Making booklet by iteratively folding and cutting

1. A method of producing a booklet, the booklet including a cover sheet and a plurality of inner sheets, the cover sheet and the plurality of inner sheets being nested together to form the booklet, each sheet having a respective thickness, the cover sheet having a length in a specific direction, and a fold axis of the cover sheet being defined in the center of the cover sheet in the specific direction, the method comprising:

automatically folding the cover sheet along its fold axis;

selecting an inner sheet;

using a processor to determine a fold axis position of the selected inner sheet, so that a fold axis of the selected inner sheet is defined at the fold axis position of the inner sheet along the specific direction;

selectively printing a print image on the selected inner sheet using a print engine;

automatically folding the selected inner sheet along its fold axis after printing;

automatically nesting the folded selected inner sheet into the booklet, so that an edge of the selected inner sheet protrudes beyond an edge of the cover sheet;

using a cutting device to cut the protruding edge of the selected inner sheet flush with the corresponding edge of the cover sheet; and

repeating the selecting through cutting steps to produce the booklet having more than two sheets.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further including using a fastening unit to fasten the fold axes of nested sheets together.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further including printing a cover print image on the cover sheet.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cutting step cuts the selected inner sheet without cutting the cover sheet.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further including providing a selected one of the inner sheets in the booklet with a fold area, wherein the printing step includes printing at least a portion of the print image in the fold area.