or more different patterns such as solid blocks and striped blocks the colors can be repeated and still provide a distinctive indicia the above described indicia printing unit is fully described in a patent application entitled 34 method and apparatus for printing bingo books 34 it is owned by the assignee of the present invention that application ser no 08 792 103 was filed on jan 31 1997 a bingo face is generally understood to include the matrix of twenty four numbers and a free space as well as a border indicium a serial number and if present an audit number fig5 illustrates a second embodiment of this invention since some of the printing apparatus in the second embodiment is identical to the first embodiment the identification numbers of these identical parts will be increased by 100 the printing apparatus consists of a roll stand and splicing unit 110 with multiple rolls of paper 112 a web of paper 114 travels to a variable data printing unit 116 where the variable bingo faces audit numbers and serial numbers are printed the web then travels to a fixed data printing unit 118 where fixed data can be printed the web 114 then travels to a set of indicia printing units 150a 150d where the plurality of border indicia are printed adjacent to the bingo faces the web 114 then travels through a wax unit 126 where.