Producing bound document having inner cover sheet
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsBrian J. Kwarta, Christopher J. White
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Abstract
A bound document having a plurality of sheets is produced. Image data for a cover image is received and dividing along a sheet-edge curve into first and second image portions. The first image portion is printed on an inner cover sheet so that an alignment location is defined on the inner cover sheet corresponding to the sheet-edge curve. The inner cover sheet and the plurality of sheets are bound together. The second image portion is printed on an outer cover sheet, and is printed borderlessly with respect to a selected edge of the outer cover sheet. After the binding step, the outer cover sheet is affixed to the inner cover sheet so that the selected edge aligns with the alignment location to form the bound document.
Claims16
A method of producing a bound document having a plurality of sheets, the method comprising:
- receiving image data for a cover image;
- dividing the image data along a sheet-edge curve into first and second image portions;
- a first printing step of printing the first image portion on an inner cover sheet so that an alignment location is defined on the inner cover sheet corresponding to the sheet-edge curve;
- binding the inner cover sheet and the plurality of sheets;
- a second printing step of printing the second image portion on an outer cover sheet, wherein the second image portion is printed borderlessly with respect to a selected edge of the outer cover sheet;
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- a cover-affixing step of, after the binding step, affixing the outer cover sheet to the inner cover sheet so that the selected edge aligns with the alignment location to form the bound document.
A method of producing a bound document having a plurality of sheets, the method comprising:
- receiving image data for a cover image;
- dividing the image data along a sheet-edge curve into first and second image portions;
- a first printing step of printing the first image portion on a supplemental cover sheet, wherein the first image portion is printed borderlessly with respect to a selected edge of the supplemental cover sheet;
- binding an inner cover sheet and the plurality of sheets so that an alignment location is defined on the inner cover sheet corresponding to the sheet-edge curve;
- a second printing step of printing the second image portion on an outer cover sheet, wherein the second image portion is printed borderlessly with respect to a selected edge of the outer cover sheet;
- a supplemental-cover-affixing step of, after the binding step, affixing the supplemental cover sheet to the inner cover sheet so that the selected edge of the supplemental cover sheet aligns with the alignment location;
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- a cover-affixing step of, after the binding step, affixing the outer cover sheet to the inner cover sheet so that the selected edge aligns with the alignment location to form the bound document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.