Method and apparatus for adaptive collation

Details Method and apparatus for adaptive collation Method and apparatus for adaptive collation

1977-11-10

1985-06-11

Stoner, Jr., Bruce H.

Photocopying

Projection printing and copying cameras

Combined with or convertible to a contact printer

271288, 271 4, G03G 1500, B65H 3911

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045224862

ABSTRACT:
The invention concerns a method and apparatus for operating a multibin sheet collator, particularly a copier/collator installation. Additional to the number of sets to be collated, the number of sheets contained in each set is entered into the collator logic. If this number of sheets in a set exceeds the capacity of a single collator bin, adjacent bins are grouped together and treated as one virtual bin with increased capacity, thus extending the collator usage. Sheets exceeding the total capacity of the collator can be fed into additional receptacles.

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Baumann, G. W. et al., "Maximizing Collator Reliability", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 20, No. 4, Sep. 1977, p. 1298.

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