the composite pages, i. mixed, fed and the workstation different covers in different magazines are fed and an assignment of the different bindings in the assembly work station is carried out automatically as described above. In other embodiments, the composite pages are again sorted by type and the merging workstation is fed only composite pages of a book security document type and also only book covers of the associated type.

The content pages of the different book security document types may be identical or may be different for the different types of book security documents. The basic procedural steps for the production of book security documents that facilitate the production of different types of book security documents in a simple manner are explained above. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that to formulate security features, additional process steps may be added at different locations of the process to achieve the same

to train different security features. In addition, it is also possible and customary to individualize the content pages before, during or after joining with the composite page in such a way that a serial number or other identifier is printed on the individual content pages or stored via a perforation in the content pages. In addition, one or more

Content pages are additionally printed with personalizing information.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the features described herein may be used in any combination to accomplish the invention.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

100 procedures

1 10 Production of a composite page

120 Receive or capture a personalization record

130 Assignment of further identifiers and the like

140 Assigning a Status Variable to the Personalization Record

200 Production of the composite site

210 providing and / or producing substrate layers

220 Checking the affiliation of the personalization record to a

special type

230 Query of the status variable

240 generating a color print information

250 Printing a Substrate Layer with Personalizing Information

260 gathering the individual substrate layers into one

Substrate layer stack

270 Assembly of the Different Substrate Layers

280 Collect the individual composite pages produced in a magazine

290 Sorting the composite pages

400 Manufacture of other semi-finished book products

410 Finishing the differently colored bindings

420 Creating content pages

430 Merge the content pages and the associated cover

600 Joining to a book security document

610 feeding the composite pages to a joining work station

61 1 Feed the type-sorted composite pages to one

Joining workstation

620 Identifying the respective composite card

630 Determine the type of book security document by its associated

status variables

640 Providing different types of book blanks

641 Feed the correct type of book blank

650 Selecting the required book blank

660 Merging the book blank with the composite page

700 performing a quality control

Claims

claims

1 . Method (100, 100 ') for producing different types of book security documents, in particular passbooks, which each comprise a plurality of pages joined together to form a composite page having at least one personalized security feature, the different types of book security documents Differentiate security documents at least with respect to a color of a cover, wherein one standard type and several special types of book security documents exist, comprising the steps of: separately producing the personalized composite pages (1 10) and

remaining book semi-finished products (400), and

Assembling (600) each an already personalized composite page with one or more book sub-products to a book security document,

wherein producing (1 10) one of the composite pages comprises:

Receiving (120) a personalization record;

Printing (250) at least one substrate layer with personalizing

Information according to the personalization record;

Assembling (270) the at least one printed substrate layer with one or more further substrate layers to form the personalized composite page,

characterized in that

for each personalization record, a status variable is set (140) indicating the type of the associated book security document, and

the printing (250) of the at least one substrate layer with personalizing information takes place by means of multicolored printing and together with the

personalizing information when the status variable to the

personalizing information indicates that the type of the associated book security document is one of the special types, in addition an identification print is executed in color, in particular an identification field is printed so that the color of the identification print, in particular of the printed

Identification field corresponding to the color of the cover of the associated type of book security document.

2. Method (100, 100 ') according to claim 1, characterized in that in a final quality control (700) at least for all special types of books Security documents is checked whether there is a match of the color of the at least one identification print with the color of the cover of the book security document.

Method (100, 100 ') according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the composite pages for the different types of book security documents are produced in mixed order.

Method (100, 100 ') according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in at least one working step for producing the

Composite pages, in particular a security printing step for forming a colored background guilloche pattern, components for different types of book security documents in multi-use are made.

Method (100, 100 ') according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the book semi-finished products comprise type-independent content pages and type-dependent book covers and when merging a respective set of content pages and one belonging to the type of book security document binding are connected to the composite page.

Method (100, 100 ') according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the book semi-finished products include type-dependent book blanks with content pages, a type-dependent cover and a tab, which are already assembled, and the personalized composite side is attached to the tab.

Method (100, 100 ') according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the content pages are configured independently of type.

Method (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized

characterized in that the composite personalized pages of different types of book security documents in mixed order

Assembling workstation (610) and this over

different magazines are fed the book semi-finished products needed for the different types of book security documents to be produced, and the merging workstation identifies the composite pages (620) and determines the type of book security document to be produced from the associated status variables (630) and the remainder thereof

Book semi-finished products from the different magazines (650).

9. Method (100 ') according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the composite pages are sorted according to the type of book security document to which they are associated (290) and the assembly workstation only composite pages (61 1) and other book semi-finished products (641) belonging to the same type of book security document.

10. An apparatus for producing different types of book security documents, in particular passbooks, each comprising a plurality of joined to a book pages, of which a composite page is executed with at least one personalized security feature, wherein the different types of book security documents at least in a Distinguishing the color of a cover, where one standard type and several special types of book security documents exist, comprising:

a controller for receiving a personalization record;

a printing device connected to the control device for printing at least one substrate layer with personalizing information according to the personalization data record;

and joining means for joining the at least one printed substrate layer to one or more further substrate layers to form the personalized composite side; such as

a merging workstation for assembling each of an already personalized composite page with one or more separate remaining semi-finished documents produced by the personalized composite page to the book security document,

characterized in that

the control device is designed to set a status variable for each personalization data record, which indicates the type of the associated book security document, and

to control the printing of the at least one substrate layer with personalizing information so that this is done by means of multicolor printing and, together with the personalizing information, if the status variable to indicates the personalizing information that the type of the associated book security document is one of the special types, in addition, an identification print is executed in color, in particular an identification field is printed so that the color of the identification print, in particular of the printed

1 1. Apparatus according to claim 10, characterized by an optical

Detection device for color detection of the cover and printed with the personalizing information composite page and associated with the optical detection means evaluation to check whether at least for all special types of book security documents, a

Match the color of the at least one identification print with the color of the cover of the book security document is present.

12. Device according to one of claims 10 or 11, characterized

characterized in that the joining workstation is provided with a

Feeder is coupled so that the personalized composite pages of different types of book security documents in mixed

Reach sequence of a joining station and this has different magazines for different types of book semi-finished, are supplied via the book semi-finished products, which are required for the different types of book security documents to be produced, and the

Assembling workstation is designed to identify the composite pages and to determine the type of to be produced book security document based on the associated status variables and to supply the corresponding other book semi-finished products suitable for the type of different magazines.

13. Device according to one of claims 10 or 11, characterized in that a sorting device for sorting the composite pages according to the type of book security document to which they are assigned, is provided to the

Collation work station to supply only composite pages and other book semi-finished products that belong to the same type of book security document.

The apparatus of any one of claims 10 to 13, characterized in that the assembling work station is arranged to associate the other book semi-finished product type-specific book blanks with content pages, a type-dependent cover and a tab which are already joined together with personalized composite pages by the personalized composite page each attached to the tab.