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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael A. Bartholet, Carol L. Dwyer, Kyle P. Manning
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A method is provided for arranging a plurality of orders for printed articles in order to reduce wasted space when printing the orders in multiple column's. A plurality of orders for at least one printed article are obtained, and the orders are sorted according to the number of printed articles in each order to produce a sorted arrangement of the orders. For each successive order in the sorted arrangement of orders, the order is placed in a column which currently has a lowest number of total printed articles. In a preferred embodiment, the first K orders in the sorted arrangement of orders are placed in columns 1 to K, where K is the total number of columns. Also provided is a system for producing custom printed articles.
A method for arranging orders for printing articles in multiple columns, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for rearranging a data structure representing a multi column arrangement of a plurality of groups of printed articles, the method comprising the steps of:
A computer readable medium encoded with programming instructions for rearranging a data structure representing a multi column arrangement of a plurality of groups of printed articles, including programming instructions for:
A computer readable medium encoded with programming instructions for rearranging a data structure representing a multi column arrangement of a plurality of groups of printed matter, the programming instructions including programming instructions for:
A system for producing custom printed articles, the system comprising:
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