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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2007
Michael Raymond Rancourt, Merrimack, NH (US);
George Athans, Lee, NH (US);
Christophe Rifflart, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Kevin Lauren Cote, Frisco, TX (US);
Michael Raymond Rancourt, Merrimack, NH (US);
George Athans, Lee, NH (US);
Christophe Rifflart, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Kevin Lauren Cote, Frisco, TX (US);
Goss International Americas, Inc., Durham, NH (US);
Abstract
A printing press is provided including at least one print unit printing a first job on a web, a folder splitting the web into a plurality of ribbons, combining the ribbons, and cutting the ribbons into signatures, the folder having a folder delivery for delivery of the signatures, a marking device marking every ribbon, a sensor sensing the marks on every ribbon, and a controller connected to the marking device and the sensor and determining a shortest ribbon value and a longest ribbon value, the shortest ribbon value being a function of a shortest path length of a first ribbon through the folder and the longest ribbon value being a function of a longest path length of a further ribbon through the folder. A method is also provided.