system for making a book on demand, and methods for making and a plurality of books on demand

摘要

SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A BOOK ON DEMAND AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AND A PLURALITY OF BOOKS ON DEMAND A system for making a book on demand includes a first print unit for printing a first book component (ie a cover), a a second printing unit for printing a second book component (i.e. a text block), and a gluing station for pasting the first component to the second component. The system may further include a computer control system receiving information relating to the book to be manufactured, information comprising information relating to the contents of said first or second component, and information relating to the finished book size. among other functions - the manufacture of the first component by said first printing unit receives a signal that the printing of the first component has been successful and upon receipt of this signal starts the printing of the second component by said second printing unit . The first component could be stored in a temporary store until the second component is ready. The advantage of this hierarchy is that the process is more time consuming and / or sensitive with respect to disturbances and / or more expensive to control the overall process. Rejections of completed books not meeting quality criteria are avoided and downtime minimized. Also avoiding the requirement to store the second component until the first component is ready.