Bookbinding method and bookbinding unit, and image-forming system
US7984898B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00936
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
First document/image data is printed onto a sequence of sheets that includes sheets of a given size, and sheet(s) of a size that in at least one dimension is larger than the sheets of the given size. At the same time the first document/image data is being printed, second document/image data, i.e., foldout data, is printed onto the outer margin, i.e., a foldout portion, of the sheet(s) of the larger size. The larger-size, foldout sheet(s) is then folded so as to be creased near its overlap with the given-size sheets, and is collated into the sequence of the given-size sheets to form a bundle that is then bound. Thereafter trimming to size the non-bound edge(s) of the bundle slices away the crease in the foldout sheet, leaving the foldout cut-away as an insert tucked into the booklet.
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