Binding and collating techniques

摘要: Selective collating and binding processes for manufacture of digest-size mail order catalogs, magazines or other materials. Such "books" are most economically collated bound in pairs on a "2-up" line that simultaneously produces two output streams books. Mail retailers others require the books be organized according to postal zones favorable rate treatment. They also frequently prefer various sets customers receive editions book; repeat buyers, instance, may more complete edition catalog than buyers. Similarly, mailers desire their mailing combined, so catalogs packaged together same Processes present invention provide selective 2-up such different catalog, "versions". sort address records zone version, pair whose versions match control process utilizing paired records. The one stream with use custom crossover mechanism, streams.