Patent ID: 6952801

Claim:
A method of assembling first and second different books, the method comprising the steps of: (A) storing a first number of pages; (B) specifying a first set of pagination information including an indication of whether a stored page is to be selectively included in the first book; (C) specifying a second set of pagination information including an indication of whether a stored page is to be selectively included in the second book; (D) determining whether a stored page is to be assembled into the first book based on the first set of pagination information wherein a second number of stored pages to be assembled into the first book is less than the first number; (E) determining whether a stored page is to be assembled into the second book based on the second set of pagination information wherein a third number of stored pages to be assembled into the second book is different than the second number and no greater than the first number; (F) generating page description language instructions for production of the first and second books in accordance with the first and second sets of pagination information; and (G) producing the first and second books in a single press run.