High-speed document-processing machine

摘要

A document-processing machine includes a sheet-supplying means for supplying a seriatim stream of sheets; an accumulator means for accumulating the stream of sheets into sets; a reader means for reading a mark on a document and decoding the mark to obtain information regarding the set to which the document belongs; a buffer means for storing accumulated sets; and means for controlling a speed at which the sheet-supplying means operates based upon the state of one or more variables affecting the speed at which downstream devices can process sheets. Such variables include, e.g., the number of accumulated sets in the buffer means, the number of sheets in a set being processed, the form length of sheets within a set being processed, and the speed at which a downstream base insertion machine can receive sets. <IMAGE>