JPH08188329A - Collation method of single piece printed matter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To stack a wrong collated matter and a proper collated matter distinguishingly by applying a before processing and after processing carried out selectively in response to collation along with a collation process. CONSTITUTION: A control mark for a first mechanical reading is printed on the single piece type printed matter to be collated and a control mark for a second mechanical reading is added and printed to the printed matter to be come a cover when the cover exists and the control mark for the first mechanical reading is read by mark sensors 13a-f while transferring the printed matter and in a wrong case, the printed matter is removed to a discharge stacker 16 and in a proper case, a before processing is applied by push-print rolls 17, 18 in compliance with the concept of reading. Further, when the control mark for the second mechanical reading is read by a bar code reader 20, the printed matter is collated so as to be located in the highest position and when the concepts of the read first/second control marks are not matched with each other, the collated matter is transferred to a wrong stacker and when they are matched, the collated matter is applied the after processing by a perforator 23 and a stitcher 24 and transferred to a normal stacker.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a collating method for collating desired pieces of a single-piece printed matter, and in particular, printing desired information in advance in a predetermined order on each printed matter to be collated. , Printing a first machine-readable control mark for instructing pre-processing and post-processing, which are selectively performed in accordance with collation, and, in addition, when the cover is present, the first printed matter to be the cover is first printed. A second machine-reading control mark having a configuration different from that of the machine-reading control mark is printed in advance, and these printed matters are put together in a predetermined order in a predetermined order for each desired number of sheets. Regarding the collation method. The term printing in this specification is used as a concept including printing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various collating methods for collating desired pieces of a single-piece printed matter have been known. However, a pretreatment process that is selectively performed along with collation, for example, a stamping process, and a post-treatment process, for example, a punching process for stamping, is performed, and a printed matter that should not be collated due to a printing error or the like, Conventionally, there has not been a collation method for collecting a collected product in the case where the processing or the post-processing is not properly performed and collecting the separated product from the proper collected product.

[0003]

Therefore, in the prior art, it was necessary to perform pre-processing and post-processing in addition to the collating step, and it is troublesome to perform these operations separately. At the same time, there is a disadvantage that the efficiency is poor. It is an object of the present invention to provide a collating method that eliminates such inconvenience.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the collating method of the present invention is to print desired information in advance in a predetermined order on each printed matter to be collated.
A machine-readable control mark that directs pre-processing and post-processing, which are selectively performed in accordance with collation, is printed, and these printed matters are superposed and collated in a predetermined sequence in a predetermined order in a single piece state. It is a collating method, while reading each machine-readable control mark while transferring each single-sided printed matter, unreadable single-sided printed matter is excluded from the transfer path,
The remaining single-sided printed matter is pre-processed according to the read machine-readable control marks, and then post-processed according to the machine-readable control marks that have already been read on the collated product. It is transferred to the normal stacker section.

In addition, desired information is printed in advance on each printed matter to be collated in a predetermined order, and a first machine reading for instructing pretreatment and posttreatment selectively performed in accordance with collation is performed. And a second machine-readable control mark having a configuration different from that of the first machine-readable control mark is printed on the printed material to be the cover when the cover exists. It is a collating method for stacking and collating these printed matters in a predetermined order in a predetermined order for each desired number of sheets, and reading the first machine-reading control mark while transferring each single-piece printed matter. , The unreadable single-sided printed matter is excluded from the transfer path, and the remaining single-sided printed matter is pre-processed according to the read control mark for the first machine reading, and then transferred and superposed. Either before or after this superposition, if a cover sheet is present, the printed material to be the cover sheet is detected and collated so that this is the highest level, and the second machine reading control is performed before or after this collation. Read the mark and compare it with the read content of the 1st machine reading control mark that has already been read. If there is a mismatch, the collated product is transferred to the defective stacker section, and if it matches, the collated product has been read After the post-processing is performed according to the first machine reading control mark, the sheet is transferred to the normal stacker unit.

Further, in the above-described collating method, pretreatment selectively performed is imprinting, and post-treatment is binding after collating and punching marking.
If a cover sheet is present, a bar code is used as the second machine-reading control mark, and this barcode is read either before or after the superposition of the printed matter to be collated, and the printed matter to be the cover sheet is detected. You may then collate this to be the highest level.

[0007]

Operation: A machine-reading control mark is printed in advance on each printed matter to be collated, and based on the machine-reading control mark, designated pre-processing and post-processing are performed, while the machine-reading control mark is used. The unreadable printed matter is excluded from the transfer path, and the normal printed matter is transferred to the normal stacker unit for each unit printed matter (referred to as a set of collated printed matter).

When a cover sheet is present, a first machine-readable control mark is printed in advance on each printed matter to be collated, and the printed matter to be the cover is printed with the first machine-readable control mark. , The second configuration is different
The machine-readable control mark of
Based on the machine reading control mark, the instructed pre-processing and post-processing are performed, and it is determined whether or not each printed material is a normal printed material. Then, it is determined whether or not it is a proper collated product based on the read contents of the first and second machine-reading control marks, and it is transferred to a normal stacker unit or a defective stacker unit depending on whether it is normal or defective. .

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to a case where a stamping process is performed twice as a pre-process and a binding process and a punching mark process are performed as a post-process, will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It will be described in detail based on this. Here, FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a device for performing a series of collation work including pretreatment and posttreatment together with a control system, FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the device without the control system, and FIG. Is a schematic plan view showing the printing position of the first machine reading control mark and the processing position of pre-processing and post-processing on each printed matter,
4 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a printed matter to be a cover, FIGS. 5 and 6 are schematic plan views showing an example of a printed matter other than the cover, and FIG. 7 is a schematic showing a bound product. FIG.

First, a printed matter to be collated will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 3, on the binding portion end side of the printed materials 1a, 1b, and 1c, the first machine reading is performed at six positions located on a straight line at a position of 1 to 2 mm inside the binding (center side in the width direction). The print positions of the check marks 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, which are control marks for use, are set. The check mark 2a is for imprinting the company name of the company that issues the printed matter,
The check mark 2b is for detecting the number of sheets, the check mark 2c is for imprinting the job stamp of the person in charge of producing the printed matter, and the check mark 2d is for binding. Mark 2e
Is for making a mark by punching, and the check mark 2f is for parity check.

The check mark 2a is printed only on the printed products 1b and 1c imprinting the company format. The check mark 2b indicates that all the printed materials 1b, 1 except the single-page printed material and the cover printed material 1a which do not require collation exceptionally.
The prints 1b and 1c printed on the c and in which the check mark 2b is not detected are judged to be blank or single-page prints and are excluded from the normal transfer route. Check mark 2
c is printed only on the printed products 1a, 1b, 1c that imprint the job stamp. The check marks 2d and 2e are collated products that require binding and have no cover, and the printed products 1b and 1c that are stacked on top or the printed product 1 that should be the cover.
Printed only on a. Further, the check mark 2f is printed on the printed matter 1b, 1c having an odd number of prints of the check marks 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e.

On the other hand, the imprint of the company size by the detection of the check mark 2a is made at the company imprint position 3a, and the imprint of the job stamp of the person in charge of making by the detection of the check mark 2c is made at the job imprint position 3b. In addition, the mark by the punching performed by detecting the check mark 2e is made at the punching mark position 3c. The company seal stamp position 3a and the job seal stamp position 3b are positions in the case of horizontal writing, and in horizontal writing, the transmission information 5b,
5c (see FIGS. 5 and 6) is printed from the end side of the binding portion toward the opposite end, so that the printing is performed upside down from the lower portion of FIG. 3 toward the upper portion. The punching mark position 3c is performed at the same position regardless of horizontal writing or vertical writing. On the other hand, in the case of vertical writing, printing is performed from the end side of the binding portion toward the opposite end side in a normal upper and lower state.

Next, an example of the printed material 1a to be the cover will be described with reference to FIG. Each check mark 2d, 2e is printed on the printed matter 1a, and the number of collations to be the cover of the printed matter 1a, presence / absence of company and job stamps, presence / absence of punch marks, and presence / absence of binding are indicated. The recorded barcode 4 is printed upside down. For example, this barcode 4 has 12 sheets of a set of printed matter to be collated, and the printed matter may be stamped with a company name and a job stamp, and the collated article 35 (see FIG. 7) is provided with a perforation mark and binding. It is recorded to match. In addition, in this printed matter 1a,
When the address information 5a is printed, and this address information 5a is also written horizontally, it is printed upside down like the transmission information 5b and 5c described above. If the bar code 4 is provided substantially in the center of the printed matter 1a in the vertical direction, the bar code 4 is present at substantially the same position even when the printed matter 1a is turned upside down.
In both vertical writing and horizontal writing, it is possible to bind on the same end side.

Next, an example of printed matter 1b, 1c other than the cover will be described with reference to FIGS. On the printed matter 1b, each check mark 2a, 2b, 2 is transmitted together with the transmission information 5b.
c and 2f are printed, and it indicates that it is a printed matter on which a company name and a job stamp are imprinted. The check mark 2b, 2f is printed on the printed matter 1c together with the transmission information 5c, which indicates that the printed matter does not need to be processed.

Next, a collating device for collating the above-mentioned printed materials 1a, 1b, 1c and performing processing before and after the collation will be described with reference to FIGS. Collator 1
1 is provided with a pair of upper and lower paper feed rolls 12 for transporting the single-piece printed materials 1a, 1b, 1c, and the check marks 2a, 2b, 2 of the printed materials 1a, 1b, 1c are provided in the preceding stage.
Mark sensors 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13 for reading c, 2d, 2e, 2f, respectively.
f and an operation start sensor 14 that detects the leading ends of the printed materials 1a, 1b, and 1c and indicates the start reference time of various operations. In the subsequent stage of the paper feed roll 12, the blank and single-page printed materials 1a, 1 without the check mark 2b are printed.
A discharge gate 15 that is rotatable upward from the horizontal state is provided for discharging b and 1c from the transfer path, and the discharge gate 15 is rotated upward and discharged from the transfer path. 1c is accommodated in the discharge stacker 16 arranged below it. In addition, in the printed matter on which the check mark 2b is not printed, other check mark 2
The printed matter on which d is printed is the printed matter 1a serving as the cover, and the printed matter 1a serving as the cover is the discharge stacker 1 described above.
6 is configured not to be accommodated.

Following the discharge gate 15, there are provided a pair of upper and lower imprint rolls 17 for imprinting a company format and a pair of upper and lower imprint rolls 18 for imprinting a job stamp. These stamping rolls 17 and 18 are in a state where the pair of upper and lower rolls are separated from each other during standby and allow the printed materials 1a, 1b and 1c to pass in a free state, while the pair of upper and lower rolls approach and rotate during operation, The printed matter 1a,
It is to imprint 1b and 1c.

Subsequent to the imprint roll 18, a pair of upper and lower paper feed rolls 19 for transporting the respective prints 1a, 1b, 1c are provided. A bar code reader 20 for reading the bar code 4 of the printed material 1a is provided subsequent to the paper feed roll 19, and a stopper (not shown) for positioning the transferred printed materials 1a, 1b, 1c. , Two pairs of left and right butt alignment levers 21 and 22 are arranged so as to be aligned to each other. These butt aligning levers 21 and 22 are retracted downward from the placement surfaces of the printed materials 1a, 1b, and 1c during standby, and when operating, they protrude above the placement surface to perform butt alignment operation.

Further, each printed matter 1a, 1b, 1c transferred to the predetermined position A which is positioned by the above-mentioned stopper.
On the other hand, a perforator 23 for punching and a stitcher 24 for binding are provided. Further, a normal stacker 25 for storing a normal collation and a defective stacker 26 for accommodating a defective collation are provided on opposite sides of the transfer path of the printed matter 1a, 1b, 1c, respectively. Collected items 35 are added to the stackers 25 and 26.
The transfer rollers 27 and 28 for transferring (see FIG. 7) are provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mark sensor 13a,
In addition to the detection devices 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13f, the operation start sensor 14, and the barcode reader 20,
The drive units of the discharge gate 15, the stamping rolls 17 and 18, the perforator 23, and the stitcher 24 are the control unit 30.
Is electrically connected to the detection device and is configured to be driven and controlled by a control signal of the control unit 30 according to a detection signal from each of the detection devices. Further, the control unit 30 includes an operation input unit 31 provided with various input members such as operation buttons, a display unit 32 for displaying an operation state, and the like.
The storage unit 33 that stores the control data and also stores the various read data is electrically connected.

Next, the collating operation will be described with reference to FIGS. Predetermined address information 5a, transmission information 5b, 5c, check marks 2a, 2 in a predetermined order.
b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, and the single-piece printed matter 1a, 1b, 1c on which the barcode 4 is printed are set in the collating device 11 in a predetermined order, and sequentially transferred by the paper feed roll 12. It In this transfer process, each mark sensor 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13f is checked by each check mark 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f.
Is read and the detection signal is sent to the control unit 30, and the operation start sensor 14 detects the front end of the printed matter and outputs the detection signal
Send to.

If the check mark 2b (check mark 2d in the case of the cover) of the printed matter 1a, 1b, 1c is not detected, the blank printed matter 1a, defective print 1a,
1b, 1c, the discharge gate 15 is rotated upward to accommodate the printed matter 1a, 1b, 1c in the discharge stacker 16 while the checkmark 2b is detected.
The a, 1b and 1c are transferred to the imprint rolls 17 and 18. Then, the printed matter 1 in which the check mark 2a is detected
For b and 1c, stamp the stamp with the stamp roll 17,
The prints 1b and 1c for which the check mark 2c has been detected are stamped with a stamp by a stamping roll 18, and are then transported by a paper feed roll 19 to a predetermined position A where they are superposed for collation.

When the printed matter 1a to be the front cover is sent to the predetermined position A, it is detected that the check mark 2b is not printed and the check mark 2d is printed, and it is determined that the front cover is the cover. Then, when the barcode reader 20 operates and reads the barcode 4, the control unit 3
The information read by the barcode reader 20 at 0 and each mark sensor 1 that has already been read and stored in the storage unit 33.
The information read by 3a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, and 13f is compared, and if they do not match, the collation 35 superposed as a collation defect is driven by the transfer roller 28 to be accommodated in the defective stacker 26. . On the other hand, when the read data match, the stitched pieces 35 are corrected by the butt aligning levers 21 and 22 to correct the stacked collation 35, and when the check mark 2d is detected, the stitcher 24 is detected. When the check mark 2e is detected, the perforation mark 34 is made by the perforator 23 (see FIG. 7). Then, the collation product 35 is accommodated in the normal stacker 25 by driving the transfer roller 27.

Normally, the check mark 2 is used for the binding work.
d is detected, but if there is no cover,
In the state in which the printed materials 1b and 1c having the check mark 2c are superposed on top of each other, without binding work,
The collated product 35 is accommodated in the normal stacker 25.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and, for example, the imprint may be one kind instead of two kinds, and pre-processing or post-processing which is replaced with imprint or perforation mark may be performed. . Further, the defective stacker 26 and the normal stacker 25 need not always be provided on opposite sides of the transfer path for the printed materials 1a, 1b, 1c. Further, check marks 2a, 2 provided on the printed materials 1a, 1b, 1c
The positions and numbers of b, 2c, 2d, 2e, and 2f are not limited to those described above, the position of the barcode 4 is not limited to those described above, and the configuration modes of the first and second machine reading marks are also the same. It is not limited to the above.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description,
According to the present invention, a machine reading control mark is printed in advance on each printed matter to be collated, and based on the machine reading control mark, the instructed pre-processing and post-processing are performed, while the machine reading is performed. Excludes printed matter whose control mark cannot be read from the transfer path, and transfers normal printed matter to the normal stacker section for each unit printed matter (referred to as a set of collated printed matter), making accurate collating work easy. There is an effect that can be performed.

Further, according to the present invention, the first machine reading control mark is printed in advance on each printed matter to be collated, and the printed matter to be the cover is formed with the first machine reading control mark. A second machine-reading control mark having a different aspect is printed, and the instructed pre-processing and post-processing are performed based on the first machine-reading control mark, while normal printing is performed for each printed material. It is judged whether or not it is a printed matter, and by comparing the read contents of the first and second machine reading control marks, it is judged whether or not it is a proper collated product, and then post-processing is performed. I will give it
This has the effect of facilitating accurate collating work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing, together with a control system, an apparatus that performs a series of collation work including pretreatment and posttreatment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of an apparatus in which a control system is omitted.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing a printing position of a first machine-reading control mark and a processing position of pre-processing and post-processing on each printed matter.

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a printed material to be a cover.

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a printed matter other than a cover sheet.

FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a printed matter other than the cover sheet.

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view showing a bound product.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a Printed material to be the cover 1b, 1c Printed material other than the cover 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f Check mark 4 Bar code 5a, 5b Transmission information 11 Collating device 12 Paper feed roll 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13f
Mark sensor 14 Operation start sensor 15 Ejection gate 16 Ejection stacker 17,18 Imprint roll 19 Paper feed roll 20 Bar code reader 21,22 Collimation lever 23 Perforator 24 Stitcher 25 Normal stacker 26 Bad stacker 30 Control part 31 Operation part 32 Display part 33 Storage 35 Collective

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A machine-readable control mark for printing desired information in advance in a predetermined order on each printed matter to be collated, and for instructing selective pretreatment and posttreatment associated with collation. Is a printing method, and these printed materials are piled up in a predetermined order in a predetermined order for each desired number of sheets and collated. Impossible single-sided printed matter is excluded from the transfer path, and the remaining single-sided printed matter is subjected to pretreatment processing according to the read machine reading control mark, and then according to the machine reading control mark that has already been read on the collation. A method for collating single-sided prints, characterized by transferring each unit print to the normal stacker unit after post-processing. 2. A first machine reading for printing desired information in advance in a predetermined order on each printed matter to be collated, and for instructing pretreatment and posttreatment selectively performed in accordance with collation. Print the control mark for the
If a cover sheet is present, the printed matter to be the cover sheet has a configuration mode different from that of the first machine-readable control mark.
This is a collating method in which control marks for machine reading are printed in advance and these printed matters are piled up in a predetermined order in a predetermined order for each desired number of sheets, and each single piece printed matter is transferred while being transferred. Read the control mark for machine reading of No. 1 and remove unreadable single-sided printed matter from the transfer path,
The remaining single-sided printed matter is subjected to pretreatment processing according to the read first machine reading control mark, and is further transferred and superposed. If a cover sheet exists before or after this superposition, , The printed matter that should be the cover sheet is detected, and the printed matter is collated so that it is the highest level, and the second machine reading control mark is read either before or after this collation, and the read second machine reading control is read. Compare the read contents of the mark with the read contents of the control mark for the first machine reading that has already been read. If there is a mismatch, the collated product is transferred to the defective stacker section, and if it matches, the collated product is read. A method for collating single-strip printed matter, which comprises performing post-processing according to the completed first machine-reading control mark and then transferring it to a normal stacker section. 3. A plurality of pre-printing and post-processing are specified in advance in a desired order on each printed matter to be collated, and a plurality of instructions are respectively specified and designated in accordance with collation. Second machine-readable control mark is printed, and in addition, in the case where a cover exists, a second machine-readable different from the first machine-readable control mark in the printed material to be the cover. This is a collating method for printing the control marks for printing, and superposing and collating these printed matters in a predetermined order for each desired number of sheets in a single piece state. Read the control marks for reading, remove the single-sided printed matter that could not read any marks from the transfer path, and perform the pretreatment processing on the remaining single-sided printed matter according to the read control mark for the first machine reading. After that, it is further transferred and superposed.If there is a cover before or after this superposition, the printed matter that should become the cover is detected and collated so that this is the highest level. Read the second machine reading control mark either before or after,
The read content of the read second machine read control mark is compared with the read content of the already read first machine read control mark, and if there is a mismatch, the collated product is transferred to the defective stacker unit, If they match, after the post-processing is performed on the collated product in accordance with the read control mark for the first machine reading, it is transferred to a normal stacker unit different from the defective stacker unit. How to collate single-sided prints. 4. The desired information is printed in advance in a predetermined order on each printed matter to be collated, and the imprinting process before collation and the binding process after collation are selectively performed in accordance with collation. And a plurality of first machine-readable control marks for specifying and instructing control contents including punching and marking processing, respectively. In addition, if a cover sheet is present at the time of collation, the printed matter to be the cover sheet is first printed. A bar code as a second machine reading control mark having a configuration different from that of the first machine reading control mark is printed, and these prints are superposed in a predetermined order in a predetermined order in a desired number of sheets. The first collation method is to read the first machine-reading control mark while transferring each single-sided printed matter, and the single-sided printed matter that cannot read any marks is removed from the transfer path and remains. The single-sided printed matter was imprinted according to the instruction content of the read control mark for the first machine reading, then transferred and superposed, and the bar code was read either before or after this superposition, If there is a cover sheet, the printed matter that should become the cover sheet is detected, and the printed matter is collated so that it is at the top, and the read contents of the read bar code and the already read first machine-readable control mark are read. Compared with the contents, if there is a mismatch, the collated product is transferred to the defective stacker section, and if there is a match, the binding process and punching mark processing according to the first machine reading control mark that has been read on the collated product A method for collating single-strip printed matter, which comprises transferring the processed sheet to a normal stacker section different from the defective stacker section.