Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing bundled printed sheets. The printed sheets can be used for labels, business cards, greeting cards, trading cards, tickets, game cards, bank cards, phone cards, identification cards, note pad sheets, paper currency, negotiable instruments, interlaced images, coupons, chits, ballots, maps, forms, time sheets, and like applications. The system generally comprises a substrate staging area, a print module, a cutter module, a collator module, conveyor module, and a packaging module. The system of the present invention can also comprise optional coating or treatment modules, web inspection equipment, waste removal equipment and other such features, and can be web- or sheet-fed.

Abstract: A pad of paper sheets is constructed so that individual sheets may be removed from the pad without the individual sheets having any aggressively tacky or repositionably tacky coatings on exposed surfaces of the sheets after removal. There is no need for padding compounds or coatings on exterior edges or sides of the pads.