1. A continuous sheet collating at least two discretely method for collating printed sheets which are initially printed on a web and subsequently cut from the web and collated, comprising the steps of: a. feeding a continuous web of printed, sheet-like material towards a continuously, uninterrupted rotating collating drum; b. wrapping said web around the continuously rotating collating drum a number of times which is one less than a desired number of sheets to be collated, to provide a number of wraps of printed sheet; c. severing the wraps of printed sheet disposed upon the rotating collating drum to provide the desired number of individual printed sheets while the collating drum continues to rotate; d. selectively controlling the severing of the wraps, whereby severing of the wraps takes place at any desired number of rotations of the collating drum; e. supplying one additional printed sheet from the web of material, and collating said additional sheet together with the desired number of individual printed sheets from the collating drum; and f. discharging said number of individual printed sheets from said rotating collating drum and said additional printed sheet from the web, as a unitized mass of collated printed sheets to provide a bundle of printed sheets in textual context.
1. A continuous sheet collating at least two discretely method for collating printed sheets which are initially printed on a web and subsequently cut from the web and collated, comprising the steps of: a. feeding a continuous web of printed, sheet-like material towards a continuously, uninterrupted rotating collating drum; b. wrapping said web around the continuously rotating collating drum a number of times which is one less than a desired number of sheets to be collated, to provide a number of wraps of printed sheet; c. severing the wraps of printed sheet disposed upon the rotating collating drum to provide the desired number of individual printed sheets while the collating drum continues to rotate; d. selectively controlling the severing of the wraps, whereby severing of the wraps takes place at any desired number of rotations of the collating drum; e. supplying one additional printed sheet from the web of material, and collating said additional sheet together with the desired number of individual printed sheets from the collating drum; and f. discharging said number of individual printed sheets from said rotating collating drum and said additional printed sheet from the web, as a unitized mass of collated printed sheets to provide a bundle of printed sheets in textual context. 2. The continuous printed sheet collating method of claim 1, wherein the severing of the wraps of sheet further comprises the steps of: g. maintaining a cutting means in a non-actuated, non-severing position while the web is being wrapped upon the rotating collating drum; and then h. selectively actuating the cutting means to cut the wraps of sheet.