Method for producing a printed product

A method for producing a printed product in which a complete content of the printed product is printed sequentially in series on one or both sides along a paper web having a width based on a multiple of a width of a finished printed product, comprising:

• cutting the paper web in a direction crosswise to a longitudinal direction of the paper web to produce a cut-off section having a length based on a multiple of a length of the finished printed product;
• after cutting the paper web in a direction crosswise to a longitudinal direction of the paper web, folding the cut-off section at least once in the crosswise direction in a location based on the length of the finished product;
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• cutting one of the folded cut-off sections subsequent to the folding of the paper web prior to the crosswise cutting, to form a plurality of partial webs each having a width based on the width of the finished printed product.