Patents Assigned to R.R. Donnelley
  • Book production apparatus
    Patent number: 8006969
    Abstract: A book product apparatus includes a gathering line and a plurality of feeding devices adapted to dispense at least one signature onto the gathering line. The apparatus further includes a controller operatively connected to the plurality of feeding devices for controlling the operation of the feeding devices, wherein a comparison of two customer data sources generates instructions for the feeding devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley
    Inventor: James L. Warmus
  • Use of a sense mark to control a printing system
    Patent number: 7967407
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printer that prints only a sense mark on a substrate and an imaging unit. The imaging unit prints data onto the substrate and includes a plurality of printheads. The printing system also includes a sensor that detects the sense mark and a controller that instructs the imaging unit to print data onto the substrate, wherein the controller distributes print data among the plurality of printheads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley
    Inventors: Anthony V. Moscato, Theodore F. Cyman, Jr., Frank J. Rocco
  • Book assembly process and apparatus for variable imaging system
    Patent number: 6952801
    Abstract: The present invention is useful for assembling a book. The inventive method includes the steps of specifying pagination information including an indication of whether a page is to be selectively included in the book, determining whether the page is to be assembled into the book based on the pagination information, and generating page description language instructions for production of the book in accordance with the pagination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley
    Inventors: James L. Warmus, Mark G. Dreyer, J. Thomas Shively