Patent ID: 8861015

Claim:
A method, performed on a computer system, for preparing an electronic document of continuous information for continuous and page-by-page printing, comprising: using the computer system to perform the following: receiving an indication to represent the electronic document of continuous information in a multi-page format for document exchange, wherein the electronic document of continuous information contains information that is prolonged throughout multiple pages without interruption between pages; receiving an indication of a plurality of target page sizes with respective unprintable margins to be enabled to print to when the electronic document of continuous information is to be printed; determining a custom page size different from any one of the plurality of target page sizes, the custom page size having a printable area with a margin definition that is configured to represent the continuous information and print to all of the plurality of target page sizes without loss of information, scale changes and/or gaps of continuity, wherein the custom page size is determined by overlapping all of the plurality of target page sizes, concealing unprintable margins associated with each of the plurality of target page sizes, and determining a printable area that can print on all of the plurality of target page sizes without loss of information, scale changes and/or gaps of continuity; and customizing the electronic document of continuous information into a page-by-page electronic document of multiple pages each having the custom page size, wherein the page-by-page electronic document is suitable for both continuous and page-by-page printing to the plurality of target page sizes that are different from the custom page size without loss of information, scale changes and/or gaps of continuity and without necessitating cutting and pasting of paper to form a printout of the continuous information wherein the customizing of the electronic document of continuous information comprises developing the custom page size, wherein the custom page size is configured to fit each one of the plurality of target page sizes, wherein the plurality of target page sizes comprises letter, A4, legal and continuous (9.25 inches wide) with an unprintable margin of 0.25 inches (6.35 millimeters).