Newspapers and magazines produced in smaller format than usual

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Office for Industrial Property The Netherlands © 1006640 © C OCTROOI²⁰ © Patent application: 1006640 © Int.CI.⁶

G06K15 / 02, B41B27 / 00 © Submitted: 21.07.97

<td>(© Registered:</td><td>© Patent holder (s):</td>

<td> 25.01.99</td><td>Verify International NV in Willemstad, Curacao,</td>

<td>@ Date: 25.01.99</td><td>Netherlands Antilles (AN). © Inventor (s):</td>

<td>© Published:</td><td>Dominique Paul Gerard Claessens in Geneva (CH)</td>

<td>01.04.99 IE 99/04</td><td>© Authorized representative: Ir. LC de Bruijn cs at 2517 KZ The Hague.</td>

© Newspapers and magazines in formats other than those currently customary.

© Information sheets, consisting of one or more pages of a sheet-shaped substrate of paper or other suitable material, on which information in the form of text, photos, drawings and the like, is printed, such as newspapers and magazines. Starting from page layouts, such as digital layouts, these sheets are produced in any format, in particular in smaller than the currently customary formats, while retaining the character of the sheets concerned, of the amount of text, photos offered per page , drawings, etc., as well as retaining the layout. Preferred by the readers, dimensions of up to 20% of the currently customary page area are used. Preferably, the dimensions of a blade are at most 80% of the currently usual dimensions of that blade.

NL C1006640

The contents of this patent correspond to the original filed description with claim (s) and any drawings.

Newspapers and magazines with formats other than those currently customary

The invention relates to the provision of more convenient information sheets, consisting of one or more pages of a sheet-shaped substrate of paper or other suitable material, on which information in the form of text, photos, drawings and the like, is printed, such as newspapers and magazines. , with formats other than the current usual formats, in particular with significantly smaller formats, while retaining the character of the sheets concerned, of the amount of text, photos, drawings, etc. offered per page, as well as retaining the layout.

The current formats for newspapers, which can generally be classified under the A2 format for national newspapers, are unnecessarily large. The formats are such that, in order to obtain an overview of the information offered per page, often the arms have to be stretched because a considerable distance is required relative to the eyes. This distance is usually too great to be able to read the smaller texts. As a result, it is often possible to obtain an overview of the information offered in its entirety and to include parts of that information (the smaller texts), not at the same distance, and therefore not simultaneously.

Another disadvantage of blades with the currently customary dimensions is the environmental burden caused, among other things, by the large quantities of paper required for manufacture, which require large numbers of trees, large quantities of water, energy, ink, the distribution required transport efforts and, now that old sheets are reused for other purposes, hardly occur anymore, the efforts required to process large amounts of waste.

The use of sheet sizes that are smaller than the average sheet sizes is known per se, although for smaller national newspapers no dimensions smaller than A3 are usually used.

However, such sheets usually contain a smaller amount of copy per page, such as text.

This makes it necessary, eg when displaying the same total amount of text, to compensate for the less than average page area with an increase in the number of pages of an output • 6 6 40 ve, which often results in the clarity and manageability of a page. adversely affects and increases the paper quantity.

From the above it follows that the products with the current usual formats no longer fully meet the needs of many consumers5 with regard to maneuverability, nor do they, although the current situation is still accepted, meet the regularly tightened standards in terms of with regard to environmental impact, energy and raw material consumption. However, there was no alternative yet.

The object of the invention is now to provide sheet information by means of other products with more convenient formats, in particular, in the case of newspapers, with formats smaller than A2, for example 80 # or smaller, without adding additional pages to publications. whether any formatting changes are needed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a solution to the obvious drawbacks associated with current products by realizing a significant reduction of all processes associated with the products, such as those related to the manufacture of the products, distribution as well as with regard to the processing of the products as waste; and thereby achieving a significant reduction in the burden on the environment.

These objects are met by the invention in which magazines, such as newspapers and magazines, are produced in other formats starting from page layouts, such as digital page layouts, in particular in smaller, even significantly smaller, formats than currently used. , while retaining the layout and the complete information scope.

The invention is characterized in that, in the opinion of many readers, the impression of a magazine, such as that of a normal daily newspaper, when the present according to the invention is realized, due to the smaller format, even a quarter of the usual formats, completely different product is fully retained, that the clarity is improved, the legibility of words and texts remains acceptable while the recordability of the information improves.

Due to the smaller page dimensions of a sheet of smaller size resulting from the application of the invention, with an in1006640 printing of a mini-sheet, a complete overview of a page is obtained at a much shorter distance to the eyes. A distance at which the smaller texts are also still legible for most, without requiring an above-average effort.

Information overview and recording of selected parts thus merge smoothly and can be continuously varied without necessary actions and with less effort.

The mini-magazine, newspaper or magazine, may or may not be combined with reading glasses. The combination can be such that a mini-sheet is easy to read for almost everyone, regardless of the necessary eye corrections.

The sizing techniques may be used under the above features to realize sizes with, in extrema, even less than 20% of the surface of pages with the currently common sizes, but a number of intermediate sizes are directly applicable.

The invention provides important environmental advantages. By reducing the blade surface according to the invention, large savings are possible on raw materials, such as wood, water, paper and ink, on energy and transport and on waste processing efforts.

After all: a reduction in size, with the consequence of reducing all processes associated with the product, reduces the burden on the environment.

Based on a rough calculation and a required amount of paper of 1,000 tons per day for national newspapers in the Netherlands, and a worldwide newspaper market size of 5θ times that of the Netherlands, according to the invention, with a size reduction of, for example, 50%, there is a saving on paper usage achievable from 5 to 10 million tons per year, worldwide.

The product according to the invention is not only accepted by readers but in many cases even preferred, and not only by environmentally friendly people.

It will be understood that significant size reduction will result in significant cost reductions.

The product resulting from the use of the invention is further characterized in that it takes up considerably less space compared to the products with the currently customary formats and, partly as a result, can be more practical and more useful in more situations.

For example, the product in a smaller size, often in contrast to the products with the current usual sizes, is more suitable for outdoor use.

In addition, the product resulting from the use of the invention provides substantial weight savings, for example in distribution, for aircraft, and in transport over longer distances.

In addition, the product according to the invention does not cause any nuisance and does not interfere with other people, as can occur, for example, when reading newspapers with the current usual formats, in planes, trains, buses and in smaller rooms, at home , etc.

In summary, the product resulting from the use of the invention is more pleasant and more suitable for consumer use, is a significant burden on the environment, more suitable for shipping and delivery, more convenient, clearer, more modern and saves on materials, raw materials and costs. large size possible.

As a result, as well as on the basis of the aforementioned characteristics, products according to the invention are better attuned to consumer needs, contemporary social standards and to international environmental requirements.

Enclosed with this application are a page of the De Telegraaf newspaper, which appears nationally in the Netherlands, has been reduced to a size in which a page has approximately an A3 format, as well as the same page but is now reduced to approximately A4 format.