Method and apparatus for making personalized playing cards
First Claim
1. A set of printing plates for printing personalized playing cards on sheets of card stock material, wherein the cards are of the type which are assembled in a plurality of decks having a specific, total number of cards and wherein each card in a deck has a unique, face side and a common decorative back side, comprising:
- fifty-three different front plates, each plate having a plurality of card face printing images for producing card faces on the front side of the card stock sheet, wherein different card face printing images are positioned to register with one another on the different front plates; and
one back plate having a plurality of different, decorative card back printing images for producing card backs on the reverse side of the card stock sheets, wherein the card back printing images are positioned to produce card backs which register with the card face on the front side of the card stock sheets so that the printed sheets can be collated in one stack wherein each card location in the stack has a complete card deck thereat.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for producing personalized playing card decks. A plurality of front printing plates having card face printing images thereon are provided. One back plate is provided having a plurality of different card back printing images. The front sides of a plurality of card stock sheets are printed with the front plates. The sheets are reversed and the unprinted back sides are printed with the single back plate. The sheets are collated into one stack. The stack is cut into individual decks.
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1. A set of printing plates for printing personalized playing cards on sheets of card stock material, wherein the cards are of the type which are assembled in a plurality of decks having a specific, total number of cards and wherein each card in a deck has a unique, face side and a common decorative back side, comprising:
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fifty-three different front plates, each plate having a plurality of card face printing images for producing card faces on the front side of the card stock sheet, wherein different card face printing images are positioned to register with one another on the different front plates; and one back plate having a plurality of different, decorative card back printing images for producing card backs on the reverse side of the card stock sheets, wherein the card back printing images are positioned to produce card backs which register with the card face on the front side of the card stock sheets so that the printed sheets can be collated in one stack wherein each card location in the stack has a complete card deck thereat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for producing playing card decks from sheets of card stock material wherein each card in a deck has a unique face side and a decorative back side which is common to all the cards in a deck, comprising the following steps:
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arranging a plurality of different card face printing images on a plurality of different front plates so that a different card face printing image is positioned to register with a card face printing image at the same location on the different front plates; arranging a plurality of different, decorative card back printing images on one back plate corresponding to the positions of the card face printing images arranged on the front plates so that a different card back printing image appears at different locations on the back plate; printing the front sides of different sheets of card stock material with one of each of the front plates; and reversing the printed sheets and printing the blank, reverse sides of each sheet with the back plate. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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