Bundled printed sheets

Abstract

The present disclosure provides bundled printed sheet articles, an apparatus for the manufacture of bundled printed sheet articles, and methods of making and using the bundled printed sheet articles.

1 . A bundle of printed sheets, comprising: 
 a plurality of printed sheets in a stack;    a band around the stack; and    an overwrapper on the banded stack,    each printed sheet having a cut-to-print registration variance of from less than or equal to about 0.03 inches, and    each printed sheet having the same length and width dimensions as the other printed sheets in the stack to within a variance of less than or equal to about 0.005 inches.    
   
   
       2 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the cut-to-print registration variance is from about 0.03 to about 0.015 inches.  
   
   
       3 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein each printed sheet having the same length and width dimensions as the other printed sheets in the stack is to within a variance of from about 0.001 to about 0.005 inches.  
   
   
       4 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the band around the stack encompasses a portion of two opposite sides including the full height of the stack, and a portion of the outer facing top and bottom sheets including the full width of the stack.  
   
   
       5 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 4  wherein the two opposite sides are parallel.  
   
   
       6 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 4  wherein the two opposite sides are other than parallel.  
   
   
       7 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the ends of a band around the stack overlap each other and the overlap portion includes a point of attachment.  
   
   
       8 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 7  wherein the point of attachment is accomplished with an adhesive, a weld, a crimp, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       9 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the band is plastic, paper, metal, rubber, string, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       10 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  having 1 to 5 bands.  
   
   
       11 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  having 2 bands.  
   
   
       12 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  having 1 band.  
   
   
       13 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the overwrapper on the banded stack includes a pull-tab to facilitate removal of the overwrapper from the bundle.  
   
   
       14 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the overwrapper on the banded stack completely encloses the bundle.  
   
   
       15 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the overwrapper on the banded stack incompletely encloses the bundle.  
   
   
       16 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the bundle has from about 10 to about 10,000 printed sheets.  
   
   
       17 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the bundle has from about 50 to about 5,000 printed sheets.  
   
   
       18 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the bundle has from about 50 to about 1,500 printed sheets.  
   
   
       19 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the bundle is free of a chipboard support or stiffener panel.  
   
   
       20 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  further comprising a chipboard, a stiffener panel, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       21 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 1  wherein the bundle is from about 1 to about 2 inches wide, about 2 to about 4 inches high, and about 3 to about 10 inches long.  
   
   
       22 . A bundle of printed sheets, comprising: 
 a plurality of printed sheets in a stack;    a band around the stack; and    each printed sheet having a cut-to-print registration variance of from less than or equal to about 0.03 inches, and    each printed sheet having the same length and width dimensions as the other printed sheets in the stack to within a variance of less than or equal to about 0.005 inches.    
   
   
       23 . An apparatus for making bundled printed sheets, comprising: 
 a printable web;    a print module to print on the printable web;    a cutter module to cut the printed web into a stream of printed sheets;    a collator module to collate each stream of printed sheets into a registered stack;    a conveyor module to convey each registered stack into a stack stream; and    a packaging module to package each registered stack in the stack stream into a package comprised of a bundle of printed sheets.    
   
   
       24 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the registered stack has a plurality of printed sheets.  
   
   
       25 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein each registered stack is vertical.  
   
   
       26 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein each registered stack is unsupported.  
   
   
       27 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the printable web and the print module, in combination, comprise a high-speed offset printing press.  
   
   
       28 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the cutter module comprises a rotary die-cutter, a flat-bed die-cutter, a slit-and-gap cutter, a slit-and-but cutter, a guillotine cutter, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       29 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the cutter module comprises a rotary die-cutter to angle-cut the printed web into at least one sheet stream and a waste matrix.  
   
   
       30 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the printable web has a width of from about 16 to about 40 inches and a speed of from about 300 to about 1,200 feet per minute.  
   
   
       31 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the printable web has a speed of from about 300 to about 900 feet per minute.  
   
   
       32 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the printable web has a width of less than about 16 inches and a speed of from about 10 feet per minute to less than about 300 feet per minute.  
   
   
       33 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the printable web has a speed of from about 10 feet per minute to less than about 300 feet per minute.  
   
   
       34 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the conveyor module comprises an endless belt.  
   
   
       35 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the conveyor module comprises a conveying elevator, the elevator being operable to receive a batch of stacks from two or more batch stackers and to convey the received batch of stacks to a first conveyor.  
   
   
       36 . The apparatus of  claim 35  wherein first conveyor conveys the batch of stacks as a stack stream uni-directionally to the packaging module.  
   
   
       37 . The apparatus of  claim 36  wherein first conveyor conveys the batch of stacks as a stack stream bi-directionally to two or more packaging modules.  
   
   
       38 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the packaging module comprises a first banding station, a second over-wrapping station, and an optional third shrink-wrapping station.  
   
   
       39 . The apparatus of  claim 38  wherein the packaging module further comprises a boxing station and box sealing station.  
   
   
       40 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the packaging module comprises a first banding station for making bundled printed sheets, and a boxing station.  
   
   
       41 . The apparatus of  claim 40  wherein the boxing station manually or automatically places the bundled printed sheets in a box having a sealable liner.  
   
   
       42 . The apparatus of  claim 23  further comprising a debris collector near the cutter module.  
   
   
       43 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the printable web comprises paper, film, synthetic materials, metalized papers, foils, and combinations thereof.  
   
   
       44 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein each stream of printed sheets is transported from the cutter to the collator with at least one transport belt and at least one backing roller opposing the transport belt.  
   
   
       45 . The apparatus of  claim 23  further comprising an ambient humidity control system.  
   
   
       46 . The apparatus of  claim 23  further comprising a web coating module.  
   
   
       47 . The apparatus of  claim 46  wherein the web coating module applies to the web, after the print module, a varnish coating, a gloss coating, a protective coating, an anti-static coating, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       48 . The apparatus of  claim 47  further comprising a web chiller module between the web coating module and the cutter module.  
   
   
       49 . The apparatus of  claim 48  further comprising a web nip between a nip roller and a backing roller just before the chiller in the chiller module.  
   
   
       50 . The apparatus of  claim 23  further comprising a web nip between a nip roller and an anvil roller just before the cutter in the cutter module.  
   
   
       51 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the cutter module provides from 2 to 80 streams of printed sheets.  
   
   
       52 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the collator provides from 2 to 80 registered stacks.  
   
   
       53 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the conveyor module conveys from 2 to 80 registered stack streams into a single stack stream.  
   
   
       54 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the conveyor module conveys from 2 to 80 registered stack streams into two stack streams.  
   
   
       55 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein packaging module comprises an optional stack jogger, a stack bander, an optional stack overwrapper, and an optional containerizer.  
   
   
       56 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the containerizer comprises a person or device for placing the bundled printed sheets into a container, for sealing the container, and optionally placing a plurality of sealed containers on a carrier.  
   
   
       57 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the package comprises: 
 a bundle of printed sheets comprising: 
 a plurality of printed sheets in a stack;  
 a band around the stack; and  
 an optional overwrapper on the banded stack, each printed sheet having a cut-to-print registration variance of from less than or equal to about {fraction (1/16)} th  inch, and each printed sheet having the same length and width dimensions as the other printed sheets in the stack to within a variance of less than or equal to about {fraction (1/100)} th  inch; and  
   a container for the bundle of printed sheets.    
   
   
       58 . The apparatus of  claim 57  the package further comprising: 
 a plurality of the containers on a pallet optionally partially overwrapped with an overwrapper.    
   
   
       59 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the cutter module includes a static eliminator.  
   
   
       60 . An apparatus for making bundled printed sheets, comprising: 
 a sheet feeder;    a print module to print on the fed sheets;    a cutter module to cut the printed fed sheets into a stream of cut printed sheets;    a collator to collate each stream of cut printed sheets into a registered stack;    a conveyor module to convey each registered stack into a stack stream; and    a packaging module which packages each registered stack in the stack stream into a package having a bundled printed sheets.    
   
   
       61 . The apparatus of  claim 60  wherein the sheet feeder and the print module in combination comprise a high speed sheet-fed print engine.  
   
   
       62 . The apparatus of  claim 60  wherein the cutter module comprises a die-cutter to angle-cut the printed sheets into at least one sheet stream and a waste matrix.  
   
   
       63 . The apparatus of  claim 60  wherein packaging module comprises an optional stack jogger, a stack bander, an optional stack overwrapper, and an optional containerizer.  
   
   
       64 . The apparatus of  claim 60  wherein the package further comprises a plurality of containerized bundled printed sheets.  
   
   
       65 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the print module comprises a first print engine to print constant image information, and a second print engine to print variable image information.  
   
   
       66 . A method of making bundled printed sheets, comprising: 
 printing on a printable web;    cutting the printed web into a stream of printed sheets and a waste matrix;    collating each stream of printed sheets into a registered stack;    conveying each registered stack into a stack stream; and    packaging each registered stack in the stack stream to form a bundle of printed sheets.    
   
   
       67 . The method of  claim 66  wherein cutting is accomplished with rotary die-cutter, a flat-bed die-cutter, a slit-and-gap cutter, a slit-and-butt cutter, a guillotine cutter, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       68 . The method of  claim 66  wherein cutting is accomplished with a rotary die-cutter.  
   
   
       69 . The method of  claim 68  wherein the die-cutter angle-cuts the printed web into a stream of printed sheets.  
   
   
       70 . The method of  claim 68  wherein the die-cutter angle-cuts the printed web into from 2 to 80 streams of printed sheets.  
   
   
       71 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the printable web has a width of from about 16 to about 40 inches and a speed of from about 300 to about 900 feet per minute.  
   
   
       72 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the printable web has a speed of from about 300 to about 1,200 feet per minute.  
   
   
       73 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the printable web has a width of less than about 16 inches and a speed of from about 10 to less than about 300 feet per minute.  
   
   
       74 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the printable web has a speed of from about 10 to less than about 300 feet per minute.  
   
   
       75 . The method of  claim 66  wherein conveying conveys from 2 to 80 stack streams into a merged single stream.  
   
   
       76 . The method of  claim 75  further comprising conveying the merged single stream in different directions into two separate stack streams.  
   
   
       77 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the printing, cutting, collating, conveying, and packaging, are accomplished continuously.  
   
   
       78 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the printing comprises offset, lithography, flexography, gravure, non-impact printing methods, electrophotography, and combinations thereof.  
   
   
       79 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the printable web comprises paper, film, a synthetic material, a metalized synthetic material, a metalized paper, a foil, and combinations thereof.  
   
   
       80 . The method of  claim 66  wherein each cutting event of the printed web is perpendicular to the web process direction.  
   
   
       81 . The method of  claim 66  wherein cutting is accomplished with a die-cutter.  
   
   
       82 . The method of  claim 66  wherein cutting is accomplished non-simultaneously and non-perpendicular to the web process-direction with a die-cutter.  
   
   
       83 . The method of  claim 81  wherein the die-cutter cuts from the web printed sheets which are, prior to cutting, aligned adjacent sheets, staggered adjacent sheets, angle-cut adjacent sheets, and combinations thereof.  
   
   
       84 . The method of  claim 83  wherein die-cutting cuts aligned adjacent printed sheets widthwise across the web process-direction.  
   
   
       85 . The method of  claim 83  wherein die-cutting cuts staggered adjacent printed sheets widthwise across the web process-direction.  
   
   
       86 . The method of  claim 83  wherein die-cutting cuts angle-cut adjacent sheets widthwise across the web process-direction.  
   
   
       87 . The method of  claim 66  wherein each cutting event produces from 2 to 50 of individually cut and printed sheets widthwise across the web process-direction.  
   
   
       88 . The method of  claim 66  wherein die-cutting the printed web continuously produces a stream of printed sheets.  
   
   
       89 . The method of  claim 66  wherein collating is accomplished by a collator having a receiver for receiving and registering each stream of printed sheets into an incipient registered stack.  
   
   
       90 . The method of  claim 66  wherein collating a number of streams of printed sheets produces an equal number of registered stacks of printed sheets.  
   
   
       91 . The method of  claim 66  wherein a registered stack or a bundle of printed sheets has from about 10 to about 5,000 printed sheets.  
   
   
       92 . The method of  claim 66  wherein a registered stack or a bundle of printed sheets has from about 10 to about 1,500 printed sheets.  
   
   
       93 . The method of  claim 66  wherein each registered stack has cut printed sheets stacked vertically and unsupported.  
   
   
       94 . The method of  claim 66  wherein each registered stack has cut printed sheets stacked vertically and supported.  
   
   
       95 . The method of  claim 66  wherein each registered stack has cut printed sheets stacked horizontally and supported.  
   
   
       96 . The method of  claim 66  wherein each registered stack is edge-to-edge registered, side-to-side registered, height-registered, edge-registered, width-registered, weight registered, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       97 . The method of  claim 66  wherein each registered stack is height registered and edge-to-edge registered.  
   
   
       98 . The method of  claim 66  wherein each registered stack is edge-to-edge registered.  
   
   
       99 . The method of  claim 66  wherein conveying conveys on a first conveyor the registered stacks away from the collator in the web process-direction for a distance and thereafter the registered stacks are displaced laterally, with respect to web process-direction, on a second conveyor to form a stack stream.  
   
   
       100 . The method of  claim 66  wherein packaging each registered stack in the stack stream to form a bundle of printed sheets comprises banding, overwrapping, shrink-wrapping, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       101 . The method of  claim 66  wherein packaging is accomplished by banding each registered stack.  
   
   
       102 . The method of  claim 66  wherein packaging is accomplished by placing two or more bands around each registered stack.  
   
   
       103 . The method of  claim 66  wherein packaging is accomplished by placing one band around each registered stack.  
   
   
       104 . The method of  claim 66  wherein packaging is accomplished by over-wrapping each registered stack, banded or un-banded, to form a wrapped stack.  
   
   
       105 . The method of  claim 104  wherein the over-wrapping of each registered stack forms a sealed enclosure about the stack.  
   
   
       106 . The method of  claim 66  wherein packaging comprises a first banding, a second over-wrapping, and optionally shrinking the over-wrapping.  
   
   
       107 . The method of  claim 66  wherein packaging comprises applying a band to each stack, placing one or more banded stacks in a container, and sealing the container.  
   
   
       108 . The method of  claim 107  wherein the container is a box.  
   
   
       109 . The method of  claim 108  wherein the container has a sealable liner.  
   
   
       110 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the printed sheets are labels, business cards, credit cards, phone cards, greeting cards, trading cards, tickets, game cards, note pad sheets, currency, checks, negotiable instruments, interlaced images, coupons, chits, ballots, forms, time sheets, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       111 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the waste matrix is removed by vacuum and discarded.  
   
   
       112 . The method of  claim 66  further comprising applying a coating to the first face, the second face, or both faces of the printed web.  
   
   
       113 . The method of  claim 112  wherein the coating is applied to the printed side of the web, the unprinted side of the web, or both the unprinted side of the web and the printed side of the web.  
   
   
       114 . The method of  claim 112  wherein the coating is a varnish, a gloss coat, a clear coat, a seal coat, an antistatic treatment, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       115 . The method of  claim 112  further comprising chilling the coated web.  
   
   
       116 . The method of  claim 66  further comprising a web guiding system for web substrate regulation.  
   
   
       117 . The method of  claim 66  further comprising monitoring the print quality of the printing.  
   
   
       118 . The method of  claim 117  wherein monitoring the print quality is accomplished with a video inspection system.  
   
   
       119 . The method of  claim 66  further comprising monitoring the registration of the printing to the cutting.  
   
   
       120 . The method of  claim 119  wherein monitoring the registration of the printing to the cutting is accomplished by continuously detecting a reference mark on the matrix prior to cutting, and continuously adjusting, as needed, the web position relative to the cutter to achieve a predetermined alignment of the cutter relative to the printed items on the printed web.  
   
   
       121 . The method of  claim 120  wherein continuously adjusting the web position relative to the cutter comprises controllably varying the speed of the web, controllably varying the position of the web, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       122 . The method of  claim 120  wherein monitoring the print registration is accomplished with a video print registration inspection system.  
   
   
       123 . The method of  claim 66  further comprising monitoring the color quality of the printing.  
   
   
       124 . The method of  claim 123  wherein monitoring the color quality is accomplished with a closed-loop color control and adjustment system.  
   
   
       125 . The method of  claim 124  further comprising adjusting print density to maintain the color quality of the printing.  
   
   
       126 . The method of  claim 66  further comprising monitoring the cut precision of the cutting.  
   
   
       127 . The method of  claim 126  wherein monitoring the cut precision is accomplished with a video inspection system.  
   
   
       128 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the bundled printed sheets are produced in from about 1 to about 4 minutes.  
   
   
       130 . The method of  claim 66  further comprising placing a plurality of bundled printed sheets in a container.  
   
   
       131 . The method of  claim 130  further comprising sealing the container containing the plurality of bundled printed sheets.  
   
   
       132 . The method of  claim 131  further comprising placing the sealed container on a carrier.  
   
   
       133 . The method of  claim 66  further comprising removing debris after cutting the printed web into printed sheets.  
   
   
       134 . The method of  claim 133  wherein removing debris after cutting is accomplished with a vacuum, a brush disturber, a tacky-surface member, or combinations thereof, situated in an area near the cutter.  
   
   
       135 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the bundled printed sheets are free of a chipboard support or a stiffener panel.  
   
   
       136 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the print registration to cut edges of the printed sheets is within less than or equal to about plus or minus 0.03 inches.  
   
   
       137 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the method is accomplished in ambient humidity of from about 65 to about 75 percent.  
   
   
       138 . The method of  claim 66  wherein the cutting, collating, conveying, or packaging is accomplished at an ambient temperature of from about 50 to about 90 degrees ° C.  
   
   
       139 . The method of  claim 66  further comprising controlling or eliminating static during substrate transport, printing, cutting, collating, conveying, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       140 . A method of making bundled printed sheets, comprising: 
 printing on a printable web;    die-cutting the printed web into a stream of printed sheets and a waste matrix;    collating each stream of printed sheets into a vertical registered stack;    conveying each registered stack into a single stack stream;    banding each registered stack in the conveyed single stack stream to form a banded stack of bundled printed sheets wherein a band circumscribes a portion of two opposite sides and the entire height of the vertical stack, and a portion of the width of the first sheet and a portion of the width of the last sheet in the stack;    overwrapping each banded stack; and    optionally placing each overwrapped banded stack in a container.    
   
   
       141 . A method of making bundled printed sheets, comprising: 
 providing single-sheets;    optionally printing on the single-sheets with a print engine;    cutting each single-sheet into a stream of cut-printed sheets and a waste matrix;    collating each stream of cut-printed sheets into a registered stack;    conveying each registered stack into a stack stream; and    packaging each registered stack in the stack stream into a bundle of printed sheets.    
   
   
       142 . The method of  claim 141  wherein providing single-sheets provides single-sheets free of printed images.  
   
   
       143 . The method of  claim 141  wherein providing single-sheets provides single-sheets having printed images on one or both sides of the sheet.  
   
   
       144 . The method of  claim 141  wherein cutting is accomplished by an angle-cut rotary die-cutter.  
   
   
       145 . The method of  claim 141  wherein cutting comprises slit-and-gap cutting.  
   
   
       146 . The method of  claim 141  wherein collating is accomplished with a batch stacker machine modified to transport and receive a plurality of printed sheet streams.  
   
   
       147 . The method of  claim 141  wherein collating is accomplished with a vacuum assist transfer device to transport the printed sheet streams to the collator.  
   
   
       148 . The method of  claim 141  further comprising controlling or eliminating static during cutting, collating, conveying, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       149 . A method of affixing printed sheets to articles, comprising: 
 optionally slitting the over-wrapper on an over-wrapped bundle of printed sheets;    removing the over-wrapper from the over-wrapped bundle of printed sheets comprising: 
 a plurality of printed sheets in a stack;  
 a band around the stack; and  
 an overwrapper on the banded stack, each printed sheet having a cut-to-print registration variance of from less than or equal to about {fraction (1/16)} th  inch, and each printed sheet having the same length and width dimensions as the other printed sheets in the stack to within a variance of less than or equal to about {fraction (1/100)} th  inch;  
   optionally fanning the unwrapped bundle of printed sheets;    removing the banding from the unwrapped bundle of printed sheets;    inserting the stacked printed sheets into a sheet applicator machine;    optionally activating an adhesive on, or applying an adhesive to, a portion of the individual printed sheets; and    contacting the individual printed sheets having adhesive with an article.    
   
   
       150 . The method of  claim 149  wherein the printed sheets are labels.  
   
   
       151 . The method of  claim 149  wherein the article is a container or package.  
   
   
       152 . A stack of printed sheets, comprising: 
 a plurality of printed sheets in a unitary form, each printed sheet having a cut-to-print registration variance of from less than or equal to about {fraction (1/16)} th  inch, and each printed sheet having substantially the same length and width dimensions as the other printed sheets in the stack to within a variance of less than or equal to about {fraction (1/100)} th  inch, and the stack being in a label applicator machine.    
   
   
       153 . The stack of printed sheets of  claim 152  wherein the unitary form is a stack of substantially identically shaped sheets.  
   
   
       154 . The stack of printed sheets of  claim 152  wherein the unitary form is a cube or parallelepiped.  
   
   
       155 . The stack of printed sheets of  claim 152  wherein the unitary form is a stack of substantially identically irregularly shaped sheets.  
   
   
       156 . The stack of printed sheets of  claim 152  wherein the printed sheets are labels.  
   
   
       157 . An article having a printed sheet attached thereto, the printed sheet being obtained from unpackaging a bundle of substantially identically shaped printed sheets, the bundle of printed sheets comprising: 
 a plurality of printed sheets in a stack;    a band around the stack; and    an overwrapper on the banded stack, each printed sheet having a narrow cut-to-print registration variance of from less than or equal to about {fraction (1/16)} th  inch, and    each printed sheet having the same length and width dimensions as the other printed sheets in the stack to within a narrow variance of less than or equal to about {fraction (1/100)} th  inch.    
   
   
       158 . An apparatus for making bundled printed sheets comprising: 
 a printable web;    a print module to print on the printable web;    a cutter module to cut the printed web into a stream of printed sheets and a waste matrix;    a collator module to collate each stream of printed sheets into a registered stack;    a conveyor module to convey each registered stack into a stack stream; and    a packaging module to package each registered stack in the stack stream into a package containing bundled printed sheets,    wherein:    the printable web and the print module is a high speed lithographic press adapted to: 
 print and cure multiple color UV curable inks on a paper substrate;  
 apply a protective coating;  
 chill the protectively coated web; and  
 apply an antistatic coating;  
   the cutter module is a rotary die-cutter adapted to angle-cut the printed web, the cutter further including a static eliminator to facilitate separation of cut sheets and matrix from one another and the cutter;    the collator module is a sheet stream transporter and batch-stacker to transport and collate each stream of printed sheets from the cutter module into a registered stack;    the conveyor module is a conveyor for the output of each batch-stacker and adapted to directly receive the stack batch and transport the stack batch as a single stack stream to the packaging module;    each bundle of printed sheets having from about 10 to about 1,500 cut printed sheets, each printed sheet having a cut-to-print registration variance of from less than or equal to about {fraction (1/16)} th  inch, and each printed sheet having the same length and width dimensions as the other printed sheets in the bundle to within a variance of less than or equal to about {fraction (1/100)} th  inch;    the packaging module having a banding machine, an overwrapping machine, a heat-shrink machine, a containerizer machine, a stretch banding machine, a palletizer, or combinations thereof; and    the apparatus having a humidity controller, a web-nip just before the chiller module, and a web-nip just before the cutter module.    
   
   
       159 . A bundle of printed sheets, comprising: 
 a plurality of printed sheets in a stack;    a band around the stack; and    an optional overwrapper on the banded stack,    each printed sheet having a cut-to-print registration variance of from less than or equal to about {fraction (1/16)} th  inch, and    each printed sheet having the same length and width dimensions as the other printed sheets in the stack to within a variance of less than or equal to about {fraction (1/100)} th  inch.    
   
   
       160 . A bundle of printed sheets, comprising: 
 a plurality of printed sheets in a stack;    a band around the stack; and    an optional overwrapper on the banded stack,    each printed sheet having a cut-to-print registration variance of from less than or equal to about {fraction (3/64)} th  inch, and    each printed sheet having the same length and width dimensions as the other printed sheets in the stack to within a variance of less than or equal to about {fraction (1/133)} rd  inch.    
   
   
       161 . The bundle of printed sheets of  claim 159  wherein the printed sheets are labels, business cards, credit cards, phone cards, gift cards, greeting cards, trading cards, tickets, game cards, note pad sheets, currency, checks, negotiable instruments, interlaced images, coupons, chits, ballots, forms, time sheets, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       162 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein a module comprises an inspection station.  
   
   
       163 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the print module comprises a print quality inspection system.  
   
   
       164 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the print module comprises a print quality and print registration inspection system and the cutter module comprises a print-to-cut inspection system.  
   
   
       166 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the conveyor module comprises a first conveyor having two over-under parallel endless belts and an elevator, wherein the two over-under parallel endless belts each carry a stack stream from the collator to the second conveyor, the elevator being operable to alternate the position of the two over-under parallel endless belts relative to the collator and a second conveyor.  
   
   
       165 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the cutter module comprises: a rotary die-cutter; an edge slitter for bursting; an air knife debris disturber; an abrader; and a debris removal device.  
   
   
       166 . The apparatus of  claim 57  wherein the cut-to-print registration variance is from less than or equal to about {fraction (3/64)} th  inch, and length and width dimensional variance is less than or equal to about {fraction (1/133)} rd  inch.  
   
   
       167 . The apparatus of  claim 57  wherein the cut-to-print registration variance is from less than or equal to about 0.03 inches, and length and width dimensional variance is less than or equal to about 0.005 inches.  
   
   
       168 . The apparatus of  claim 149  wherein the cut-to-print registration variance is from less than or equal to about {fraction (3/64)} th  inch, and length and width dimensional variance is less than or equal to about {fraction (1/133)} rd  inch.  
   
   
       169 . The apparatus of  claim 149  wherein the cut-to-print registration variance is from less than or equal to about 0.03 inches, and length and width dimensional variance is less than or equal to about 0.005 inches.  
   
   
       170 . The apparatus of  claim 152  wherein the cut-to-print registration variance is from less than or equal to about {fraction (3/64)} th  inch, and length and width dimensional variance is less than or equal to about {fraction (1/133)} rd  inch.  
   
   
       171 . The apparatus of  claim 152  wherein the cut-to-print registration variance is from less than or equal to about 0.03 inches, and length and width dimensional variance is less than or equal to about 0.005 inches.  
   
   
       172 . The apparatus of  claim 157  wherein the cut-to-print registration variance is from less than or equal to about {fraction (3/64)} th  inch, and length and width dimensional variance is less than or equal to about {fraction (1/133)} rd  inch.  
   
   
       173 . The apparatus of  claim 157  wherein the cut-to-print registration variance is from less than or equal to about 0.03 inches, and length and width dimensional variance is less than or equal to about 0.005 inches.  
   
   
       174 . The apparatus of  claim 158  wherein the cut-to-print registration variance is from less than or equal to about {fraction (3/64)} th  inch, and length and width dimensional variance is less than or equal to about {fraction (1/133)} rd  inch.  
   
   
       175 . The apparatus of  claim 158  wherein the cut-to-print registration variance is from less than or equal to about 0.03 inches, and length and width dimensional variance is less than or equal to about 0.005 inches.