JP2000006549A - Apparatus and method for manufacturing calendar - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a calendar for efficiently manufacturing the calendar. SOLUTION: A feeder printing case 10 contains calendar sheets each of which a design, dates and days of a week and the like are printed. The case 10 sequentially feeds the sheets one by one, and prints the sheet with individual information such as a store name or the like by a digital printer. A gathering line unit 30 gathers the sheets, and feeds them to a thickness sensor 40. The sensor 40 inspects the gathered sheets, and rejects a fault product by a rejector 50. A fitting binder 60 binds correctly gathered calendar sheets by fittings. A separate volume unit 70 separates calendars 2 at each number of volumes, and a packaging unit 80 packages the calendars 2 at each number of volumes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a calendar manufacturing apparatus and a calendar manufacturing method for manufacturing a calendar from a plurality of calendar sheets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a view for explaining a conventional calender manufacturing method. 4 (A) shows a printing process, FIG. 4 (B) shows a collating process, FIG. 4 (C) shows a store name printing process, FIG. 4 (D) shows a cutting process, FIG. 4E shows a binding step, and FIG. 4F shows a packaging step.

[0003] The printing step is a step of printing a picture, a day of the week, and the like on the calendar paper 20. As shown in FIG. 4A, the calendar paper 20 is printed on a cover, a page for each month, and a pattern, a date of the day, and the like, and stacked. The collation process is a process of arranging the calendar sheets 20 in page order. As shown in FIG.
Month, February,..., December
Zeros are collated. The shop name printing step is a step of printing the shop name on each collated calendar sheet 20. FIG. 4 (C)
As shown in (1), for example, the store name is additionally printed on each calendar sheet 20 by a printing method with a plate such as letterpress printing or offset printing.

[0004] The cutting process is performed by stacking calendar paper 2
This is a step of cutting 0 into a predetermined size. As shown in FIG. 4D, each of the calendar sheets 20 on which the shop names have been collated and the shop name is printed is subjected to finishing cutting. The binding step is a step of binding each of the cut calendar sheets 20 one by one. Each of the cut calendar sheets 20 is manually put into the binding machine one by one. Then, as shown in FIG. 4E, the upper end side of each calendar paper 20 is bound by a binding tool 21 such as a metal fitting. Packaging process is calendar 2
This is a step of packaging a predetermined number of sheets. As shown in FIG. 4 (F), for example, the calendar 2 is wrapped in three sets by kraft paper or the like.

[0005]

The conventional method for producing a calendar has the following problems. (1) In the conventional calendar manufacturing method, some processes are ordered externally, and since the manufacturing process involves many processes, there is a need for spares in each process in consideration of the case where defective products occur in the downstream process. Had become. Also,
Since the manufacturing process consists of many processes, it was necessary to secure a wide processing space.

(2) In the conventional calender manufacturing method, in-process products are accumulated in each process in order to compensate for a difference in production capacity between processes, and a storage place and a transportation allowance for the in-process products are secured. I needed to. In addition, since the manufacturing process is composed of a number of processes, and a work-in-progress is generated in each process, progress management is complicated and difficult, and the time required to shift to the next process is long.

(3) In the conventional calender manufacturing method, since each process is separated, personnel for supplying or delivering a product to the next process are required for each process.

(4) In the conventional method of manufacturing a calendar, the name of a shop is additionally printed in a separate process on a calendar sheet of the size of all plates on which pictures and the like are printed and collated using a sheet-fed letterpress printing machine or the like. On the other hand, calendars with store names are mostly small lots of 200 copies or less. For this reason, when manufacturing a calendar of 200 copies per shop name, for example, in typographic printing, although the maximum is 2500 sheets / hour,
Considering the plate switching time, the average capacity is 2000 sheets /
It was time. In offset printing, up to 1400
Despite 0 sheets / hour, considering the plate switching time,
The average capacity was 4000 sheets / hour. For this reason, in the conventional printing method with a plate, in consideration of the processing capacity in each step, the shop name printing step has a lower ability than the other steps. For example, when manufacturing 200 copies of a calendar per shop name, the printing time occupies 70% of the whole and the plate switching time occupies 30% of the whole. As a result, the ratio of plate switching time to production time increases,
Productivity had declined. In addition, in the store name printing process, taking into account printing defects, a spare is required for each store name, which is wasteful. In addition, the cost per plate for one copy of the calendar was relatively high, and the running cost was high.

[0009] (5) Most of the conventional calendar manufacturing methods use the same composition as the previous year, but since most of the store names are submitted in paper composition, it is necessary to create a negative film every year. there were.

An object of the present invention is to provide a calender manufacturing apparatus and a calender manufacturing method capable of efficiently manufacturing a calender.

[0011]

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by the following means. In addition, in order to make it easy to understand, description is given with reference numerals corresponding to the embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, according to the invention of claim 1, a plurality of calendar sheets (20) are provided.
(13) In a calendar manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a calendar (2) from (1), printing means (13) for printing individual information for each calendar paper, and collating means (30) for collating each calendar paper on which the individual information is printed And a binding means (60) for binding the collated calendar sheets.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the calender manufacturing apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising a paper feeding means (12) for sending out the calendar paper, wherein the paper feeding means is provided for each calendar paper. The printing means is provided for each paper feeding means, and is a calendar manufacturing apparatus.

[0013] The invention of claim 3 is claim 1 or claim 2.
(7) In the calendar manufacturing apparatus described in (1), separating means (70) for separating the bound calendar by a predetermined number of copies.
And packaging means (8) for packaging the separated calendar.
0).

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the first to third aspects.
The calendar manufacturing apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the collated calendar paper is inspected to detect a defective product, and a defective product is detected based on a detection result of the detecting device. And a rejecting means (50) for remov- ing the calender.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the first to fourth aspects.
In the calendar manufacturing apparatus according to any one of the above, the storage means (91) for storing the individual information, and the selection means (9) for selecting any individual information from the storage means.
2), wherein the printing means prints the individual information selected by the selecting means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a calendar manufacturing method for manufacturing a calendar (2) from a plurality of calendar sheets (20), wherein a printing step of printing individual information for each calendar sheet, and wherein the individual information is printed. And a binding step of binding the collated calendar sheets to each other.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a calender manufacturing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a feeder print box in the calendar manufacturing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The calendar manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a calendar sheet (cover, page for each month from January to December, mount) 20
This is an apparatus for manufacturing the calendar 2 from. As shown in FIG. 1, the calendar manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a feeder print box 10, a collating line section 30, a thickness detecting section 40, a rejector section 50, a metal fitting section 60, a separate section 70, and a packaging section. 80 and the like.

The feeder print box 10 is a portion for storing calendar paper 20. The feeder print box 10 stores calendar paper 20 which has been printed and cut in advance with a picture, a date, and the like, in a stacked state. The feeder print boxes 10 are provided along the collating line section 30 by the number of calendars 2 (14). The feeder print box 10 is, as shown in FIG.
A paper stacker 11, a feeder unit 12, and a printing unit 13 are provided.

The paper stacking table 11 supports the calendar papers 20 in a stacked state. The paper stacker 11 is
In order to surely suck and send out the calendar paper 20,
It automatically rises according to the decrease of the calendar paper 20.

The feeder section 12 is a paper feeder for sending calendar paper 20 to the printing section 13. Feeder unit 12
Is provided for each calendar sheet 20. The feeder unit 12 is a paper feeding device including a suction port 12a, a roller 12b, and the like. The feeder unit 12 sucks the uppermost calender paper 20 by the suction port 12a, and also blows air from the rear by a blowing nozzle (not shown) to float only one calender paper 20, and sends it out between the pair of rollers 12b.

The printing unit 13 includes a store name, a company name, a name, a name,
A part for printing a trademark, a trade name, a combination thereof, or the like (hereinafter, referred to as individual information) for each calendar sheet 20. The printing unit 13 prints the individual information on the calendar paper 20 sent out by the rollers 12b. The printing unit 13
For example, a digital printing device such as a thermal transfer printer, an ink jet printer, or a laser printer is preferable. The printing unit 13 arranges the calendar paper 20 on the backing paper, from December to January, and the cover in this order.
0a.

The collation line section 30 is a section for arranging the calendar paper 20 on which the individual information is printed in the order of pages and grouping them one by one. The collation line section 30 includes a conveyor 30a that moves in the direction A in the drawing. The collating line section 30 is a section for converting the calendar paper 20 discharged by the printing section 13 into
From the top, the front cover and the pages and mounts for each month from January to December are collated and sent to the thickness detection unit 40.

The thickness detecting section 40 is a section for detecting additional or missing pages of the calendar paper 20 collated by the collating line section 30. The thickness detector 40 inspects the calendar paper 20 conveyed by the conveyor 30a and detects a defective product.

The rejector section 50 is a section for removing defective products from the collated calendar paper 20 based on the detection result of the thickness detecting section 40. When the thickness detector 40 detects a defective product, the rejector unit 50
a. Discharge this defective product from above.

The metal part binding section 60 is a part for binding the collated calendar paper 20 with metal parts. Hardware binding section 6
0 has a number counter (not shown). The metal fitting binding section 60 counts the number of sets of the calendar 2 bound with the metal fittings by the number counter.

The separate volume section 70 is a section for separating the calendar 2 bound by the metal fitting binding section 60 into a predetermined number of copies. The separation unit 70 sends the calendar 2 to the packaging unit 80 in a state where a predetermined number of the calendars 2 are stacked.

The wrapping section 80 is a section for wrapping the calendar 2 separated by the separating section 70. Packaging section 80
For example, the calender 2 in a flat-stacked state is wrapped by shrink wrapping by wrapping the stretchable film by heat shrinking or kraft wrapping by kraft paper.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the calender manufacturing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The host computer 90 is a central processing unit that controls the entire calendar manufacturing device 1. The host computer 90 reads the individual information selected by the input unit 92 from the database 91 and transmits the individual information read from the database 91 to the printing unit 13 as print data. The host computer 90 has a database 91
, An input unit 92, a printer controller 93, and the printing unit 13.

The database 91 is a section for storing individual information in advance. The input unit 92 includes a database 91
Is a part for selecting arbitrary information from the individual information stored by the. The input unit 92 is operated by the user with reference to a print item list or the like. The printer controller 93 is
This is a control device that transmits an instruction necessary for processing to the line sequencer 94 in response to a command signal transmitted by the host computer 90. A line sequencer 94 is connected to the printer controller 93.

The line sequencer 94 includes the thickness detecting unit 4
0, a central processing unit that controls the rejector unit 50, the separate volume unit 70, and the packaging unit 80. The line sequencer 94, based on a command signal transmitted by the printer controller 93, detects the thickness detection unit 40, the rejector unit 50,
And the packaging unit 80. The line sequencer 94 includes a thickness detection unit 40, a rejector unit 50, and a separate volume unit 7.
0 and the packaging unit 80 are connected.

Next, the operation of the calender manufacturing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. When the user selects the individual information by the input unit 92, the host computer 90
Reads the individual information from the database 91 and transfers the individual information to the printing unit 13 as print data. The feeder print box 10 is provided with the calendar paper 2
0 is sent to the printing unit 13 one by one by the feeder unit 12. The printing unit 13 prints the individual information on the calendar paper 20 and discharges the information onto the conveyor 30a in such a manner that the individual information is stacked in the order of the backing paper, the December to January, and the cover in this order. The collating line section 30 collates the calendar paper 20 and sends out the calender paper 20 to the thickness detecting section 40. The thickness detecting section 40 inspects the collated calendar paper 20, and the rejector section 50 discharges defective products from the conveyor 30a. The metal fitting part 60 is used to hold the correctly collated calendar paper 20.
Are bound with metal fittings. Separation section 70 separates calendar 2 for every fixed number of copies, and packaging section 80 wraps calendar 2 for every fixed number of copies.

As described above, the calender manufacturing apparatus and the calender manufacturing method according to the first embodiment of the present invention have the following effects. (1) In the first embodiment of the present invention, each calendar paper 2
After printing the individual information for each 0, each calendar paper 20
Is bound and bound. For this reason, individual steps such as printing of individual information, collation, and binding can be efficiently performed in a short time with respect to the calendar paper 20 that has been printed and cut in advance with a pattern, date, and the like. . For example, when the resolution of the printing unit 13 is 400 dpi, the processing capacity is 700 sheets / hour for the thermal transfer printer, 1000 sheets / hour for the inkjet printer, and 250 pieces / hour for the laser printer.
It becomes 0 sheets / hour. Further, assuming that the number of sheets per copy of the calendar 2 is 12, the processing capacity is 2500 copies / hour for the collation line section 30 (× 12 sheets = 30000 sheets / hour), and the processing capacity for the binding section 40 is 2500 copies / hour ( × 12 sheets = 30000 sheets /
7) When the packaging unit 40 is a shrink wrap, the amount is 7200 parts / hour (× 12 sheets = 86400 sheets / hour). As a result, the processing capacity of the printing unit 13 can be improved as compared with the conventional calendar manufacturing method.

In addition, since there is no work-in-progress remaining in each process, the time required to move to the next process is greatly shortened.
Production management becomes easy, and the flow of products in each process becomes smooth. Furthermore, since the calendar 2 can be produced consistently, there is no need to secure personnel for supplying or delivering the product to the next process.

(2) In the first embodiment of the present invention, a printing unit 13 for printing individual information is provided for each calendar sheet 20. As a result, it is not necessary to separate the process of printing the individual information from the entire manufacturing process and separate the process, so that the production capacity of the calendar 2 can be increased.

(3) According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the collated calendar paper 20 can be inspected to eliminate defective products. For this reason, a process of generating a defective product and a process of finding a defective product exist in a series of manufacturing processes, and a final product can be manufactured consistently in the series of manufacturing processes. As a result, the management of the actual number of production products is facilitated, and the re-production can be started immediately when a defective product is generated.

(4) In the first embodiment of the present invention, individual information is printed on each calendar sheet 20 by a digital printing device. For this reason, the plate cost and the plate switching time are not required, and the calendar 2 with the shop name of a small lot can be efficiently produced at low cost. Also,
Individual information and the number of copies can also be managed collectively.

(5) Since the first embodiment of the present invention includes the database 91 storing the individual information, a negative film is produced every year for a product that prints the same individual information as the previous year. Therefore, the operation of creating data can be omitted.

(Other Embodiments) The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications or changes can be made as described below. Within range. (1) In the embodiment of the present invention, the calendar 2 has been described as an example, in which each calendar sheet 20 is composed of a front cover, pages and mounts for each month from January to December, and 14 pages per copy. The number of calendars 2 is not limited to this.

(2) In the embodiment of the present invention, the case where each of the calendar sheets 20 is bound with a metal fitting has been described as an example. However, the binding is performed by a method other than the metal binding such as the so-called ecolobind method or ecolomagic method. You may.

(3) In the embodiment of the present invention, the input unit 92
The individual information is selected by the
The input unit 92 may be used to store new individual information in the input unit.

[0042]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, individual information is printed for each calendar sheet, and each calendar sheet on which the individual information is printed is collated, and the collated calendar paper is printed. Can be efficiently manufactured from a plurality of calendar papers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a calendar manufacturing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a feeder print box in the calendar manufacturing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the calender manufacturing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining a conventional calendar manufacturing method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Calendar manufacturing apparatus 2 Calendar 10 Feeder printing box 12 Feeder part 13 Printing part 20 Calendar paper 30 Collating line part 40 Thickness detection part 50 Rejector part 60 Binding part 70 Separation part 80 Packaging part 91 Database 92 Input part

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Nobuo Kasahara 1-1-1 Ichigaya-Kaga-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo F-term in Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (reference) 2C062 RA03

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A calendar manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a calendar from a plurality of calendar papers, a printing means for printing individual information for each calendar paper, and a collating means for collating each calendar paper on which the individual information is printed. And a binding means for binding the collated calendar papers. 2. The calender manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a paper feeding unit for feeding the calendar paper, wherein the paper feeding unit is provided for each calendar paper, and the printing unit is provided for the calendar paper. A calender manufacturing apparatus, provided for each paper means. 3. The calender manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: separating means for separating the bound calender by a predetermined number of copies; and packaging means for wrapping the separated calender. A calendar manufacturing apparatus, characterized in that: 4. One of claims 1 to 3
In the calendar manufacturing apparatus according to the item, detecting means for inspecting the collated calendar paper to detect a defective product, and an elimination device for excluding the defective product based on a detection result of the detection device. A calender manufacturing apparatus characterized by including: 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
The calendar manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage unit configured to store the individual information; and a selection unit configured to select arbitrary individual information from the storage unit. The printing unit includes the individual unit selected by the selection unit. Printing information, and a calendar manufacturing apparatus. 6. A calendar manufacturing method for manufacturing a calendar from a plurality of calendar sheets, comprising: a printing step of printing individual information for each calendar sheet; and a collating step of joining each calendar sheet on which the individual information is printed. And a binding step of binding the collated calendar paper.