Patent ID: 7619770

Claim:
A printing method of making a booklet, the method comprising: requesting a printing task; calculating a number of pages corresponding to a printing range; arranging the pages within the printing range by arranging a plurality of pages on a front surface of a printing sheet according to the predetermined page layout based on the following equation, {2(4(N+km)−3), 2*4(N+km)−5, 2(4(N+km)−1), 2*4(N+km)−1} wherein N is a grouping variable representing 4 page images grouped into one group, k is a value equal to the number of total page images to be included on any one surface of the printing sheet divided by 4, and m is a value equal to a number of printing sheets to be printed minus one; reducing images of the pages according to the predetermined page layout; and composing the reduced images of the pages into a single image according to the predetermined page layout, and transmitting the single image to a printer for printing.