Business forms using carbonless sheets and non-impact printing and related method

摘要

A method of printing and assembling carbonless, multi-sheet business forms from a plurality of cut sheets (50, 52, 54) is disclosed which includes the steps of, for each form: a) applying a heat and/or pressure sensitive adhesive strip (62, 64) to a lower surface of a first sheet (50) and an upper surface of a second sheet (52), the adhesive strips on the first and second sheets being in substantial vertical alignment when the first and second sheets are in overlying relationship; b) providing at least one intermediate sheet (54), the intermediate sheet having a plurality of apertures (66) therein; c) passing the first, second and intermediate sheet through a non-impact printer (10); d) collating the first, second and intermediate sheet in overlying relationship so as to provide an individual collated form with the adhesive strips (62, 64) and plurality of apertures (66) in alignment; and e) passing the collated form through a heat and/or pressure sealing device (19) to thereby activate the heat and/or pressure sensitive adhesive strips (62, 64) by mutual contact through the plurality of apertures (66). Multi-part carbonless business form sets (48) collated from cut sheets following the above described process are also provided in two, three, four and five part form assemblies. IMAGE