JP2001113853A - Gathering method in bookbinding operation and equipment therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent incorrect collating and pages missing as much as possible and thereby to improve the quality of bookbinding. SOLUTION: Indicating information 5 showing the kind of a printing sheet is provided for each of printing sheets 4A-4N. Based on the indicating information 5, it is determined whether proper kinds of printing sheets 4A-4N set for individual gathering machines 11-14 are present in the machines 11-14 respectively. An appropriate alarm is issued when the printing sheet other than that of the proper kind is present in any of the gathering machines 11-14. According to this method for gathering, incorrect collating in bookbinding is prevented reliably and the quality of the bookbinding is secured by taking an appropriate countermeasure on reception of the alarm.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a collating method and apparatus for bookbinding.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A bookbinding operation is performed through a plurality of steps in a designated order. First, there is a "folding step" as the first step. That is, as shown in FIG. 2A, a plurality of types of printing paper 1 formed by printing a plurality of pages in a predetermined layout pattern on a printing base paper having a predetermined size are folded in a predetermined folding pattern, for example, as shown in FIG. (B) → FIG. 2 (c) → FIG. It should be noted that the printing book 4 forms a continuous page (16 pages in this example) by cutting along the cutting line La shown in FIG. 2D at the final stage of bookbinding.

Next, a collating operation is performed on a plurality of types of printing sheets 4, 4,... Obtained in the folding step in a collating step. That is, the “collating process” is performed in accordance with the pagination of the target bookbinding (that is, a combination of a plurality of types of printing books 4, 4,... This is a step of taking out the types of printing books 4 one by one in a designated order and superimposing them to obtain a collated printing book group 10 (see FIG. 1) in which all pages are continuous.

[0004] Next, the collated printing book group 10 obtained in the above "collating process" is sent to a "binding process (cover wrapping process)".
Here, each of the printing books 4, 4,.
The pieces are glued or wire-bound, and the cutoff line L
a is cut from a to be a completed bookbinding. The above is the outline of the bookbinding work.

[0005]

By the way, what should be noted most in the bookbinding operation is the incorrect page and the missing page, which are generated in the above "collating process". That is, the desired bookbinding is obtained only when all necessary types of printing books are arranged in a proper order according to the predetermined page layout.

[0006] However, usually, in the "collating process", a plurality of collating machines, which are formed by stacking a large number of the same type of booklets, are arranged for each type of the booklet, and these collating machines are arranged according to a predetermined page layout. The prints are selectively taken out of the copier, one by one, in a specified order, and stacked to form a group of collated prints. Because it is performed manually, it is possible that a certain type of printed book may be erroneously placed on a collating machine other than the collating machine that is supposed to be placed. It is possible that the book to be removed will not be removed, and as a result of these unexpected situations,
Is generated.

Therefore, in order to improve the quality of bookbinding, it is important to ensure the reliability of the collation work.
The actual situation is that no effective means for solving such a problem has been proposed yet.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to propose a collating method and a collating apparatus effective for improving the quality of bookbinding by minimizing the occurrence of incorrect or missing pages.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention, the following configuration is adopted as specific means for solving such problems.

In the first invention of the present application, a plurality of types of printing books 4
A to 4N are the same type of printing books 4A, 4A,.
From a plurality of collating machines 11 to 14 each having an appropriate number of sheets stacked for each of N,..., Take out the required types of printing books 4A to 4N one by one in a designated order according to the target bookbinding pagination. In the collating operation of the binding operation for obtaining the collated printing book group 10 by stacking these, the display information 5 indicating the type of each of the printing books 4A to 4N is provided.
Based on the above, the appropriate types of printing books 4A to 4A to
It is determined whether or not 4N exists, and each collating machine 11
In the case where any one of the print books other than the appropriate type exists in any one of the printers, an appropriate alarm is issued.

In the second invention of the present application, a plurality of types of printing books 4
A to 4N are the same type of printing books 4A, 4A,.
From a plurality of collating machines 11 to 14 each having an appropriate number of sheets stacked for each of N,..., Take out the required types of printing books 4A to 4N one by one in a designated order according to the target bookbinding pagination. In the collating operation of the bookbinding operation for obtaining the collated printing book group 10 by stacking these, the display information 6 indicating the type is provided on the upper surface side of each of the printing books 4A to 4N, and based on the display information 6, Then, it is determined whether or not the printed books 4A to 4N taken out of the respective collating machines 11 to 14 are stacked in the specified order corresponding to the page split, and only when the booklets 4A to 4N are stacked in the specified order. It is characterized in that the collated printing book group 10 is supplied to the next step.

In the third invention of the present application, a plurality of collating machines 11 to 14 in which a plurality of the same type of printing books 4A, 4A,... To 4N, 4N,. 4A taken out one by one from each of the presses 11 to 14
Transporting means 1 for transporting ~ 4N while stacking them in the specified order
And a bookbinding control means X for controlling the removal of the booklets 4A to 4N from the respective collating machines 11 to 14 in accordance with the target bookbinding. In the above, the book binding detecting means P for detecting the type of the book bindings 4A to 4N placed on each of the collating machines 11 to 14 and the printing book binding based on the detection result of the book binding detecting means P A determination means Y is provided for determining whether or not the type of 4A to 4N is a proper type of printing book 4A to 4N set for each of the collating machines 11 to 14.

According to a fourth invention of the present application, in the collating apparatus in the bookbinding work according to the third invention, the binding detection means P is displayed on the bindings 4A to 4N to indicate the type of binding provided on the bindings 4A to 4N. Information reading means 22A for reading information 5 or 7
Or 24A to 22N or 24N.

In the fifth invention of the present application, a plurality of collating machines 11 to 14 in which a plurality of the same type of printing presses 4A, 4A,..., 4N, 4N,. 4A taken out one by one from each of the presses 11 to 14
Transporting means 1 for transporting ~ 4N while stacking them in the specified order
And a bookbinding control means X for controlling the removal of the booklets 4A to 4N from the respective collating machines 11 to 14 in accordance with the target bookbinding. In the above, the printing books 4A to 4B which are taken out from the respective collating machines 11 to 14 and stacked in the specified order
A book detecting means Q for detecting the type of the uppermost book 4A to 4N in each of the stacking stages of 4N
And determining means Y for determining whether or not each of the printed books 4A to 4N is stacked in a designated order corresponding to the page division based on the detection result of the printed book detecting means Q. And

According to a sixth invention of the present application, in the collating apparatus in the bookbinding work according to the fifth invention, the booklet detecting means Q is provided with a display indicating the type of booklet provided in the booklets 4A to 4N. Information reading means 23A to 23 for reading information 6
N.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained by adopting such a configuration. According to the collating method in the bookbinding work according to the first invention of the present application, the types of the respective prints 4A to 4N stacked on the plurality of collators 11 to 14 respectively correspond to the respective prints 4A to 4N.
N is determined based on the display information 5 provided for each of N,
Any one of the respective collating machines 11 to 14
If there is a print book other than the proper type set for each of the four, an appropriate alarm is issued. Therefore, when this alarm is issued, appropriate countermeasures are taken in response to this alarm,
For example, replacing a booklet taken out of a collated machine that has been alerted with a proper type of booklet, or a booklet taken out of a collated machine that has been alerted (ie, an improper type of booklet) Is taken out of the bookbinding line, etc., to prevent the bookbinding from being missed or missing, thereby ensuring the quality of the bookbinding.

According to the collating method in the bookbinding work according to the second invention of the present application, the printing books 4A to 4N taken out from each of the collating machines 11 to 14 are stacked in a designated order corresponding to the page division. Whether or not each printed book 4
A determination is made based on the display information 6 provided on the upper surface side of each of the prints A to 4N, and only when the prints 4A to 4N are stacked in the specified order, the prints 4A to 4N are determined.
Is supplied to the next step.

Therefore, for example, the collated printing book group 10 in which the respective printing books 4A to 4N are not stacked in the designated order is not supplied to the next process, so that the bookbinding can be prevented from being misplaced or missing. Thus, the quality of bookbinding is ensured.

According to the collating apparatus in the bookbinding work according to the third invention of the present application, the bindings 4A to 4A placed on each of the collating machines 11 to 14 by the binding detecting means P.
N is detected, and the determination means Y determines whether or not the print 4A has been detected based on the detection result of the print detection means P.
It is determined whether or not the type of .about.4N is a proper type of printing book 4A.about.4N set for each of the collating machines 11 to 14.

Therefore, the printing means 4A to 4N other than the proper type set for each of the collating machines 11 to 14 are placed on any of the collating machines 11 to 14 by the judging means Y. In the case where it is determined that the collation machine that has been judged is replaced with a proper type of And the like. The group of bound printing books 10 containing the printing papers (that is, the unsuitable printing papers) taken out of the booklet is taken out of the bookbinding line, etc., thereby preventing bookbinding and missing pages in advance and reliably. Quality is guaranteed.

According to the collating apparatus in the bookbinding work according to the fourth invention of the present application, the above-mentioned bookbinding detecting means P is changed to the display information 5 indicating the type of bookbinding provided in the above-mentioned bookbindings 4A to 4N.
Or information reading means 22A or 24A to 22 for reading 7 or 7
Since it is composed of N or 24N, for example, it is necessary to determine whether or not the types of the printed books 4A to 4N placed on the respective collating machines 11 to 14 are appropriate based on the five senses such as the visual sense of the operator. Thus, the accuracy of the determination is remarkably improved, and the effect described above, that is, the quality improvement of the bookbinding by preventing the bookbinding and missing pages from being booked and reliably is further promoted.

According to the collating apparatus in the bookbinding work according to the fifth invention of the present application, the binding 4A taken out of each of the collating machines 11 to 14 by the binding detecting means Q and stacked in the designated order. 4A to 4N at the top of each of the stacking stages 4A to 4N.
Is determined, and the determination means Y determines whether or not each of the print books 4A to 4N is stacked in the designated order corresponding to the page division based on the detection result of the print book detection means Q. Is determined.

Accordingly, the printing books 4A to 4A taken out of the respective collating machines 11 to 14 by the judging means Y.
If it is determined that N is not stacked in the specified order corresponding to the pagination, the collated printing book group 10 as the determination target is not supplied to the next process.
Missing pages are prevented beforehand and surely, and the quality of bookbinding is ensured.

According to the collating apparatus in the bookbinding work according to the sixth invention of the present application, the above-mentioned bookbinding detecting means Q is provided with the display information 6 indicating the type of printing provided on the above-mentioned books 4A to 4N.
Are read from each of the collating machines 11 to 14 by the five senses such as the visual sense of the operator.
Compared with the case where it is determined whether or not the 4Ns are stacked in the designated order corresponding to the page division, the accuracy of the determination is remarkably improved, and the effects described above, that is, Improving the quality of bookbinding by proactively and reliably preventing missing pages is further promoted.

[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a collating method and apparatus for bookbinding according to the present invention will be specifically described based on preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

First, FIGS. 2 (a) to 2 (c) show a printing book 4 which is manufactured in a process preceding a "collating process" in a bookbinding operation to which the present invention is applied and which is an operation target in the collating operation. 3 shows a manufacturing process. The production process of the printed book 4 has already been briefly described in the section of "Prior Art", but for convenience of explanation of the present invention, this will be described in more detail as follows.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2A, the printing paper 1 on which the required printing has been performed on the front and back sides of the plurality of printing units 1a to 1h virtually partitioned by broken lines is folded in the designated order from the broken line portion. The two-fold printing paper 2 shown in FIG.
Through the tri-fold printing paper 3 shown in (c), a printing book 4 (illustrated in an enlarged scale) as shown in FIG. 2 (d) is obtained.
As will be described later, the printing book 4 constitutes a unit page of one bookbinding (in this embodiment, 16 consecutive pages are used as a unit page), and corresponds to the total number of pages of bookbinding. Thus, a plurality of types of printing books 4 are prepared. It should be noted that the bound book 4 is cut from the part of the cutoff line La at the final stage of bookbinding to form a plurality of pages of bookbinding.

By the way, in this embodiment, FIG.
As shown in (a) and (d), a bar code is provided on the side edge of the second printing portion 1b (the cut portion outside the cut line La), which is the lower surface in the state where the print book 4 is formed. The first display information 5 composed of
The second display information 6, which is also formed of a barcode, is printed simultaneously on the side edge portion (cut portion outside the cut line La) of the printing paper 1 at the time of printing. Further, in another embodiment, instead of printing the first display information 5, for example, a folding ridge line portion of the first printing unit 1a and the second printing unit 1b is provided between the printing units 1a and 1b. The third display information 7 composed of a solid black patch may be printed over the straddle.

The display information 5 to 7 are not limited to the display method of a bar code or a solid patch, but may be any as long as they indicate the type of the printed book 4. Patch holes are also applicable. However, in the case of the barcode display, the type of the printing book 4 is directly displayed, so there is no particular limitation on the printing position and size, but in the case of the solid patch display or the patch hole display, the shape and size of the printing book 4 are not limited. It is necessary to change the position and the like according to the type of the corresponding printing book 4.

Next, in the case of binding a book having a required content using a plurality of types of printing books 4, a collating apparatus and a collating method will be described with reference to FIG. This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 schematically shows the construction of a collating apparatus Z used for collating work in the binding process of bookbinding. In FIG. The conveyor 15 (corresponding to the “transporting means” in the claims) that travels toward the next step “binding step”. On the upper side of the conveyor 15, different types of printing books (here,
For convenience of explanation, the first printing book 4A, the second printing book 4B, the third printing book 4B,
Are distinguished by displaying them as the fourth booklet 4C and the Nth booklet 4N), ie, the first collating machine 11, the second collating machine in which a plurality of sheets are stacked for each type. Collator 1
The second and third collating machines 13 and the N-th collating machine 14 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the traveling direction of the conveyor 15.

The first collating machine 11 has the first printing book 4A, the second collating machine 12 has the second printing book 4B, and the third collating machine 12 has the third printing book 4B.
The third printing book 4C is placed on the collating machine 13 and the Nth printing book 4N is placed on the Nth collating machine 14, respectively. In this case, each of the printing books 4A to 4N , Are placed with the first display information 5 facing downward. Therefore, each copy 4
In A to 4N, the first display information 5 is on the lower surface, the second display information 6 is on the upper surface, and the third display information 6 is on the third surface.
When the third display information 7 is provided, the third display information 7 is directed sideways.

Further, on the lower side of each of the above-mentioned respective collating machines 11 to 14, the respective printing books 4A to 4A to 4
Print take-out machines 21A to 21N for taking out the 4Ns one by one and placing them on the conveyor 15 side are arranged. Incidentally, the respective book blocks unloader 21A~21N is controlled individually actuated by extraction signal S ₅ output from the collation page split monitor 33 will be described later, respectively.

On the other hand, on the lower surface side of each of the above-mentioned collating machines 11 to 14, the first display information 5 of each of the printing books 4A to 4N placed on each of the respective collating machines 11 to 14 is displayed. Sequencers 22A to 21N for reading are arranged.
Each of the sequencers 22A to 21N corresponds to the "print book detecting means P" in the claims, and the information about the type of the printed book detected here is the first print data.
Collating pages split described below as book blocks signal S ₃ of the monitoring device 33
Is input to

At a position above the conveyor 15 and at a position corresponding to an intermediate position between the respective collators 11 to 14, the conveyors 1
CCD for reading the second display information 6 provided on each of the printed books 4A to 4N (or the uppermost printed book when two or more printed books are placed) placed on the printed paper 5 Camera 2
3A to 23N (in another embodiment, it can be constituted by a sequencer) are arranged. This each C
CD camera 23A~23N is for corresponding the "book blocks detector Q" in the claims, the imaging information here collating page split later as a second book blocks signal S ₄ The information is input to the monitor 33 and is used as information relating to the type of book by image processing.

Further, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 31 denotes a main controller for controlling all bookbinding processes. In particular, regarding the "collating process", information designated by an operator, for example, a bookbinding process to be produced from now on. Toka type, to output the information about the page split corresponding to the type of binding as the main signal S ₁ in collating pages split controller 32 of the following predicates.

The above-mentioned collating / pagination controller 32
Is the main signal S ₁ from the main controller 31
In response to this, of the above-mentioned collating machines 11 to 14, a collating machine that needs to take out the booklet, a collating operation such as a timing of taking out the booklet from the specified collating machine, and a collating unit for pagination are specified. a case-page split signal S ₂ is output to the collating page split monitoring device 33 of the following predicates.

The collation / pagination monitor 33 includes a collation / pagination signal S ₂ from the collation / pagination controller 32 and a first printing signal S from the sequencers 22A to 22N. _3, and each of the above CCD cameras 23A-2
Receiving a second book blocks signal S ₄ from 3N, it actuates them appropriately outputs the extraction signal S ₅ to the respective book blocks unloader 21A through 21N, to the respective collator machine 11-14 It is determined whether the appropriate type of book is loaded, and whether the type of the book to be conveyed on the conveyor 15 (if the book is stacked in multiple stages, the uppermost one) is appropriate. It is determined whether or not there is. Further, as described later, the collation / pagination monitor 33 determines whether a proper type of book is not placed on each of the collating machines 11 to 14 and, If it is determined that the books are not stacked in the specified order, a warning is issued by, for example, audio or video.

In this embodiment, the collation
Pagination controller 32 and collation / pagination monitor 3
3 constitutes “print book removal control means X” and “judgment means Y” in the claims.

Next, a collating method using the collating apparatus Z will be described. Upon receiving the main signal S ₁ from the main controller 31 and inputting the collation / pagination signal S _{2 from the} collation / pagination controller 32 to the collation / pagination monitor 33, the collation is performed. The pagination monitor 33 controls the above-mentioned respective booklet take-out machines 21A to 21N of the Nth booklet take-out machine 21N located downstream from the first book take-out machine 21A located upstream of the conveyor 15. The collating machines 11 to 11 are sequentially operated in a specified order at a predetermined timing.
14, each of the printed books 4A to 4N is taken out one by one and placed on the conveyor 15 side.

As the conveyor 15 travels, the sheets are taken out of the second collating machine 12 in the designated order above the first printed book 4A taken out of the first collating machine 11. The second printed book 4B, the third printed book 4C taken out of the third collating machine 13, and the N-th printed book 4N taken out of the N-th collating machine 14 are stacked in a multi-stage form. Stacked to form a collated printing book group 10. This collated book group 10
Is further conveyed to the "binding step" side of the next process by the conveyor 15 and is finally bound into a book having predetermined contents through a gluing operation of the collated printing book group 10 in the "binding step". You.

By the way, in the above-mentioned "collating process",
For example, on each of the above-mentioned collating machines 11 to 14, a printing book of a type other than the proper type to be originally placed is placed, and
5 side, for example, each copy take-out machine 21
As described above, in the case where any one of A to 21N has malfunctioned and a type of booklet that should be taken out is not taken out, the bookbinding may be out of order or missing pages.

However, in this embodiment, by providing the above-mentioned sequencers 22A to 22N and the CCD cameras 23A to 23N, it is possible to reliably avoid the inconvenience of bookbinding such as incorrect or missing pages. I have.

In other words, the type of the book located at the lowermost stage in each of the above-mentioned collating machines 11 to 14 (in other words, each of the collating machines 11 to 21) is controlled by the above-mentioned respective binder removing machines 21A to 21N.
It is determined whether or not the type of the next printed book to be taken out from the collation unit 14 is a type set in advance for each of the collating machines 11 to 14. Then, each of the above sequencers 22A-2
For example, based on the signal from the 2N,
If it is determined that a different type of printed book is placed on any one of the collating machines 14 to 14, a predetermined alarm is issued from the collation / pagination monitor 33. In response to this, for example, by replacing an improper type of booklet with a proper type of booklet among a plurality of booklets constituting the above collated booklet group 10, a new collated booklet group 10 is obtained. Thus, bookbinding and missing pages can be prevented beforehand.

On the other hand, the CCD cameras 23A to 23A-2
By 3N, the type of the print book located at the uppermost stage among the print books stacked in the designated order on the conveyor 15 is detected at each stacking stage, and based on the detection result, the print books 4A to 4N are determined. It is determined whether the sheets are stacked in the specified order. Then, each of the above-mentioned printing books 4A
If it is determined that .about.4N are not stacked in the specified order, a warning is issued from the collation / pagination monitor 33. By removing the book group 10 from the conveyor 15, it is possible to reliably prevent the improper stacking book group 10 from being supplied to the next process, thereby reliably avoiding bookbinding and missing pages. Is what is done.

By executing the above two detection and judgment controls, as a synergistic effect of these, the occurrence of bookbinding and missing pages is prevented with a high degree of certainty as described below, and as a result, the quality of bookbinding is ensured. Will be done.

In this embodiment, each of the collating machines 11 to 1 is operated by each of the sequencers 22A to 22N.
Although the type of each of the printing books 4A to 4N placed on the printing paper 4 is detected, for example, when the printing paper 4 is provided with the third display information 7 composed of a solid patch or the like, Instead of the sequencers 22A to 22N, a CCD camera 24 is provided beside each of the collating machines 11 to 14.
A to 24N are provided, and the types of the printing books 4A to 4N placed on the collating machines 11 to 14 can be detected by the CCD cameras 24A to 24N.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an entire system of a collating apparatus in a bookbinding operation according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a procedure for folding a printing paper to obtain a printing book.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is printing paper, 2 is two-fold printing paper, 3 is three-fold printing paper, 4 and 4A to 4N are printing books, 5 is first display information, 6 is second display information, and 7 is third display. Information, 10 is collated book group, 1
1 is a first collator, 12 is a second collator, 13 is a third collator, 14 is an Nth collator, 15 is a conveyor, 21A
-21N is a copy take-out machine, 22A-22N is a sequencer, 23A-23N and 24A-24N are CCD cameras, 31 is a main controller, 32 is a collation / pagination controller, 33 is a collation / pagination monitor, Z is a collating device.

Claims (6)

[Claims] A plurality of types of prints (4A) to (4N) are the same type of prints (4A, 4A,...) To (4N, 4N,.
・ Specify the required types of prints (4A) to (4N) from a plurality of collating machines (11) to (14), each of which has an appropriate number of sheets stacked for each of them, according to the target bookbinding pagination. In the collating operation of the binding operation in which the sheets are taken out one by one in order and stacked to obtain the collated collated book group (10), the display information indicating the type of each of the above-mentioned printed books (4A) to (4N). (5) is provided, and based on the display information (5), an appropriate type set for each of the collating machines (11) to (14) is set for each of the collating machines (11) to (14). It is determined whether or not any of the prints (4A) to (4N) exists, and if any of the collating machines (11) to (14) has a print other than the proper type, A collation method in bookbinding work, which issues an appropriate alarm. 2. A plurality of types of prints (4A) to (4N) are the same type of prints (4A, 4A,...) To (4N, 4N,.
・ Specify the required types of prints (4A) to (4N) from a plurality of collating machines (11) to (14), each of which has an appropriate number of sheets stacked for each of them, according to the target bookbinding pagination. In the binding operation of the bookbinding operation in which the sheets are taken out one by one in order and stacked to obtain a group of bound sheets (10), the type of each of the printed books (4A) to (4N) is indicated on the upper surface side. Providing display information (6);
On the basis of the above, it is determined whether or not the printed books (4A) to (4N) taken out from each of the collating machines (11) to (14) are stacked in the designated order corresponding to the pagination. A collating method in a bookbinding operation, wherein the collated printing book group (10) is supplied to the next process only when the sheets are stacked in order. 3. A plurality of prints of the same type (4A, 4A,...)
.) To (4N, 4N,...) Are stacked, and a plurality of collating machines (11) to (14), and a printing machine to be taken out one by one from each of the collating machines (11) to (14). A transporting means (15) for transporting the books (4A) to (4N) while being stacked in a designated order, and a printing book from each of the above-mentioned collating machines (11) to (14) corresponding to a target bookbinding pagination. (4A) to (4N), a binding apparatus for bookbinding work comprising a book take-out control means (X) for controlling the take-out of the (4N), which is mounted on each of the above-mentioned gathering machines (11) to (14). A book detection means (P) for detecting the type of the placed prints (4A) to (4N), and the prints (4A) to (4N) based on the detection result of the book detection means (P). ) Is the above collating machine (11) ~
(14) Appropriate type of printing books (4A) to (4A) set for each
(N) a determining means (Y) for determining whether or not the collating operation is performed. 4. An information reading means according to claim 3, wherein said print book detecting means (P) reads display information (5 or 7) indicating a print book type provided in said print books (4A to 4N). 22A or 24A) to (22N or 24N). 5. A plurality of prints of the same type (4A, 4A,...)
.) To (4N, 4N,...) Are stacked, and a plurality of collating machines (11) to (14), and a printing machine to be taken out one by one from each of the collating machines (11) to (14). A transporting means (15) for transporting the books (4A) to (4N) while being stacked in a designated order, and a printing book from each of the above-mentioned collating machines (11) to (14) corresponding to a target bookbinding pagination. (4A) to (4N), a binding device in a bookbinding operation including a booklet take-out control means (X) for controlling the take-out, wherein each of the collating devices (11) to (14) is taken out from each of the collating machines (11) to (14). (4A) to (4A)
N) The book detection means (Q) for detecting the type of the prints (4A) to (4N) positioned at the top in each of the stacking stages, and based on the detection result of the print detection means (Q). Determining means (Y) for determining whether or not each of the above-mentioned printing books (4A) to (4N) is stacked in a designated order corresponding to the pagination.
And a collating apparatus for bookbinding. 6. An information reading means (23A) according to claim 5, wherein said printing book detecting means (Q) reads display information (6) indicating a printing book type provided in said printing books (4A to 4N). To (23N), a collating apparatus for bookbinding work.