Stack flipping document handling system for utilization with printing lazy-portrait formatted documents
US8004717B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/00679
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printed sheet handling system and method for use with lazy-portrait narrow-end to narrow-end (LPEE) formatted pages web printed pages to produce document sets includes: a printer to print LPEE formatted paired document pages printed in 1 to N order and face up on a first half of the web and printed in N to 1 order and face down on a second half of the continuous web; a slitter that divides the LPEE formatted printed web into two streams of sheets, with one in 1 to N order and the other in N to 1 order; collecting both streams into separate stacks; flipping the N to 1 stack of sheets; and then withdrawing sheets from the tops of both stacks for cutting into pages, collating, and assembly into correctly aligned and page number-sequenced document sets.
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