Patent ID: 6964016

Claim:
A method of determining a folding pattern for an unfolded leaf and paginating a printed material by displaying an unfolded leaf and assigning page numbers to pages on a face side and a back side of the unfolded leaf according to a program executed by a computer, comprising the steps of: (a) designating a number of rectangles on each of the face side and back side of the unfolded leaf, wherein the rectangles correspond to the number of pages in a matrix; (b) selecting one of said rectangles as a 1st page on either one of the face side and back side of the unfolded leaf, and selecting the rectangle on the opposite side of the 1st page as a 2nd page; (c) selecting one of said rectangles which will face said 2nd page when the leaf is folded along a first fold line, as a 3rd page, and selecting the rectangle on the opposite side of the 3rd page as a 4th page, wherein in step (c), said step of selecting said one of said rectangles as the 3rd page includes selecting one of a plurality of possible fold lines; and (d) selecting one of said rectangles which will face said 4th page when the leaf is folded along a second fold line, as a 5th page, and selecting the rectangle on the opposite side of the 5th page as a 6th page, wherein in step (d), said step of selecting said one of said rectangles as the 5th page includes selecting one of a plurality of possible fold lines, wherein at least some of remaining ones of said rectangles are automatically paginated by the computer.