Method for printing printed material, which is individualized with logistic print-image elements
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a method for printing printed material which is individualized with logistical printed image elements, wherein at least one printed image, particularly a static printed image, which is printed in a printing machine, is individualized by technically adding at least one dynamic logistical printed image element. According to the invention, data of the/each dynamic logistical printed image element is combined in such a way that the/each printed image and the/each logistical printed image element are automatically updated by comparing data between a data bank provided by a print job user and a data bank provided by a logistics provider prior to printing the printed material individualized with the/each logistical printed image element.
1. A process for printing printed matter individualized with logistic print-image elements, the process comprising:
providing, by a print-job client, first data concerning at least one static print-image with second data concerning at least one dynamic logistic print-image;
combining the first data concerning at least one static print-image with the second data concerning at least one dynamic logistic print-image;
printing the at least one static print-image with the at least one logistic print-image element in line using the combined first and second data; and
automatically updating the second data of the print-job client by comparing a database provided by the print-job client and a database provided by the logistics provider before said step of printing, wherein the print-job client and logistics provider are separate entities that receive the second data through separate data exchanges.
2. The process of claim 1 , wherein the at least one dynamic logistic print-image element comprises a customer address or a logistics code.
3. The process of claim 2 , wherein the at least one dynamic logistic print-image element comprises an address and said step of automatically updating comprises updating addresses to be printed as dynamic logistic print-image elements by a data comparison between an address database provided by the print-job client and an address database provided by the logistics provider.
4. The process of claim 3 , wherein said step of updating the addresses comprises generating updated logistics codes based on the data comparison between an address database provided by the print-job client and an address database provided by the logistics provider.
5. The process of claim 1 , wherein said step of printing is performed in a printing press.
6. The process of claim 1 , wherein the at least one static print-image is generated in at least one printing couple of a printing press, and the at least one dynamic logistic print-image element is generated in at least one printing device of the printing press, wherein the at least one printing device is installed in-line with the at least one printing couple.
7. The process of claim 1 , wherein offset printing couples, ink-jet printing couples, or flexographic printing couples are used to print the at least one static print-image.
8. The process of claim 1 , wherein ink-jet printing devices are used to print the at least one dynamic logistic print-image element.
9. The process of claim 1 , wherein printing devices based on the principle of electrophotography, magnetography, electrocoagulation, or ionography are used to print the at least one dynamic logistic print-image element.
10. The process of claim 1 , wherein the data exchange with the logistics provider occurs at shorter intervals than the data exchange with the print-job client.