Method and system for combining and printing multiple patterns on a continuous web and for cutting said patterns therefrom

摘要

Disclosed is a method for producing series of cut-out forms from a continuous web. The method includes: receiving a plurality of print jobs, each one of the print jobs defining an image, a cut-out contour, and a desired number of copies; generating a set of printing patterns including images from print jobs, which may be combined to obtain the desired numbers of copies of the print jobs; making the printing patterns available to a printer in a combination to obtain the desired copies of the print jobs; generating a set of cut-out patterns including cut-out contours from print jobs, which may be combined to match the combined printing patterns; making the cut-out patterns available to a cutting device; and instructing the cutting device about the sequence in which the cut-out patterns must be applied to cut cut-out forms according to the cut-out contours.

主权项

1. A method for producing series of cut-out forms from a continuous web, said method comprising:
a. receiving a plurality of print jobs, each one of said plurality of print jobs defining an image, a cut-out contour, and a desired number of copies; b. generating a set of printing patterns comprising one or more images from said plurality of print jobs, wherein a printing pattern of said set of printing patterns comprises a first image of a first print job and a second image of a second print job of said plurality of print jobs, which printing patterns are combinable to obtain the respective desired numbers of copies of said plurality of print jobs, wherein the generated set of printing patterns comprises several distinct printing patterns; c. making said set of printing patterns available to a printer in a combination so as to print the respective desired numbers of copies of said plurality of print jobs on said continuous web; d. generating a set of cut-out patterns comprising one or more cut-out contours from said plurality of print jobs, wherein a cut-out pattern of said set of cut-out patterns comprises a first cut-out contour of a first print job and a second cut-out contour of a second print job of said plurality of print jobs; which cut-out patterns are combinable to match the combined printing patterns; wherein the generated set of cut-out patterns comprises several distinct cut-out patterns; e. making said set of cut-out patterns available to a cutting device; f. instructing said cutting device about the sequence in which said cut-out patterns from said set of cut-out patterns must be applied to cut cut-out forms according to said cut-out contours from said continuous web; and g. longitudinally slitting the web into a plurality of strips and arranging said plurality of strips on a plurality of rolls.