Patent ID: 8371569

Claim:
A method of producing a booklet, the booklet including a cover sheet and a plurality of inner sheets, the cover sheet and the plurality of inner sheets being nested together to form the booklet, each sheet having a respective thickness, the cover sheet having a length in a specific direction, and a fold axis of the cover sheet being defined in the center of the cover sheet in the specific direction, the method comprising: automatically folding the cover sheet along its fold axis; selecting an inner sheet; using a processor to determine a fold axis position of the selected inner sheet, so that a fold axis of the selected inner sheet is defined at the fold axis position of the inner sheet along the specific direction; selectively printing a print image on the selected inner sheet using a print engine; automatically folding the selected inner sheet along its fold axis after printing; automatically nesting the folded selected inner sheet into the booklet, so that an edge of the selected inner sheet protrudes beyond an edge of the cover sheet; using a cutting device to cut the protruding edge of the selected inner sheet flush with the corresponding edge of the cover sheet; and repeating the selecting through cutting steps to produce the booklet having more than two sheets.