Apparatus and method of on demand printing, binding, and...

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Patent

CA 2430843

A printing and binding apparatus (1) is disclosed which can print on demand, bind, and trim a perfect bound book. The apparatus includes one or more text page printers (110, 200) and a color cover printer (114). The text page printers print the text pages of a book and form the text pages into a book block (BB). The color cover printer (114) prints a cover for the book. The book block and the cover are delivered to a binding station at which the spine (S) of the book block is adhesively bound to the cover. The bound book is then delivered to a trimming station (TS) at which excess margins (are trimmed from the book. A method of printing and binding a perfect bound book on demand is also disclosed.

L'invention porte sur un appareil (1) d'impression et de reliure permettant d'imprimer, relier et rogner, sur demande, un livre relié sans couture. Cet appareil comprend une ou plusieurs imprimantes (110, 200) de pages de textes et une imprimante (114) de couverture couleur. Les imprimantes (110, 200) impriment les pages de textes d'un livre et forment les pages sous forme d'un bloc (BB). L'imprimante (114) imprime la couverture du livre. Le bloc de pages et la couverture sont acheminées vers une station de reliure au niveau de laquelle le dos (S) du bloc de pages est relié de manière adhésive à la couverture. Le bloc de pages est ensuite acheminé vers une station de rognage (TS) au niveau de laquelle des marges excédentaires sont rognées. L'invention porte également sur un procédé d'impression et de reliure à la demande d'un livre relié sans couture.

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