DE102015203006A1 - Method for producing book-type security documents - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method (100) for producing different types of book security documents, in particular passbooks, each comprising a plurality of pages joined to a book, of which a composite page is implemented with at least one personalized security feature, wherein the different types of book Security documents differ at least in terms of a color of a cover, where a standard type and several special types of book security documents exist, comprising the steps: separately producing the personalized composite pages (110) and other book semi-finished products (400), and assembling (600) each an already personalized A composite page comprising one or more book sub-products to a book security document, wherein creating (110) one of the composite pages each comprises: receiving (120) a personalization record; Printing (250) at least one substrate layer with personalizing information according to the personalization data set; Assembling (270) the at least one printed substrate layer with one or more further substrate layers to form the personalized composite page, setting for each personalization record a status variable (140) indicating the type of the associated book security document and printing (250) the at least one substrate layer with personalizing information by means of multicolor printing and together with the personalizing information, if the type of the associated book security document is one of the special types, additionally an identification print is executed in color, in particular an identification field is printed so that the color of the identification print , in particular the printed identification field, corresponding to the color of the cover of the associated type of book security document.

Description

The invention relates to a method for producing different types of book security documents, in particular passbooks.

Book-type security documents are known from the prior art. An example of such book security documents is passport books. These are a variety of pages stapled or bound to a book or booklet. As a rule, one or more pages are labeled with particulars identifying a person to whom the passport is associated. As a rule, special features are also formed on this page or these pages, which serve to verify the authenticity of the book-type security document, for example the passport, and the authenticity of the personal data given therein.

Historically, all pages of such a paper security document have been made of pulp based paper, for example. However, in order to increase the security against counterfeiting, in modern passports a page is designed as a composite page, which is often referred to as a data card. Such composite cards are produced in particular on the basis of a plurality of plastic and / or additional paper layers, which are usually joined together in a lamination process. In such a composite page, a variety of different security features, such as provided with a security printing layers, optical security features such as holograms, Changeable Laser Images, laser engraving or electronically verified security features such as Radio Frequency Identification devices and / or microchips integrated.

As a rule, differently configured book security documents, for example different types of passports, are issued by a state. On the one hand passports are issued for the own nationals. In addition, diplomatic passports, service passports and passports for refugees, passports for stateless persons and passports for foreigners are also issued. In order to easily distinguish these different types in use, for example, they have different cover colors. However, in order to avoid counterfeiting such that, for example, a data card or composite page of an ordinary passport is inserted into a book cover of a diplomatic passport, it is desirable that the data card or compound pages also be easily distinguished. Therefore, currently, the substrate layers on which a security print is printed, for example, in the form of a guilloche pattern are formed differently for the different types of passports.

In manufacturing, the problem now arises that very different numbers of items are required by the individual types of passports. Only about one-tenth of the passports issued in the Federal Republic of Germany are diplomatic passports. In production, the passports are each manufactured in batches which have a batch size of, for example, several hundred passport documents. With such a batch size, no or only a very small amount of printed or security element-provided substrate layers occurs in the production of the composite pages. If one were to try to produce also the types of passport documents, which are produced in a small number of pieces per year, in batches of the same type, only about five or six batches would be produced in one year. The resulting waiting times for obtaining a new diplomatic passport are not acceptable in practice. Therefore occur in manufacturing, for example, when using the provided with a security printing substrate layers larger waste surfaces, which significantly increase the production of such documents. Further, there is an increased risk that a misalignment of a composite page of one type of book security document, for example, a data page of a diplomatic passport, occurs in a cover book and other passport pages belonging to another type, such as an ordinary passport. This places increased demands on quality control and also increases reject rates.

The invention is therefore based on the technical object to avoid these problems of waste of material and misallocation and to provide an improved, material-saving and less error-prone manufacturing.

The invention is based on the basic idea of producing composite pages that are as uniform as possible with regard to most security features, and to introduce easily recognizable distinguishing features together with personalization data into the composite page, which in any case must be configured individually for each composite page. Thus, there is provided a method for making different book security documents, especially passbooks, each comprising a plurality of pages assembled into a book, one of which is embodied as a composite page with at least one personalized security feature, the different types of book security documents at least with regard to a design of the cover, in particular a color of the cover, where one standard type and several special types of book security documents exist. The method comprises the steps of: separately producing personalized composite pages and other book semi-finished products; Merging in each case an already personalized composite page with one or more book sub-products into a book security document, the production of a composite page each comprising: receiving a personalization data record; Printing at least one substrate layer with personalizing information according to the personalization data set; Assembling the at least one printed substrate layer with one or more further substrate layers to form the personalized composite page, wherein it is provided that for each personalization data set a status variable, which is also referred to as a flag, indicating the type of the associated book security document, and the printing of the at least one substrate layer with personalizing information by means of multicolored printing and together with the personalizing information, if the associated status variable indicates that the type of the associated book security document belongs to one of the special types, additionally at least one identification print, for example in the form of printing an identification field, color is such that the color of the at least one identification print, for example, the printed identification field, with the color of the cover of the associated type of book security s document corresponds. Because each personalization record belongs to a book security document, a personal security record type can also be associated with the personalization record. Based on this type, a status variable is thus set and set for each book security document to be created. Such a status variable may take on different values, at least as many as there are different types of book security documents. Nevertheless, the term often used in the art is the term "flag" which, as used herein, may assume not only a binary value but a variety of different predefined values.

In addition to the personalizing data, a security document is typically associated with at least one other identifier, such as a passport number, which is unique to all book security documents of different types. This means that the identifier, for example the passport number, can occur only once. The one-to-one identifier is preferably formed from alphanumeric characters, but may also be represented in the form of a bar code or a 2D dot pattern.

A particular advantage is that distinguishable composite sides are produced without requiring a special processing or processing step. The personalized data are printed in color anyway, for example, to print a full-color or colorful face image of the person on the composite page to which the personalization data belongs. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform different fine line security prints to distinguish the different types of security documents.

The advantage of the proposed solution is that based on the identification pressure in a simple manner via the different colors used for this purpose an assignment to the corresponding types is possible. If, for example, a coherent closed area, for example a rectangular area, is provided as an identification field on the composite side, then, for example, in the case of a standard passport, which is the standard type of the book security document, no printing is made in the identification field. For all special types, on the other hand, in the identification field, a monochrome or monochrome homogeneous overall impression is applied, which corresponds in terms of color impression to the color impression exhibited by the corresponding cover of the associated type of passport document. This allows a very simple final check of the correct assignment of the composite page to the corresponding cover. Also in a later verification at control points can be easily determined by the composite page, which type of book security document is or whether the composite page is inserted in the right type of cover or if there is a fake.

Furthermore, the invention provides an apparatus for producing different types of book security documents, in particular passbooks, each comprising a plurality of pages joined to a book, of which a composite page is implemented with at least one personalized security feature, wherein the different types of book security documents at least with respect to a color of a cover, wherein one standard type and several special types of book security documents exist, comprising: a controller for receiving a personalization record; a printing device connected to the control device for printing at least one substrate layer with personalizing information according to the personalization data record; and a joining device for joining the at least one printed substrate layer with one or more further substrate layers to the Forming the personalized composite page; and a merge workstation for merging each an already personalized composite page with one or more separate remainder booklets made from the personalized composite page to the book security document, wherein the control device is configured to set a status variable for each personalization record that corresponds to the type of associated book security document indicating that the printing of the at least one substrate layer with personalizing information is directed to by means of multicolor printing and, together with the personalizing information, if the status variable to the personalizing information indicates that the type of associated book security document is one of the special types, In addition, an identification print is executed in color, in particular an identification field is printed so that the color of the identification print, in particular of the printed Identifikatio nsfeldes, corresponding to the color of the cover of the associated type of book security document.

In a preferred embodiment, it is contemplated that upon a final quality control of the book security document, a match of the color, i. the color impression, the at least one identification print, for example the identification field, is present with the color of the cover of the book security document. This quality control is performed at least for all special types where such a match is expected. If a color identification print corresponding to the color of the cover for this standard type of book security document is not applied to the standard type of book security document, the final check is performed only for the special types. These are identified by the identifier or other information of the personal record.

Then, the associated status variable (flag) is evaluated and determined which type of book security document it is and whether such a check is to be performed.

A further development of the device is characterized by an optical detection device for color detection of the cover and printed with the personalizing information composite page and connected to the optical detection means evaluation to check whether at least for all special types of book security documents, a match of the color of at least there is an identification print with the color of the cover of the book security document.

An advantage of the method is that the different composite pages can be reliably and easily identified. In a preferred development of the method, it is therefore provided that the composite pages for different types of book security documents are produced in mixed order. It is not necessary to form each type-specific batches. Book security document requirements can therefore be executed in any order, regardless of type.

In a preferred embodiment, at least some process steps in the production of the composite side are carried out in multiple use. Thus, for example, large-area sheets can be printed with the fine line background security printing in the form of a guilloche pattern, which are subsequently printed with the personalization printing at different locations for different composite pages and then singulated or singulated before the personalization print. Overall, this allows accelerations of the manufacturing process as well as savings in the area of manufacturing costs. Furthermore setup times are minimized and an alignment and adjustment effort is reduced.

In a further embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the book semi-finished products comprise type-independent content pages and type-specific book covers, and when merging a respective set of content pages and a cover belonging to the type of book security document are connected to the composite page.

In one embodiment, the content pages, the book cover, and the composite page are linked together in a bookbinding process. In this case, a thread binding, a binding, a perfect binding or any other known in the art form of binding of a book or booklet can be used.

In another embodiment, it is contemplated that the book semi-finished products include type-dependent book blanks having content pages and a type-dependent cover, wherein the book blanks are already assembled and include a tab to which the personalized composite page is attached. The bonding of the composite side with the tab is done for example via a plastic welding process. The content pages and the type-dependent cover and tab are thus assembled into a book blank.

In one embodiment of the device, it is therefore provided that the joining work station is designed to carry type-dependent book blanks as the other book semi-finished products To merge content pages, a type-specific cover, and a tab that are already joined together with personalized composite pages by attaching the personalized composite page to the tab.

Particularly preferably, the content pages are configured independently of type. The merging of the personalized composite pages with the other semi-finished booklets is accomplished in one embodiment of the method by means of a merging workstation that detects the different types of composite pages, i. Composite pages of different types of book security documents, in mixed order. The assembly work station has different magazines for the book semi-finished products of the different types of book security documents to be produced. The merging workstation identifies the composite page blanks and determines the type of book security document to be produced based on the associated status variables. The corresponding other book semi-finished products are supplied according to the type from the different magazines.

An embodiment of the device provides that the joining work station is coupled to a feeder so that the personalized composite pages of different types of book security documents are fed in mixed order to a joining station and these have different magazines for different types of book semi-finished, are supplied via the book semi-finished products , which are required for the different types of book security documents to be produced, and the assembly work station is adapted to identify the composite pages and to determine the type of book security document to be produced from the associated status variables and the corresponding other book semi-finished products from the different types To feed magazines.

In another embodiment, the composite side tubes are sorted according to type after manufacture, which is type-mixed, and fed to the assembly workstation, respectively, to composite pages and book semi-finished products belonging to the same type of book security document.

An embodiment of the apparatus comprises a sorting means for sorting the composite pages according to the type of book security document to which they are associated so as to supply to the assembling workstation only only composite pages and remaining book semi-finished products belonging to the same type of book security document.

When in the context of this invention it is said that an identification print is made with a color, printed with a color, or has a color, etc., it is always meant that the identification print in the finished composite page causes a certain uniform color impression. On the other hand, should not be expressed with such an embodiment that the identification print must be carried out with a printing ink, which causes this color impression. The color impression can thus be caused by the interaction of a plurality of color pixels, which are each formed in a primary color of a color system. This results in the color impression due to the laws of color subtraction or color addition.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to a drawing. Hereby show:

1 a schematic representation of a flowchart of a method for producing a book security document; and

2 a schematic process flow of an alternative embodiment of a method for producing a book security document.

In 1 is a schematic flow diagram of a method 100 for producing book security documents that can be used to produce different types of book security documents. By way of example, the production is explained in passbooks, but should not be limited thereto. Different types of passbooks (book security documents) are produced. These include, on the one hand, standard passports, which are a standard type of passport documents. Special types include diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for stateless persons and passports for foreigners. These different types of passports are differentiated by the color of the cover. This means that every type of passport document is assigned a cover color.

A passport document each includes a linked page in which personalized data is stored, other content pages, and a cover that are joined together to form a book security document. The production of the composite page 110 , which is also referred to as a data card, is done separately from the production of the other book semi-finished products 400 ,

For the production of the composite page 110 First, a personalization record is received or captured 120 , This personalization record will have other identifiers and the like associated 130 which, for example, gives a passport number but also information about the type of book security document to be produced. The assignment of these identifiers and other information can already be done when entering the personalization data, for example, by filling out a specific paper-based or electronic form, which is already book-specific security documents differently.

Furthermore, a status variable is assigned to the personalization record 140 which signals the type of book security document. Such a status variable, even if it can assume more than two values, is sometimes referred to as a flag.

The physical production of the composite site 200 includes providing and / or producing substrate layers 210 including forming security features on or in the substrate layers. Furthermore, it is checked here 220 whether the personalization record for a book security document belongs to one of the special types. For this, the status variable is queried 230 , Depending on the result of the query, a colored print information is generated 240 which, at least in the case of a special type, includes printing information for an identification print in addition to the personalizing information. The identification print is carried out monochromatically in such a manner that the identification printing is carried out in the color corresponding to the cover color of the corresponding type of book security document.

In one implementation, the standard book security documents, that is, the standard passports, are executed without the identification print. In this embodiment, only the special types are executed with an identification print, for example, by printing an identification field in one color with the color corresponding to the cover color. In other embodiments, an identification print may also be performed for the standard book security documents, wherein the identification print is executed in the color that matches the cover color of the respective book security document type. It is essential that the identification print is applied in the same working and printing step as the other color personalized information. It is essential here that the identification print must produce a color impression that matches the color impression of the cover. However, it is not necessary that this is a pressure preparation is used, which causes just this color impression. Rather, it is possible and generally advantageous if the corresponding color impression is produced on the basis of a plurality of print image dots printed in primary colors of a subtractive color system. A widely used color system is, for example, the cyan-magenta-yellow color system, which is also referred to as the CMY color system. This can be a very large variety of colors represent. Often, in addition to displaying black shades, the color black (K) is also added. Some color systems use cyan, light cyan, magenta, light magenta, yellow, light yellow, and preferably black in addition to cyan, magenta, and yellow in a brighter version.

On the basis of the created printing information, a substrate layer is printed in color 250 , Preferably, an ink jet printing method is used. Other digital printing methods such as transfer printing methods, etc. can also be implemented. It is important that the personalizing information is executed together with the identification print in a printing process.

After the individual substrate layers have been prepared, in particular a substrate layer with the personalizing information, and at least for the special types of book security document composite pages additionally provided with the identification print, the individual substrate layers are collected to form a substrate layer stack 260 Preferably, such that the printed substrate layer surface on which the personalizing information and optionally the identification print are applied, are covered by another substrate layer, so that the information is finally stored in an internal level in the composite page and so well against tampering and counterfeiting are protected.

The joining together 270 The various substrate layers are preferably carried out in a lamination process. In particular, a high-temperature lamination method is used for this purpose. Most preferably, all substrate layers that are bonded are made based on the same plastic material. Suitable substrates are all substrate layers known to the person skilled in the art, for example polycarbonate, PVC, ABS, polyethylene terephthalate and other plastics. However, embodiments are also possible in which individual layers consist of different plastics or even cellulose layers or the like. In addition, it is customary to integrate hologram films, patches or electronic components, in particular RFID chips and antennas, in composite pages.

Separated from the composite pages, the remaining semi-finished book products are produced 400 , This includes the production of differently colored bindings 410 and the creation of content pages 420 , In the embodiment illustrated here, content pages and an associated cover together with a tab are combined to form a book blank 430 , Thus, different types of book blanks are made for the different types of book security documents.

The individual finished composite pages are collected in a magazine regardless of type 280 and a joining workstation 610 which joins the composite page with an associated book blank. For this purpose, the respective composite card is identified 620 , for example, based on read personalization data. These are preferably stored electronically in a chip. Alternatively, the printed information including the personalization data and / or the identifier may be read out. This allows the associated status variable to be determined 630 and thus the required book blank to the corresponding type on composite page. From different magazines, in which the different types of book blanks are provided 640 , the workstation chooses the appropriate book blank 650 from and adds this example, together with a plastic welding process with the composite side 660 , This means that the tab contained in the book blank is welded to the composite page so that the composite page is not separably connected to the content pages and the cover over the tab.

Finally, a check 700 executed in which it is checked whether the identification pressure or the color of the identification pressure matches the color of the cover. If no identification print is applied for the standard types of book security documents, these are correct, provided that no identification print is found. For the other special grades, these are only considered correctly made if the color of the identification print matches the color of the cover.

The quality-tested book security documents are then finished.

In 2 is another embodiment 100 ' of the method for producing different types of book security documents. Same features are provided with the same reference numerals and not explained again here. The method differs in that the composite pages are sorted separately at the end of composite page making according to the associated type of book security document 290 , Subsequently, the composite pages are type-sorted fed to the joining workstation 611 , which is supplied at the same time the correct type of book blanks 641 , In the assembly workstation, the composite page is assembled with a book blank 660 as explained above.

At the end of the production another inspection is carried out 700 whether a color of the identification color print matches the color of the cover. For standard book security documents, these are marked as produced correctly if no color identification print can be detected and the cover color matches the color of a standard book security document.

In still other embodiments similar to those of 1 and 2 The merging workstation may also be supplied with the content pages and the various bindings separately and not yet assembled into a book blank. In such an embodiment, the composite page with the content pages and the cover are bound and / or stapled to a book without requiring an additional tab to be welded to the composite side. An attachment of a tab portion may be made in such an embodiment during the manufacture of the composite side.

Also in the assembly performed in this manner, embodiments are possible in which the joining workstation unsorted the composite pages, i. mixed, fed and the workstation different covers in different magazines are fed and an assignment of the different bindings in the assembly work station is carried out automatically as described above. In other embodiments, the composite pages are sorted again by type and the merging workstation is fed only composite pages of a book security document type and also only book covers of the associated type.

The content pages of the different book security document types may be identical or may be different for the different types of book security documents.

In the foregoing, the essential process steps for the production of book security documents are explained, which allow a production of different types of book security documents in a simple manner. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that to formulate security features, additional process steps may be added at different locations of the process to form a variety of security features. In addition, it is also possible and customary to individualize the content pages before, during or after joining with the composite page in such a way that a serial number or other identifier is printed on the individual content pages or stored via a perforation in the content pages. In addition, one or more content pages may additionally be printed with personalizing information.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the features described herein may be used in any combination to accomplish the invention.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

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method

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Production of a composite page

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Receive or capture a personalization record

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Assignment of further identifiers and the like

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Assign a status variable to the personalization record

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Production of the composite site

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Provision and / or production of substrate layers

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Checking the affiliation of the personalization data record to a special type

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Query the status variable

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Generating a colored print information

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Printing a substrate layer with personalizing information

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Gathering the individual substrate layers into a substrate layer stack

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Assembly of the different substrate layers

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Collecting the individual finished composite pages in a magazine

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Sort the composite pages

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Production of the remaining book semi-finished products

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Finishing the different colored bindings

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Create content pages

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Merging the content pages and the associated cover

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Joining to a book security document

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Feeding the composite pages to a joining work station

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Feeding the type-sorted composite pages to a joining workstation

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Identify the respective composite card

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Determine the type of book security document based on its status variables

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Providing different types of book blanks

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Feeding the correct type of book blank

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Select the required book blank

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Combine the book blank with the composite page

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Perform a quality control

Claims (14)

Procedure ( 100 . 100 ' ) for producing different types of book security documents, in particular passbooks, each comprising a plurality of pages joined to a book, of which a composite page is implemented with at least one personalized security feature, wherein the different types of book security documents at least with respect to a color of a Book covers, where one standard type and several special types of book security documents exist, comprising the steps of: separately creating the personalized composite pages ( 110 ) and other semi-finished book products ( 400 ), and merging ( 600 ) each an already personalized composite page with one or more book semi-finished to a book security document, wherein the manufacturing ( 110 ) one of the composite pages respectively comprises: receiving ( 120 ) of a personalization record; Printing ( 250 ) at least one substrate layer of personalizing information according to the personalization record; Put together ( 270 ) of the at least one printed substrate layer with one or more further substrate layers for forming the personalized composite page, characterized in that a status variable is set for each personalization data record ( 140 ), which indicates the type of the associated book security document, and the printing ( 250 ) of the at least one substrate layer with personalizing information by means of multicolor printing and together with the personalizing information, if the status variable indicates to the personalizing information that the type of the associated book security document is one of the special types, in addition an identification print is executed in color, in particular an identification field is printed so that the color of the identification print, in particular of the printed identification field, corresponds to the color of the cover of the associated type of book security document. Procedure ( 100 . 100 ' ) according to claim 1, characterized in that in a final quality control ( 700 ) is checked at least for all special types of book security documents, if there is a match of the color of the at least one identification print with the color of the cover of the book security document. Procedure ( 100 . 100 ' ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the composite pages for the different types of book security documents are produced in mixed order. Procedure ( 100 . 100 ' ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in at least one step for producing the composite pages, in particular a security printing step for forming a background colored guilloche pattern, components for different types of book security documents are produced in multiple use. Procedure ( 100 . 100 ' ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the book semi-finished products comprise type-independent content pages and type-dependent book covers and when merging a respective set of content pages and one belonging to the type of book security document binding are connected to the composite page. Procedure ( 100 . 100 ' ) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the book semi-finished products include type-dependent book blanks with content pages, a type-dependent cover and a tab, which are already assembled, and the personalized composite side is attached to the tab. Procedure ( 100 . 100 ' ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the content pages are configured independently of type. Procedure ( 100 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the personalized composite pages of different types of book security documents are supplied in mixed order to a joining workstation ( 610 ) and which are fed through different magazines the book semi-finished products, which are required for the different types of book security documents to be produced, and the assembly work station identifies the composite pages ( 620 ) and determines the type of book security document to be produced (based on the assigned status variables) ( 630 ) and the corresponding other book semi-finished products according to the type from the different magazines supplies ( 650 ). Procedure ( 100 ' ) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the composite pages are sorted according to the type of book security document to which they are associated ( 290 ) and the merging workstation only composite pages ( 611 ) and other book semi-finished products ( 641 ) belonging to the same type of book security document. Apparatus for producing different types of book security documents, in particular passbooks, each comprising a plurality of pages joined to a book, of which one composite page is implemented with at least one personalized security feature, the different types of book security documents being at least one color of one Binding, wherein a standard type and several special types of book security documents exist, comprising: a controller for receiving a personalization record; a printing device connected to the control device for printing at least one substrate layer with personalizing information according to the personalization data record; and joining means for joining the at least one printed substrate layer to one or more further substrate layers to form the personalized composite side; and a joining workstation for joining together an already personalized composite page with one or more separate non-finished booklets produced from the personalized composite page to the book security document, characterized in that the control means is adapted to set a status variable for each personalization record which corresponds to the type of associated personalization record Book security document, and to control the printing of the at least one substrate layer with personalizing information so that this is done by means of multicolor printing and together with the personalizing information, if the status variable to the personalizing information indicates that the type of associated book security document one of the Special types is, in addition, an identification print is executed in color so, in particular an identification field is printed so that the color of the identification pressure, in particular the b printed identification field, corresponding to the color of the cover of the associated type of book security document. Apparatus according to claim 10, characterized by an optical detection device for color capturing the cover and the composite page printed with the personalizing information and an evaluation device connected to the optical detection device for checking, at least for all special types of book security documents, a match of the color of the at least one identification print with the color of the cover of the book security document is present. Device according to one of claims 10 or 11, characterized in, characterized in that the joining work station is coupled with a feeding device, so that the personalized composite pages of different types of book-security documents in a mixed rich result of a mating work station are supplied and these different magazines for different types of book semi-finished products are supplied via the book semi-finished products, which are required for the different types of book security documents to be produced, and the assembly workstation is designed to identify the composite pages and to determine from the associated status variables each type of book security document to be produced and the corresponding other semi-finished book products type-appropriate from the different magazines to feed. Device according to one of claims 10 or 11, characterized in that a sorting device for sorting the composite pages according to the type of book security document to which they are associated, is provided to supply to the assembling workstation only composite pages and remaining book semi-finished products of the same type belonging to book security document. Apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 13, characterized in that the assembly workstation is arranged to merge type-dependent book blanks with content pages, a type-dependent cover and a tab which are already joined together with personalized composite pages as the remaining book semi-finished products by the personalized composite page respectively the tab is attached.

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