JP2730781B2 - Continuous sheet sorting method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a printing continuous sheet which is folded in a zigzag shape and successively supplied to an automatic print processing apparatus and which follows the lowest sheet of the printing continuous sheet. While being connected to the upper sheet, printing is performed on the continuous sheet for printing based on various printing data of the central processing unit, for each work unit, for example, for each totaling unit, each information unit, or each destination to be delivered to the A branch and the B branch. The present invention relates to a continuous sheet sorting processing method in which printing is continuously performed, a printed sheet is folded again in a zigzag shape, and the work is sorted and sent out for each work unit.

2. Description of the Related Art In a printing facility that prints on a continuous sheet for printing using a high-speed printer, a worker supplies the sheet to the high-speed printer, removes the printed sheet from the high-speed printer, and performs a job-by-work unit. They were distributed or delivered separately. However, since the work performed by the worker is inefficient and has many errors, a continuous sheet sorting processing method is adopted in which an automatic print processing apparatus and a sorting and conveying apparatus are employed to automatically sort by work units.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-described conventional continuous sheet sorting processing method, if all data relating to various sheets to be collectively carried out for each work unit is not completed, the printing processing is automatically performed and sent to a destination. There is a drawback that you can not.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-described drawbacks, an object of the present invention is to provide a continuous sheet sorting processing method capable of sequentially performing printing processing even when all data are not available.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the continuous sheet sorting processing method of the present invention, only some types of printing data or various types of work units among some types of printing data for each destination are prepared. If not, a first step of printing continuously in the order of each work unit for each type of printing data prepared on the printing continuous sheet, cutting the printed ones sequentially in storage units, and folding, A second step of sequentially storing the continuous print sheets cut and folded in the first step in each section of the intermediate warehouse by an automatic loading / unloading device, and printing various printing data relating to each work unit Is completed, the continuous sheets for printing are sequentially taken out of the intermediate warehouse by the automatic loading / unloading device in the order stored in the second step, and supplied to the automatic print processing device, and cut. And a fourth step of cutting the continuous printing sheet connected in the third step for each work unit, folding it in a zigzag shape, and delivering it to the transport device. Have.

[Operation] As long as all types of printing data are not prepared in a lump, the process proceeds to the first and second processes, and is cut and stored in the intermediate warehouse in a predetermined amount of storage unit regardless of work unit. After the processing of the print data is completed, the data stored in the intermediate warehouse is reconnected for each type, disconnected for each work unit, and transmitted.

Example Next, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an automatic print processing system to which an embodiment of a continuous sheet sorting processing method according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing each processing step in FIG.

The automatic print processing system in the present embodiment is a primary warehouse
11, a box unloading device 12, a secondary warehouse 13, a connecting device 14, a printing unit 15, a cutting unit 16, a transport device 17, an intermediate warehouse 18, and a control device 10 for controlling these.

When a predetermined number of print sheets are folded and packed in a zigzag pattern and received (step 1), they are stored in the primary warehouse 11 (step 2). The packaging is unpacked (step 3). The unpacked items are stored in the secondary warehouse 13 (step 4) and are sequentially supplied to the connection device 14 as needed. The connecting device 14 connects the continuous printing sheet conveyed by the automatic loading / unloading device (not shown) from the secondary warehouse 13 or the intermediate warehouse 18 according to the instruction of the control device 10 (Step 5), and determines whether or not the printing has been completed. Judge (Step
6 ₁ ) Therefore, those from the secondary warehouse 13 go to the printing unit 15,
Those from the intermediate warehouse 18 are supplied to the cutting section 16 respectively.
The printing unit 15 performs printing on the supplied continuous sheet for printing based on the data instructed from the control device 10 and sets an identification mark for distinguishing each work unit from the last page or the first page of the continuous sheet for printer. printed on a desired position of the equal supplied to (step 6 ₂₎ the cutting portion 16. The cutting unit 16
When the controller 10 instructs that the continuous printing sheets coming from the printing unit 15 be stored in the intermediate warehouse 18, the printed continuous sheets are stored in the intermediate warehouse 18 in the number of storage units in the intermediate warehouse 18. cut (step _71), to verify to be stored the instruction (step 7 _2), folding in zigzag, and supplies the intermediate warehouse 18 to the cutting order via an automatic goods movements device. The supplied items are sequentially stored in the intermediate warehouse 18 (step 8), but are supplied to the connection device 14 in the order of disconnection via the automatic entry / exit device in accordance with a later instruction. Further, the cutting unit 16 prints all the data to be sent, and when the control device 10 instructs that the data should be sent out, the printing unit 15
Or connecting device for printing continuous sheet of printed supplied from 14 cut into the work unit based on the printed identification mark on the printed for continuous sheet (Step 7 _1),
Verify to be issuing the command (Step 7 _2), the transport device
Supply 17 The transport device 17 puts together the supplied various items by destination and carries them out (step 9).

In this embodiment, the cutting unit is connected to the continuous sheet connecting device 15.
It is not limited whether the processing lines up to 16 are provided as dual-purpose lines or are configured as separate lines.

Next, a description will be given based on a partial explanatory diagram of a block diagram of the automatic print processing system in FIG. 3 in which the second embodiment is partially changed.

In this embodiment, a plurality of connecting devices 14a, 14b, 14 are provided between the intermediate warehouse 18 and the cutting section 16 of the embodiment shown in FIGS.
c and a collating part 19 for collating the continuous sheets. When a form in which a plurality of forms, for example, three forms are bound, is created, the printing unit prints each type, and when all the types of printing stored in the intermediate warehouse 18 are completed, the intermediate warehouse 18 The types of continuous sheets are supplied in parallel to the connecting devices 14a, 14b, and 14c in an order that enables collation matching of the continuous sheets to be overlapped. Each connection device 14a, 14b, 14c
Is to connect the continuous sheets to be overlapped in
To supply. The collating unit 19 binds each continuous sheet while collating the plurality of continuous sheets by a known matching collating unit, and supplies the continuous sheet to the cutting unit 16. Subsequent processing is the same as in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In the embodiment in which this collating process is performed, the cutting process of the cutting section 16 after collation may be performed, if necessary, to cut the continuous sheet into single pieces for each unit.

It should be noted that the primary warehouse, the secondary warehouse, the intermediate warehouse, and the like described in the present invention do not necessarily have to be independent rooms, and may have areas separated from other storage locations.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when data to be printed is partially prepared, the prepared data is printed on a continuous printing sheet, and the printed data is sequentially cut into storage units. When all the data to be printed is temporarily stored in the intermediate warehouse and the stored data can be connected and cut and sent to each work unit, a predetermined amount of data to be printed can be prepared. There is an effect that the printing process can be efficiently performed without error without having to wait.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an automatic print processing system to which an embodiment of a continuous sheet sorting processing method according to the present invention is applied;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing each processing step in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a partial block diagram of an automatic print processing system showing another embodiment. 1,2, ~, 9 ... step, 10 ... control device, 11 ... primary warehouse, 12 ... box unloading device, 13 ... secondary warehouse, 14,14a, 14b, 14c ... connection device, 15 Printing section, 16 Cutting section, 17 Transport device, 18 Intermediate warehouse, 19 Collating section.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A central processing unit for folding a continuous sheet for printing, which is folded in a zigzag shape and sequentially supplied to an automatic print processing apparatus, while connecting the lowermost sheet of the continuous sheet for printing to the uppermost sheet of a succeeding continuous sheet for printing. Continuously perform printing for each work unit based on various printing data of the apparatus, and fold the printed one again in a zigzag shape,
In a continuous sheet sorting processing method in which a transport device sorts and outputs work units, when only a part of various printing data is prepared, the printing data prepared in the printing continuous sheet is used. For each type, printing is performed continuously in the order of each work unit, the printed one is sequentially cut in storage units, and the first step of folding and the continuous printing sheet cut and folded in the first step are automatically inserted. A second step of sequentially storing the data in each section of the intermediate warehouse by the retrieval apparatus, and a second step in which the printing of various print data is completed in a predetermined amount.
A third step in which the continuous sheets for printing are sequentially taken out of the intermediate warehouse by the automatic loading / unloading device in the order stored in the step, supplied to the post-processing device, and connected in a cut order; And a fourth step of cutting the connected continuous sheet for printing for each work unit, folding it in a zigzag shape, and delivering it to the transport device.