Personalized computer printed hard covered book

Claim 1

The method of preparing a personalized hard cover story book having variable printed data of a personal nature and non-variable printed copy which utilizes a computer to print at least the personalized portions of the text comprising the steps of: a. preprinting the pages of a book with non-variable copy and art materials on continuous form computer printing sheet material to produce a preprinted continuous form computer printing sheet material; b. inputting to a computer variable data for each personalized copy of the book; c. introducing said preprinted continuous form sheet material into a computer printed in a manner such that a complete printed text will be produced for each set of variable data; d. printing said variable data including quality control indicia on said preprinted continuous form sheet material, said pre-printing step and said printing step producing a printed continuous form sheet material with only odd numbered pages on one side and only even numbered pages on the other side; e. cutting said continuous form printout materials to a size to form pages; f. collating the pages from the printer into the proper sequence for each individual personalized book; g. inspecting the quality control indicia on each of said collated pages to determine that the book is properly collated; h. trimming away portions of said pages to remove quality control marks therefrom; and, i. binding said pages into a hard cover book.

Claim 2

The method of preparing a personalized hard cover story book having variable printed data of a personal nature and non-variable printed copy which utilizes a computer to print at least the personalized portions of the text comprising the steps of: a. preprinting the pages of a book with non-variable copy and art materials on continuous form computer printing sheet material to produce a preprinted continuous form computer printing sheet material; b. inputting to a computer variable data for each personalized copy of the book; c. introducing said preprinted continuous form sheet material into a computer printed in a manner such that a complete printed text will be produced for each set of variable data; d. printing said variable data including quality control indicia on said preprinted continuous form sheet material, said pre-printing step and said printing step producing a printed continuous form sheet material with only odd numbered pages on one side and only even numbered pages on the other side; e. cutting said continuous form printout materials to a size to form pages; f. collating the pages from the printer into the proper sequence for each individual personalized book; g. inspecting the quality control indicia on each of said collated pages to determine that the book is properly collated; h. trimming away portions of said pages to remove quality control marks therefrom; and, i. binding said pages into a hard cover book.