Claims
- 1. A method comprising:
writing electronic information to an optical disk on a binding line; and associating the written optical disk with a printed product on the binding line.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the optical disk includes at least one of a CD, CD-ROM and DVD.
- 3. The method of claim 1 and further including printing personalized indicia on the printed product in response to what was written to the optical disk.
- 4. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of printing personalized indicia occurs after associating the optical disk with the printed product.
- 5. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of printing personalized indicia occurs before associating the optical disk with the printed product.
- 6. A method comprising:
reading electronic information from an optical disk on a binding line; and associating the optical disk with a printed product on the binding line.
- 7. The method of claim 6 wherein the optical disk includes at least one of a CD, CD-ROM and DVD.
- 8. The method of claim 6 and further including printing personalized indicia on the printed product in response to what was read from the optical disk.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of printing personalized indicia occurs after associating the optical disk with the printed product.
- 10. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of printing personalized indicia occurs before associating the optical disk with the printed product.
- 11. A method comprising:
reading electronic information from an optical disk on a binding line wherein the optical disk has been electronically written offline with respect to the binding line; and associating the optical disk with a printed product on the binding line.
- 12. The method of claim 11 and further including printing personalized information on the printed product based on the information read from the optical disk.
- 13. The method of claim 11 and further including assembling the printed product based on the information read from the optical disk.
- 14. The method of claim 11 wherein the information read from the optical disk includes personalized information.
- 15. A method comprising:
writing electronic information to an optical disk on a finishing line; delivering a printed product to the finishing line; printing on the printed product based upon the electronic information written to the optical disk; and associating the printed product and the optical disk on the finishing line.
- 16. The method of claim 15 wherein the printing is performed after the optical disk is associated with the printed product.
- 17. The method of claim 15 wherein the optical disk is secured to the printed product.
- 18. A method comprising:
reading electronic information to an optical disk on a finishing line; delivering a printed product to the finishing line; printing on the printed product based upon the electronic information read from the optical disk; and associating the printed product and the optical disk on the finishing line.
- 19. The method of claim 18 wherein the optical disk is written with the electronic information off-line with respect to the finishing line.
- 20. The method of claim 18 wherein the electronic information is personalized information.
- 21. A method comprising:
writing electronic information to an optical disk on a binding line; delivering a plurality of printed products to the binding line based upon the information written to the optical disk; and associating the printed product and the optical disk on the binding line.
- 22. A method comprising:
reading electronic information from an optical disk on a binding line; delivering a plurality of printed products to the binding line based upon the information read from the optical disk; and associating the printed product and the optical disk on the binding line.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/060,687, filed Jan. 30, 2002 which claims the benefit of provisional Application No. 60/265,730, filed Feb. 1, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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Date |
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60265730 |
Feb 2001 |
US |
Continuations (1)
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10060687 |
Jan 2002 |
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10747840 |
Dec 2003 |
US |