Printing finishing system and method for operating a print finishing system

摘要

The invention relates to a device (2) and method for producing complex multipart collections (K1) of printed products, comprising at least two partial collections (T1, T2, T3) of precursors. The print finishing systems (2) according to the invention for collating and finishing flat precursors (V) comprise a collating device (6) having a conveyor track (41) on which a plurality of receptacle units (50) disposed in series in the circulating direction circulate in a closed circuit for receiving collated precursors (V), and on which a plurality of feeder apparatuses (101-112) are disposed in series in the circulating direction in at least one collating region (11, 12), from which precursors (V) are dispensed into the receptacle units (50) moving past on the conveyor track. A transfer apparatus (30) is disposed in at least one location of the conveyor track (42), transferring collated first partial collections (T1) from the receptacle units (50) for further processing, and a collator (31, 32) is disposed in at least one further location of the conveyor track (41, 43), collating further collated partial collections (T3, T4) from the receptacle units (50) into collections (K1) with the first partial collections (T1) or printed products comprising the first partial collection.