Process and apparatus for personalizing magazines, books and other print media
US5114128A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 1991 |
| Grant date | May 19, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2301/4311
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Method and apparatus for incorporating pre-personalized signatures within magazines, books, catalogs, etc. which are intelligently matched to recipient name and address information printed on the covers of the magazines, books, etc. In one embodiment, pre-personalized signatures are printed off-line and later supplied to a signature feeder in the bindery line. Before or after deposit on the bindery chain conveyor, coded indicia on the pre-personalized signatures are machine read and processed through a control processor and related storage memory for locating and printing recipient name and address information on the magazine cover, matched to the pre-personalized signature.
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