Sheet-material associating – With printing – Personalized printing
Patent
1991-07-15
1992-09-01
Look, Edward K.
Sheet-material associating
With printing
Personalized printing
270 45, 270 53, 270 54, 270 58, B41F 1354
Patent
active
051433621
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus provide for the personalization of magazines and like "book" publications. A book, having a cover which provides address information, is formed from a number of signatures. This is accomplished by automatically printing at least one personalized signature with variable personalized printing (such as by ion deposition), assembling the personalized signature with at least one other signature, detecting the personalized printing on the personalized signature (as by optically scanning OCR characters), and in response to such detecting, printing address information on the cover. The personalized printing can be the addressee's name, photograph, or identification number. The personalized signature may be assembled with other business documents, such as a business reply envelope, and may be perfed to provide a return form. Alternatively, complete address information may be printed on the signature and a die cut window formed in the cover, through which the address information is visible once the book is assembled. All of the books having address information with common postal codes are produced in a sequence--regardless of the demographic form of the signature that has been personalized--so as to maximize the chances for securing a minimum postal rate.
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Burket Franklin L.
Doane I. Gerald
Look Edward K.
Moore Business Forms Inc.
Newholm Therese M.
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