Patent ID: 8218192
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: B42C,B42P,G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing process system for laying out and printing images for every two pages on one side of each sheet of paper for the purpose of creating a booklet of a pile of sheets stitched in the middle, comprising: a generating unit for generating, in order to cause a plurality of printing devices to print the images on the sheets to form a booklet, print sheet data and insertion sheet data intended for each of the printing devices, said print sheet data showing information concerning the sheets for printing images using one of the printing devices, said insertion sheet data showing information concerning the sheets for printing images using the rest of the printing devices; a calculating unit for calculating a shift amount for shifting the position of the image relative to the sheet, from a reference position, for each of the sheets referenced in said print sheet data, based on said print sheet data and said insertion sheet data generated by said generating unit, said shift amount ensuring that the image gets away from the edge of the sheet to be closer to its center as the sheet gets away from the outermost of the booklet to be closer to its innermost; and an instructing unit for instructing a relevant printing device to print the images on said sheets referenced in said print sheet data, based on said shift amount calculated by said calculating unit.