JPH03192067A - Assorting processing for continuous sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently carry out printing processing free from error by cutting a continuous sheet in a prescribed storage unit and storing the sheet in an intermediate warehouse during the time when the printing data is not finished in a lump, in a printing device for carrying out printing on the continuous sheet by a printer which revolves at a high speed. CONSTITUTION:A printing paper which is folded in zigzag form in a primary warehouse is taken out from a box by an instruction, and package is released by a device 12, and the paper is sent into a secondary warehouse 13. A connecting device 14 connects the printing sheets supplied from the secondary warehouse 13 and an intermediate warehouse 18 by the instruction of a controller 10, and judges if printing is performed, and the sheet supplied from the secondary warehouse is sent into a printing part 15, and the sheet supplied from the intermediate warehouse 18 is sent into a cutting part 16. In the printing part 15, printing is performed according to the instruction of the controller 10, and the paper is printed with a discrimination mark, and sent into a cutting part 16. In the cutting part 16, the sheets are cut in a storage unit according to the instruction supplied into the intermediate warehouse 18, and folded into zigzag form. All the data is printed, and the sheet is cut in the unit on the basis of the discrimination mark, according to a delivery instruction and supplied into a transporting device 17.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is directed to folding the lowest sheet of continuous printing sheets that are folded in a zigzag pattern and sequentially feeding the automatic printing processing device into the lowest sheet of the following continuous printing sheets. While connected to the upper sheet, print data is printed on a continuous print sheet for each work unit, such as aggregation unit, based on various printing data from the central processing unit.
Continuous sheet division is a processing method in which printing is performed continuously for each information unit or each destination to be delivered to A branch and B branch, and after printing, the printed items are folded in a zigzag shape again and sent out after being divided into work units. Regarding.

[Prior Art] In printing equipment that uses a high-speed printer to print on continuous sheets for printing, a worker supplies the sheets to the high-speed printer, takes out the printed sheets from the high-speed printer, and prints them for each work unit. They were separated and distributed or delivered. However, since it is inefficient and prone to errors when done by workers, an automatic printing processing device and a conveying device are used for sorting, and a processing method is used for automatically sorting continuous sheets by work unit. .

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The conventional continuous sheet sorting method described above is such that if all the data regarding the various sheets to be delivered at once for each work unit is not collected, it is automatically printed and sent to the destination. The disadvantage is that it cannot be sent.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above drawbacks, it is an object of the present invention to provide a continuous sheet division processing method that allows sequential printing processing even when all data is not available.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The continuous sheet classification and processing method of the present invention prepares only some types of printing data for each destination, or only a certain work unit group of some types. If not, print consecutively in the order of each work unit for each type of print data prepared on the continuous print sheet,
The first step is to sequentially cut and fold the printed items in storage units.
a second step in which the continuous sheets for printing cut and folded in the first step are sequentially stored in each section of the intermediate warehouse using an automatic storage and retrieval device; and various types of printing related to each work unit. When all of the data for
a third step in which the continuous sheets for printing are sequentially removed from the intermediate warehouse by an automatic storage/retrieval device in the order in which they were stored in the step, supplied to the automatic print processing device, and connected in the order in which they were cut; and a fourth step of cutting the continuous sheet for printing connected in the process into work units, folding it in a zigzag shape, and delivering it to the conveying device.

[Function] While all types of printing data are not available at once, the first. Items that have progressed to the second process and are cut and stored at a predetermined storage level regardless of work unit in an intermediate warehouse, and stored in an intermediate warehouse after all print data processing is completed. are reconnected for each type, disconnected and sent for each work unit.

[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 printing processing system to which an embodiment of the continuous sheet classification and processing method of the present invention is applied;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing each processing step in FIG.

The automatic print processing system in this embodiment is a primary warehouse i.
t, unboxing device 12. Secondary warehouse 13. Connecting device 14, printing section 15. Cutting section 16. Conveyance device 17. It consists of an intermediate warehouse 18 and a control device IO that controls them.

When a predetermined number of printing sheets are folded in a zigzag pattern, packed, and delivered (step 1), they are stored in the primary warehouse 11 (step 2), and the items stored in the primary warehouse 11 are unboxed by the unboxing device 12 according to instructions. Unpacking (Step 3). The unpacked items are stored in the secondary warehouse 13 (step 4), and are sequentially transferred to the connection device 14 as necessary.
is supplied to The connecting device 14 connects the continuous sheets for printing that are conveyed from the secondary warehouse 13 or the intermediate warehouse 18 by the automatic loading/unloading device (not shown) according to the instructions from the control device 10 (step 5), and determines whether printing has been completed. By doing this (step 61), the items from the secondary warehouse 13 are supplied to the printing unit 15, and the items from the intermediate warehouse 18 are supplied to the cutting unit 16. The printing unit 15 prints on the supplied continuous sheet for printing based on the data instructed from the control device 10, and adds an identification mark for distinguishing each work unit to the last page or the first page of the continuous sheet for printer. (Step 62)
It is supplied to the cutting section 16. When the cutting unit 16 receives an instruction from the control device 10 to store the continuous sheets for printing coming from the printing unit 15 in the intermediate warehouse 18, the cutting unit 16 stores the printed continuous sheets for printing in the intermediate warehouse 18. Cut the sheets according to the number of units (step 7), check the instructions to store (step 72), fold in zigzag,
The materials are supplied to the intermediate warehouse 18 in the order of cutting via an automatic warehousing/receiving device. The supplied items are sequentially stored in the intermediate warehouse 18 (
Step 8) is supplied to the connection device 14 in the order of disconnection via the automatic storage/retrieval device according to a later instruction. Furthermore, when all the data to be sent out has been printed and the cutting unit 16 receives an instruction from the control device 10 to send out the data, the cutting unit 16 receives the printed continuous print data supplied from the printing unit 15 or the connecting device 14. Step 72: cutting the sheet into each work unit based on the identification mark printed on the continuous sheet for printing; step 7I); confirming the command to be delivered; step 72;
), and is supplied to the conveying device 17. The conveying device 17 collects the various supplied items by destination and carries them out (step 9).

In this embodiment, there is no limitation as to whether the processing line from the continuous sheet connecting device 15 to the cutting section 16 is provided for both purposes or is constituted by separate lines.

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

In this embodiment, a plurality of connecting devices 14a are provided between the intermediate warehouse 18 and the cutting section 16 of the embodiment shown in FIGS.
, 14b, 14c, and a collating section 19 for collating continuous sheets. When creating a document with multiple types of documents, for example, three documents stitched together, each type is printed in the printing unit and stored in the intermediate warehouse 18 in order.When all types of printing are completed, each type is printed from the intermediate warehouse 18. Connecting devices 14a and 14b are arranged in such an order that continuous sheets of different types can be stacked in parallel and matched one by one.
, 14c. Each connection device 14a, 14
b, 14c sequentially connect continuous sheets to be overlapped and supply them to the joining section 19. 2. In the first combining section 19, a plurality of continuous sheets are collated by a known matching means, and each continuous sheet is stitched together, and then fed to the cutting section 16. The subsequent processing is the same as that in the first embodiment, so a description thereof will be omitted.

In the embodiment in which this collation process is performed, the cutting process performed by the cutting section 16 after one round may also include cutting the continuous sheet into single pieces for each unit, if necessary.

Note that the primary warehouse, secondary warehouse, intermediate warehouse, etc. described in this invention do not necessarily have to be independent rooms, and may be areas separated from other storage locations.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention, when a portion of the data to be printed is prepared, prints the prepared data on a continuous sheet for printing, and sequentially cuts the printed data into storage units. ,
By temporarily storing the data in an intermediate warehouse, and when all the data to be printed is printed, the stored data can be connected and then cut into job units and sent out, allowing the predetermined amount of data to be printed to be completed. There is no need to wait and the printing process can be performed efficiently without errors.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an automatic printing processing system to which an embodiment of the continuous sheet classification and processing method of 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-
・・Unboxing device, 13-Secondary warehouse, +4, 14a,
14b, 14cm--connection device, 15...printing section,
16... Cutting section, 17... Conveyance device,
18... Intermediate warehouse, 19... 1st joint.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A continuous sheet for printing that is folded in a zigzag shape and connects the lowest sheet of continuous sheets for printing that is sequentially supplied to an automatic printing processing device with the highest sheet of the continuous sheets for printing that follows. Continuous sheets are printed one after another for each work unit based on various print data from the central processing unit, are folded in a zigzag shape again after printing, and are separated into work units by a conveyance device and sent out. In the sorting processing method, when only some of the various types of printing data are prepared, each type of printing data prepared on the continuous printing sheet is printed consecutively in the order of each work unit, The first step is to sequentially cut and fold the printed items in storage units, and the continuous sheets for printing cut and folded in the first step are sequentially stored in each section of the intermediate warehouse using an automatic storage/unloading device. When a predetermined amount of printing data has been printed, the continuous sheets for printing are sequentially removed from the intermediate warehouse by the automatic storage/unloading device in the order they were stored in the second step, and then sent to the post-processing device. a third step in which the continuous printing sheets connected in the third step are cut into work units, folded in a zigzag shape, and delivered to the conveying device; A continuous sheet sorting method characterized by comprising the steps of: