A method and associated system are provided for producing a perforationline between adjacent lottery tickets in an automated production line whereinasubstrate having lottery tickets printed thereon is conveyed through aperforationstation in the production line prior to being folded into a Z-fold pattern forsubsequent packaging. A perforation machine in the line is controlled by acontroller for defining the perforation lines, wherein the control processincludesdetermining the perforation lines that correspond to fold lines in the Z-foldpatternand, for these perforation lines, programming the perforation machine togeneratea second perforation profile that is different from a first perforationprofile of non-foldperforation lines that lie between the fold lines in the Z-fold pattern. Thesecond perforation profile is specifically tailored to produce a strongerperforationline to compensate for weakness induced in the perforation line from beingfolded.
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