Method and apparatus for printing a set of consecutive original pages on a number of receiving sheets to form a booklet

摘要

A method and apparatus for the printing of a set of consecutive original pages on a number of receiving sheets, wherein in a first printing mode in each case one page is printed on each side of a receiving sheet, and in a second printing mode two pages are printed next to one another on each side of a receiving sheet, and the receiving sheets are then double-folded. In the first printing mode, the first receiving sheet to be printed is the sheet that forms the front of the set of prints. For the printing of a set of original sheets formed as a booklet, the first sheet to be printed is the receiving sheet which forms the center of the booklet and the last sheet to be printed is the receiving sheet which forms the outside of the booklet. In the case of printing receiving sheets on both sides, in the first printing mode in each case, first a predetermined side of a receiving sheet is printed and in the second printing mode in each case, first a receiving sheet is printed on the side corresponding to the predetermined side in the first printing mode. Control means set the printing apparatus automatically to the second printing mode when the printing apparatus for making a booklet is set solely to double-folding and possibly stapling of the double-folded printed set of receiving sheets.