Konica Corporation

Konica-Minolta Holdings, Inc.

Masahiko Kamei

Mitsuo Motohashi

Yuichi Atarashi

Seitaro Kasahara

Akira Kinoshita

Akitoshi Matsubara

Alex Xuyang Li

Keizo Kawada

Michiyo Shimonaka

Seitarou Kasahara

Xiang Hong Guan

There is provided a bookbinding system which can carry out a process from image formation to glued bookbinding in-line. The bookbinding system comprises a book content data input sectionto which book content data regarding a content of a book is entered, a cover sheet data input sectionto which cover sheet data regarding a cover sheet display is entered, a book content image formation sectionwhich forms images on recording sheets based on the book content data entered from the book content data input section, a cover sheet display image formation sectionwhich forms an image on a case cover based on the cover sheet data entered from the cover sheet data input section, back gluing meansfor back-gluing the recording sheets on which the images have been formed, and casing meansfor casing the recording sheets back-glued by the back gluing means with a case cover to bond the sheets.

Bookbinding system

Printed book publishing system and method, for loading down data on a network according to a request from a terminal and for outputting the loaded data for publishing the printed book, comprising a management server which performs making a data server storing book contents data send the book contents data according to a request from the terminal; wherein the book contents data is converted to image data for viewing and the image data for viewing is sent to the terminal.

Printed book publishing system and management method for printed book publishing

A book on-demand system having reading data for reading book contents and printing and bookbinding data for printing and bookbinding on the server thereof and also having a function to transmit the reading data to a reading device via a network at a user's request and also transmit the printing and bookbinding data to a printing and bookbinding device, wherein the server separately handles reading charge data concerning a reading charge applied to reading data transmission and printing and bookbinding charge data concerning a printing and bookbinding charge applied to printing and bookbinding processing.

Book on-demand system

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Kodaira, Japan

Masahiko Kamei