JP2000177267A - Method for inspecting array of printed matter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently and rapidly inspect a gathering work or the like by forming a class mark for specifying various types on a cover of a printed matter, forming an identification mark at a side end of a binding side of printed sheet bundle at each type, reading the class mark and the identification mark, and deciding its array state. SOLUTION: When a printed matter such as a collection of questions is manufactured, a print sheet 1a for a cover and print sheets 1b to 1d obtained by binding several pages printed with training questions at each subject of several tens of sets are prepared in stacked state. Class mark displays 3 (3a to 3c) for specifying various types are decided on areas of outside of cutting lines 2a in the case of cutting one, side of the sheet 1a based on cutting register marks 2 disposed at upper and lower positions, and identifying marks 4 (4a to 4c) are individually formed at the side ends of the binding sides of the sheets 1b to 1d. The marks 3 and 4 are optically read, and whether arraying states of predetermined printed matters coincide or not is decided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printed matter arrangement inspection method for inspecting the suitability of the arrangement position of each printed sheet when producing a printed matter composed of several pages by combining a plurality of kinds of printed sheets. Things. In particular, the present invention relates to a printed matter arrangement inspection method for inspecting the suitability of the arrangement position of each printed sheet when producing one printed matter composed of several pages by variously combining each printed sheet as needed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in the case of producing one bound book or a bound printed matter composed of a plurality of pages, a collating machine is used to sort the printing paper for each page in the order of collating. By setting them at the arrangement position, it is possible to automatically produce collated printed materials in order by a collating machine, and these methods are used in producing various kinds of printed materials including a plurality of pages in addition to books. ing.

In the collating method using these collating machines, when the printing paper for each page to be collated is set on the collating machine, the printing paper is set in the wrong order to be set. Naturally, the collated printed matter is also a defective product. Therefore, in order to avoid mistakes when setting each printing paper as much as possible, it is necessary to pay attention to the latest at the setting stage and to set each printing paper. If you do, there is no inspection means to check all the produced printed materials to see if the printed sheets are arranged in the expected order and check the collation status of several copies by sample inspection I was able to do just enough inspection.

However, in recent years, the demands of users for printed materials have been diversified, and according to the purpose and use of the printed materials having a plurality of pages, the arrangement order of the printing paper constituting the printed materials is adjusted according to the purpose of use. It is possible to freely change or extract only the printing paper according to the user's request from the printed printing paper and collate it in an arbitrary order. . Therefore, in this case, it is not necessary to set once and produce the same printed matter as in the related art.
Each printing paper composition request must be set for each printing paper in accordance with the request, which increases the number of times of setting and increases the risk of setting errors. I have.

[0005] As an example of the above, for example, in a collection of problems in which a plurality of units used in the education industry are bound into one book, a printing sheet consisting of a plurality of sheets on which the problem of the unit used for each unit is printed, Print and prepare each unit in advance and combine the printing papers for each unit in the order corresponding to the order of the learning progress curriculum of the school or preparatory school that uses the question book, or collate each It has become necessary to respond to the diversified demands of the market, such as by preparing a collection of problems in arrangement that suits the user's circumstances.

[0006] In addition to the above-mentioned printed materials in the education industry, in the catalog of various products, catalogs arranged by product and catalogs arranged by function are prepared, and in various manuals, devices already used by each customer are used. Opportunities to produce various collations and combinations of printed materials corresponding to various different requirements, such as production of various manuals that match the actual situation of each customer arranged in the order corresponding to the model and equipment combination are increasing, The fact is that it is expected that the danger of setting mistakes during collation and combination in these complicated tasks will increase. Therefore, it has become important to prevent a defective product from being put on the market in advance by sufficiently checking collation errors and combination errors after collating and combining the printing papers.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention relates to a method for collating or combining a plurality of types of printed materials to produce a printed product consisting of several pages. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printed matter arrangement inspection method capable of performing an inspection at high speed and with high efficiency by mechanically comparing and inspecting whether the layers are sequentially superimposed on the arranged arrangement positions.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a method for inspecting the arrangement of printed matter according to the present invention is to combine a plurality of printing sheets on which different types of contents have been printed into a predetermined arrangement position. In the method of inspecting the arrangement position of each printing paper when producing a printed material consisting of several pages, a combination of a plurality of types of arrangement positions is stored mechanically, and a combination of arrangement positions of the storage unit is provided. For each type, a cover of the printing paper on which a type mark identifying each type is displayed, and each printing paper displayed to expose an identification mark defined for each printing paper on the side surface; A reading unit for reading the type mark and the identification mark; and a comparing and judging unit for comparing and judging information based on the reading unit. By comparing and determining the information on the combination of array positions derived from the storage unit and the information on the combination of array positions derived based on the read information of the identification mark, each printing paper is determined in advance. It is characterized in that it is checked whether or not it is arranged at a position.

Further, the printed matter arrangement inspection method of the present invention comprises:
In the method of inspecting the arrangement position of each printing paper in the case of producing a printed material consisting of several pages by combining a plurality of printing papers subjected to printing of different types of contents in a predetermined arrangement position, the arrangement of the printing paper A cover on which a type mark for specifying the position is displayed, and the same position with respect to the vertical direction of the various marks displayed on the cover,
Each printing paper having an identification mark displayed to appear on the side surface, reading means for reading the type mark and the identification mark, respectively, and comparison determination means for comparing and determining information based on the reading means, The type mark and the identification mark are read by the reading means, and the identity of the type mark and the identification mark in the vertical direction at the written position is compared to determine whether each printing sheet is arranged at a predetermined position. Is inspected.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Here, FIG.
FIGS. 2A to 2D are perspective views showing types of printing paper of a configuration example used in the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which print papers are combined and arranged, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the print paper is cut from the state in FIG. 2 by a cutting register mark, and FIG. 4 is a printing example of a configuration used in the second embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the printing sheets of FIG. 4 are combined and arranged, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the printed material is cut from the state shown in FIG. 5 by a cutting register mark, FIG. 7 is a plan view of an apparatus used for the printed matter arrangement inspection method of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a side view of the apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a main part of an apparatus used for a printed matter arrangement inspection method of a configuration example used in the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of an apparatus used in an arrangement inspection method for printed matter of a configuration example used in the second embodiment of the present invention.
1 is a flowchart showing an outline of a printed matter array inspection method of a configuration example used in the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 is an outline of a printed matter array inspection method of a configuration example used in the second embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart shown.

A first embodiment of the printed matter arrangement inspection method of the present invention will be described by taking as an example a case where a printed matter of a collection of problems is produced. As shown in FIG. 1, each of the sheet-shaped printing papers 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d includes a cover printing paper 1 serving as a cover when a problem collection that is a printed product of a final product is obtained.
a, printing papers 1b for a math problem, printing paper 1c for an English problem, and printing paper 1d for a physical problem Are prepared in a state in which several tens of sets of three questions are individually set as one set.

Each printing paper 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d is a size before cutting to the size of the final product, and after combining the printing papers, a position for cutting by the cutting machine to the size of the final product is set. The trimming marks 2, which are shown by crossing the two lines at right angles, are printed at the four corners of each printing sheet. Also, one side of the cover printing paper 1a,
In the area outside the planned cutting line 2a when cutting based on each of the cutting marks 2 positioned above and below the printing paper, the combination and arrangement order of each printing paper when the printed matter is a final product is set in advance. A plurality of types are set in advance, and type mark display sections 3a, 3b, 3c for specifying respective types of the contents set in the plurality of types are defined.

The type mark display sections 3a, 3b, 3
c, a type mark 3 for specifying one type from a combination of printing papers to be produced as a printed matter and a type of arrangement order is marked in black by printing or printer printing, and recorded and displayed. Note that the type mark display sections 3a, 3b, 3c may display any shape.
As long as the type mark 3 is machine-readable, the shape and color of the type mark 3 may be any.

In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 (a), the type mark 3 to be recorded and displayed on the cover printing paper 1a is recorded by selecting an arbitrary position from a plurality of predetermined positions. indicate. In other words, when preparing the exam questions shown in FIG. 1 (a), for example, mathematics, A, mathematics, B, mathematics, English, Japanese, Candidates can choose the subjects they want to study, such as English, Japanese, and Physics, and select the subjects they want to learn from the above three courses, and create a collection of contents and arrangements corresponding to each course For,
The A-course problem collection records and displays a classification mark on the classification mark display unit 3a, the B-course collection of problems records and displays a classification mark on the classification mark display unit 3b, and the C-course collection of problems displays a classification mark. The type mark is recorded and displayed on the section 3c.

Next, each of the printing papers 1b, 1c,
In 1d, identification marks 4a, 4b, 4c determined for each printing sheet on which different contents are printed are displayed on each printing sheet. The identification marks 4a, 4b, and 4c are printed near the side edges of the printing paper so that when the printing paper is stacked, the portion where the printing ink permeates the printing paper can be recognized from the side of the printing paper. Keep it. The positions where the identification marks 4a, 4b, and 4c are printed are determined for each printing sheet on which different contents are printed. However, the printing of the different contents is the printing of each minimum unit when each printing sheet is combined. It is possible to use one sheet at a time,
As a unit, an identification mark may be applied to the plurality of sheets at the same position on each print sheet. In the embodiment, since there are three question papers for each subject, the identification marks 4a, 4b, and 4c are printed at different positions for each subject. Each of these identification marks 4a, 4b, 4c can be recognized from the side of each printing paper, and is displayed as a readable display by an optical machine reader.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of an apparatus used for the printed matter arrangement inspection method of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a side view of the apparatus shown in FIG. It has a function as a collating machine to match. The apparatus 5 includes a setting unit 6 in which the printing papers 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d are set in the stacking order, and a take-out unit for taking out the printing papers 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d of the setting unit 6 to the belt conveyor 7a. A device 8 is provided, and optically mechanically reads the type mark 3 recorded and displayed on the topmost print sheet 1a in a state after all the print sheets 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d are stacked. Type reading means 9 capable of performing
b, 1c, 1d, identification marks 4a,
There is provided an identification mark reading means 10 capable of optically mechanically reading 4b, 4c from the side.

FIG. 9 shows a block diagram of a main part of the apparatus 5. Information from the type mark reading means 9 capable of optically mechanically reading the type mark 3 is sent to the array information storage means 11. The array information storage means 11 stores the content of the printed matter and the type of array in advance, and stores each type and type mark 3 information specified corresponding to each type. In other words, the information of the type mark 3 read by the type mark reading means 9 is the type mark 3 out of the contents of the printed matter and the type of arrangement recorded in advance by the array information storage means 11.
The information is derived and specified as to the contents and arrangement of the printed matter corresponding to the information. Then, the sequence information storage means 11
And a comparing / determining unit 12 for comparing and collating the information specified in the above with the array information read by the identification mark reading unit 10 and determining whether or not the arrangement state of the printed matter based on each information matches. ing.

Based on the information from the comparing and judging means 12, the operating state of the belt conveyor 7a as the conveying means 7 can be controlled, and the result of judgment by the comparing and judging means 12 can be confirmed by the operator. There is provided a control means 14 for controlling the operation of the judgment lamp 13a and the alarm buzzer 13b as the error information output means 13 and the movement of the transport means 7 provided for the purpose. The control means 14 is connected to the host computer 15 to enable complicated management.

Next, a second embodiment of the printed matter arrangement inspection method of the present invention will be described by taking as an example the case of producing a printed matter having the same problem collection as described above. As shown in FIG.
On each of the sheet-shaped printing papers 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d, a printing paper 1a for a cover, which is a cover, and exercises for each subject are printed in the case of a collection of problems as printed matter of the final product. Each printing paper stitched over several pages, for example, a printing paper 1b for a math problem, a printing paper 1c for an English problem, and a printing paper 1d for a physical problem, each of which is a set of three sheets of each problem, Prepare several dozen sets separately.

Each of the printing papers 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d is a size before cutting to the size of the final product, and a position for cutting by the cutting machine to the size of the final product after combining the printing papers. The trimming marks 2, which are shown by crossing the two lines at right angles, are printed at the four corners of each printing sheet. Also, one side of the cover printing paper 1a,
A type for specifying an arrangement position of each printing paper when the printed matter becomes a final product in an area outside a planned cutting line 2a when performing cutting based on each of the cutting marks 2 positioned above and below the printing paper. Mark 3 is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 4, three type marks 3d, 3e and 3f are displayed on the cover printing paper 1a.

Then, for each of the various marks 3d, 3e, 3f displayed on the cover printing paper 1a, the various marks 3d are displayed.
Each of the printing papers 1b, 1c, 1 corresponding to the same position with respect to the top and bottom direction of the printing paper 1a on which d, 3e, and 3f are displayed.
On the side of d, identification marks 4d, 4e, and 4f are provided so as to be exposed from the side. That is, the various marks 3d, 3 displayed on the cover printing paper 1a.
e, 3f and the identification marks 4d, 4e, 4f displayed on the printing papers 1b, 1c, 1d, respectively.
It is related by the identity of the positions of b, 1c, and 1d in the vertical direction. In addition, the various marks 3d, 3e,
3f may be displayed in any shape, and the type mark 3
Is machine readable, the shape of the type mark 3
The colors can be any.

In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4A, the type mark 3 recorded and displayed on the cover printing paper 1a is recorded and displayed based on a predetermined arrangement of printed matter. In other words, for example, when preparing a collection of questions for the examination, for example, the A course is math, English, physics, the B course is math, English, Japanese, and the C course is English, Japanese, physics, etc. Then, the examinees can select the subjects they want to study, select the subjects they want to learn from the above three courses, and prepare a collection of questions.

For example, when preparing a collection of math, English, and physics questions for the A course, first, the cover print sheet 1
In a, various types of marks 3d, 3e, 3f corresponding to each printed matter of mathematics, English, and physical are displayed by printing or printer printing. Further, identification marks 4d, 4e, and 4f are displayed on the side surface of each of the mathematical, English, and physical printing papers by printing or the like.

Then, the printing papers 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d are set in the stacking order in the apparatus 5 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, and stacked to produce a collated printed matter as shown in FIG. . The apparatus 5 includes a type mark reading means 9 capable of optically and mechanically reading the type mark 3 recorded and displayed on the uppermost print sheet 1a, and side faces of the stacked print sheets 1b, 1c, 1d. There is provided an identification mark reading means 10 capable of optically mechanically reading the identification marks 4d, 4e, 4f shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a main part of the device 5 used in the second embodiment of the present invention.
A type mark reading means 9 capable of optically mechanically reading 3e and 3f, and an identification mark reading means 10 capable of optically mechanically reading the identification marks 4d, 4e and 4f are provided. Also, based on the data read by the type mark reading means 9 and the identification mark reading means 10, the comparison determination means 1 compares and matches the positions of the sheets with respect to the top and bottom directions to determine whether they match.
2 are provided.

Based on the information from the comparing and judging means 12, the operating state of the belt conveyor 7a as the conveying means 7 can be controlled, and the result of judgment by the comparing and judging means 12 can be confirmed by the operator. There is provided a control means 14 for controlling the operation of the judgment lamp 13a and the alarm buzzer 13b as the error information output means 13 and the movement of the transport means 7 provided for the purpose. The control means 14 is connected to the host computer 15 to enable complicated management.

[0027]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 11, a description will be given of a first embodiment of a printed matter arrangement inspection method according to the present invention.

First, a printing paper 1d for a physical problem, a printing paper 1c for an English language problem, a printing paper 1b for a mathematical problem, and a cover paper for a cover are arranged in order from the left in the setting section 6 of the device 5 shown in FIGS. Are set in a plural number.
Three sheets of printing paper 1b, 1c, and 1d for each question are one copy, and one sheet of printing paper 1a for the cover is one copy. Thereafter, when the apparatus 5 is started to start the operation, first, a part of the printing paper 1d for the physical problem is put on the belt conveyor 7a by the take-out device 8. Then, with the movement of the belt conveyor 7a, the printing paper 1c for the English problem, the printing paper 1b for the mathematical problem, and the printing paper 1a for the cover are placed on the upper part of the printing paper 1d for the physical problem by each take-out device 8. They are sequentially stacked (S1).

Next, all the printing papers 1a, 1b, 1c,
After 1d has been stacked, the type mark 3 of the cover printing paper 1a is mechanically read by the type mark reading means 9 (S2), and the read information is sent to the array information recording means 11 in advance. The sequence information specified by the type mark 3 is specified from the registered sequence information, and is sent to the comparison determination means 12 (S3). Also, the identification marks 4a, 4b, 4c exposed on the side surface of each stacked printing paper are mechanically read by the identification mark reading means 10 (S4), and the arrangement of each stacked printing paper 1b, 1c, 1d. The information in the order is taken in, and the information is sent to the comparison / determination means 12.

Next, the sequence information based on the reading of the type mark 3 and the identification marks 4a, 4b, 4c sent to the comparison judging means 12 is compared and collated, and it is determined whether or not the respective sequence information matches. The comparison is made by the judgment means 12 (S
5). The result of the comparison by the comparing and judging means 12 is sent to the control means 14, and when they match, the judgment lamp 13a
Then, the OK lamp indicating blue OK is turned on (S6), thereby completing the array inspection for the first copy of the problem collection. And
If the next process is to be continued, the same process as described above is performed, but if the process is to be terminated, the process is stopped (S7). The operation of the device 5 is such that once started, each printing paper is continuously taken up and stacked on the belt coiler 7a, so that the type mark 3 and the identification marks 4a, 4
The reading operations of b and 4c and the determination by the comparison determining means 12 are also performed one after another.

If the result of the comparison by the comparing and judging means 12 does not match, the control means 14 causes the judging lamp 13a to turn on the NG lamp indicating red NG (S8) and sounds the alarm buzzer 13b (S9). ). And
The processing operation of the device 5 is stopped, and the operator checks and confirms. In the case of a mismatch, the transport means 7 may be automatically stopped by the control means 14.

The prints 1 a, 1 b, 1 c, 1 d based on the cutting marks 2 are stacked in a state as shown in FIG. 4 is cut by a cutting machine (not shown), and one side edge is
By binding in step 6), the printed matter 17 of the problem book as shown in FIG. 3 is completed. Each printing paper 1a, 1b, 1c, 1
By cutting the portion around d 4, the type mark 3 and the identification marks 4 a, 4 b, and 4 c are removed.
It does not remain in the printed matter 17 of the problem book of the final product.

Next, a second embodiment of the printed matter arrangement inspection method of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, a printing paper 1d for a physical problem, a printing paper 1c for an English language problem, a printing paper 1b for a mathematical problem, and a Are set in a plural number.
Three sheets of printing paper 1b, 1c, and 1d for each question are one copy, and one sheet of printing paper 1a for the cover is one copy. Thereafter, when the apparatus 5 is started to start the operation, first, a part of the printing paper 1d for the physical problem is put on the belt conveyor 7a by the take-out device 8. Then, with the movement of the belt conveyor 7a, the printing paper 1c for the English problem, the printing paper 1b for the mathematical problem, and the printing paper 1a for the cover are placed on the upper part of the printing paper 1d for the physical problem by each take-out device 8. They are sequentially stacked (S10).

Next, all the printing papers 1a, 1b, 1c,
After 1d has been stacked, the type marks 3d, 3e, 3f of the cover printing paper 1a are mechanically read by the type mark reading means 9 (S11). Next, the identification mark 4 displayed on the side surface of each stacked printing paper
d, 4e, and 4f are mechanically read by the identification mark reading means 10 (S12). Then, the type marks 3d, 3
e, 3f and the identification marks 4d, 4e, 4f are compared and determined for the same position of the paper in the vertical direction (S1).
3).

The result of comparison by the comparison determination means 12 is as follows:
It is sent to the control means 14, and when they match, the OK lamp indicating blue OK is turned on in the judgment lamp 13a (S14).
Then, the sequence inspection for the first part of the collection of problems is completed.
Then, when the next process is continued, the same process as the above process is performed, but when the process is ended, the processing operation is stopped (S15). Since the operation of the apparatus 5 is started once, each printing paper is continuously taken up and piled up on the belt coiler 7a, the operation of reading the type mark and the identification mark and the judgment by the comparison judgment means 12 are also performed one after another. Things.

If the result of comparison by the comparing and judging means 12 does not match, the control means 14 turns on the NG lamp indicating red NG on the judging lamp 13a (S16).
And the alarm buzzer 13b sounds (S17). Then, the processing work of the apparatus 5 is stopped, and the worker checks and confirms. In the case of a mismatch, the transport means 7 may be automatically stopped by the control means 14.

The prints 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d are stacked in a state as shown in FIG. 4 is cut by a cutting machine (not shown), and one side edge is
By performing the binding according to 6), the printed matter 17 of the collection of problems as shown in FIG. 6 is completed. Each printing paper 1a, 1b, 1c, 1
By cutting the portion around d of 4, the type mark and the identification mark are removed, so that the printed matter 17 of the problem book of the final product is completed without being left.

The printed matter according to the present invention includes various kinds of information printed or displayed in a printing process by a printer, and is not limited to a printed matter by a printing machine.

[0040]

As described above in detail, the method for inspecting the arrangement of printed matter according to the present invention can be used to collate a plurality of types of printed matter or combine them to produce a printed matter having several pages. Since it is possible to mechanically inspect whether the combined printed matter is in a predetermined arrangement position or order, it is possible to prevent a defective product from entering the market in advance. In the first embodiment of the present invention, even when it is desired to change the contents and arrangement order of each printing paper constituting each printing material, information defining the relationship between the type mark and the identification mark displayed on each printing paper. Can be easily registered in the array information recording means in advance, or can be changed to perform array inspection corresponding to various arrays, and the printing paper of the content corresponding to the printing paper of each cover is correctly aligned and set. Since the inspection can be performed by mechanically comparing whether or not the inspection has been performed, the inspection can be performed quickly and efficiently. Further, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the type mark and the identification mark displayed on each printing paper are compared and determined based on the identity of the position of the paper with respect to the top and bottom directions, so that it is troublesome to register it in the array information recording means. Instead, the printed matter arrangement inspection method can be easily performed simply by adjusting the display positions of the type mark and the identification mark.

[0041]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing printing paper of a configuration example used in a first embodiment of the present invention by type.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the printing sheets of FIG. 1 are combined and arranged.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the printed matter is cut from the state of FIG. 2 by a cutting register mark.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing printing paper of a configuration example used in a second embodiment of the present invention by type.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the printing sheets of FIG. 4 are combined and arranged.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the printed matter is cut from the state of FIG. 5 by a cutting register mark.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of an apparatus used in the printed matter arrangement inspection method of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the device of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a main part of an apparatus used for a printed matter arrangement inspection method of a configuration example used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a main part of an apparatus used for a printed matter arrangement inspection method of a configuration example used in a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a printed matter arrangement inspection method of a configuration example used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a printed matter arrangement inspection method of a configuration example used in the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d Printing paper 2 Cutting marks 3, 3d, 3e, 3f Type mark 3a, 3b, 3c Type mark display section 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4f Identification mark 5 Device 6 Set section 7 Conveyance Means 7a Belt conveyor 8 Take-out device 9 Type mark reading means 10 Identification mark reading means 11 Array information recording means 12 Comparison and judgment means 13 Error information output means 14 Control means 15 Host computer 16 Fastener 17 Printed matter

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method of inspecting an arrangement position of each printing sheet in a case where a plurality of printing sheets on which different types of contents are printed are combined in a predetermined arrangement position to produce a printed matter having several pages, A storage unit in which a plurality of combinations of the arrangement positions are determined and stored mechanically, and for each type of combination of the arrangement positions of the storage unit, a cover of the printing paper on which a type mark specifying each type is displayed, Each printing paper displayed so that the identification mark determined for each printing paper is exposed on the side surface, reading means for reading the classification mark and the identification mark, respectively, and comparison based on the information based on the reading means. Determining means for determining a combination of arrangement positions derived from the storage means based on read information of the type mark; A printed matter arrangement inspection characterized by checking whether or not each printing paper is arranged at a predetermined position by comparing and judging information of a combination of arrangement positions derived based on read information. Method. 2. A method for inspecting an arrangement position of each printing sheet in a case where a plurality of printed sheets on which different types of contents are printed are combined in a predetermined arrangement position to produce a printed material composed of several pages, An identification displayed at the same position with respect to the top and bottom directions of the various marks displayed on the cover and the type mark for specifying the arrangement position of the printing paper and displayed on the side surface side Each printing sheet having a mark, reading means for reading the type mark and the identification mark, respectively, and comparison determining means for comparing and determining information based on the reading means, wherein the type mark and the identification mark are read by the reading means. By reading and comparing and judging the identity of the type mark and the identification mark in the vertical direction at the written position, each printing paper is arranged at a predetermined position. Sequence inspection method of the printed matter, characterized by checking whether it has.