Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
218 words
A process for operating a printing system (2) having a source of electronic pages for use in producing prints, printing means (8) for making prints from said electronic pages, and a controller section (7) for controlling operation of said system (2) to make prints in response to print programming instructions, characterised by programming said system (2) to produce a predetermined number of prints on a sheet stock with said prints collated into groups, selecting an ordered stock comprising successive sets (215) of sheets (210) with each sheet (210) in each of said sets (215) being unique and arranged in a predetermined order, determining the number of different sheets (210) of stock per group from the number of said electronic pages in said job and the number of prints to be made, programming a sequence number (m) representing the number of said unique sheets (210) in a set (215), from said sequence number (m) and the number of sheets (210) per group, identifying the number of sheets (210) in the last set (215) in each group printed that must be purged in order to remove excess sheets (210) and maintain correspondence between said electronic images and said sheets (210), at the end of printing of each group, purging said excess sheets from the last set (215) for said group.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
35 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, characterised by providing said ordered stock from tabbed stock with the number of tabs (212) in each of said sets (215) being represented by said sequence number (m).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, characterised by providing said ordered stock from different stock with the number of different color sheets being represented by said sequence number (m).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
A process as claimed in claim 2, characterised by preprinting said tabs (212).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
193 words
A process for operating a printing system (2) to make prints on tabbed sheets (210), characterised by programming a print job by said system (2) to produce groups of prints each having a selected number of prints in collated order from a preset number of electronic images on tabbed sheets (210), loading plural sets (215) of said tabbed sheets (210) with each set (215) having tabbed sheets (210) with a different tab (212) location, loading said sets (215) of tabbed sheets (210) in reverse order, inputting a sequence number (m) equal to the number of different tabbed sheet (210) in each set (215), determining the number of prints in said print groups, using said sequence number (m) and the number of prints in each of said print groups to determine the number of sets (215) of tabbed sheets (210) required to produce the prints in each of said groups, and where the number of tabbed sheets (210) in said sets (215) is greater than the number of prints in each of said groups, purging the excess tabbed sheets (210) at the end of the groups prior to starting printing of the next group.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
A process according to claim 5, characterised by using the data of the number of tabbed sheets (210) in said sets (215) greater than the number of prints in each of said groups to determine the number of tabbed sheets (210) to be re-fed in the event of a jam to replace tabbed sheets (210) lost as a result of said in proper sequence.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
121 words
A process for operating a printing system (2) to make prints on tabbed sheets (210), characterised by programming said printing system (2) to make a predetermined number of prints from a preset number of electronic images, providing plural sets (215) of sheets (210) for said prints, each successive sheet (210) in each of said sets (215) being unique, from the number of unique sheets (210) of print sheets in each set (215) and said predetermined number of prints programmed, determining the number of sets (215) of said prints to be made, where the number of prints in each of said sets (215) of prints is less than the number of sheets (210) in the set (215), discarding the extra sheets (210).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
A process as claimed in claim 7, characterised by providing tabbed sheets (210) for said sets (215) of sheets (210), with each tabbed sheet (210) in each of said sets (215) of sheets (210) having a tab (212) offset from the tabs (212) of the other tabbed sheets (210) in said set (215).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A printing system (2) for printing ordered stock, said system (2) incorporating processing means adapted for implementing a process as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8.