SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING BOOK BY REQUEST Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC G06K15/02 

FIELD: printing industry.

SUBSTANCE: system comprises the first printing device to print the first component of book (i.e. cover), the second printing device to print the second component of book (i.e. text block), bookbinding device to connect the first component and the second component, computer control system, which receives information related to book to be made, this information contains information related to content of specified first or second component, and information related to final size of book. At the same time computer control system initiates among other functions making the first component with the help of mentioned first printing device, receives signal about the fact that printing of the first component was successful, and having received this signal, it initiates printing of the second component with the help of specified second printing device. The first component may be stored in buffer, while the second component is not ready.

EFFECT: possibility to make multiple books by fully automated method, minimisation of failures from completed books, which do not comply with quality criteria, minimisation of production facilities downtime.

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