DE20009994U1 - Folding calendar - Google Patents

Description

System for optimizing print media

The invention relates to a system for optimizing print media, in particular annual planners, posters, photographic representations with regard to shipping or packaging.

An envelope is known from EP 091 65 18. This has specific folding lines and enables printed matter to be sent in a space-saving and cost-effective manner. No further information can be found in this European patent application.

EP 092 41 39 A1 describes a mail-order item with a holder for photographs. This prior art shows a c
graphy oa can be sent.

This state of the art shows a three-layered element in which a photo-

DE GM 94 02 544 shows a folded printed matter that is designed in such a way that when the paper is first sent, a certain area remains on top when it is folded. When the folded printed matter is returned, another area remains on top when the paper is folded, so that the name and address of the original sender are visible, fully printed. In addition, the postage stamp, e.g. the imprint "Recipient pays postage", is visible when the item is returned. This folded printed matter is particularly suitable for sending reply letters. The printed matter known from the state of the art does not permit any other use.

The invention is based on the object of creating a system for optimizing print media, which enables cost-effective sending of any printed matter.

This object is achieved on the basis of the preamble of independent claim 1 in that the printing media are foldable and the folding edges can be selected such that certain areas remain free of folding edges.

The main advantage of the invention is that it is possible to send annual planners, posters or photographic representations in a standardized format, which saves considerable postage costs. An example should illustrate the savings:

If you send an annual planner in a corresponding box, the postage costs are DM 6.90. The same annual planner, sent by appropriate folding in the postal format of a standard consignment of goods up to 20 g, only requires a postal charge of DM 0.80.

It is easily possible to send an annual planner in the standard mail format; for this purpose, a suitable folding of the annual planner is selected.

According to one embodiment of the invention, such an annual planner is designed in such a way that the fold edges lie between the monthly and/or weekly divisions. It would be extremely impractical if the fold edge extended across days or months. Therefore, the division of the annual planner is chosen so that, for example, the weeks lie on a common line, the months are separated from each other by a certain distance, for example, and the fold edge of the annual planner can lie at this distance, i.e. in this free area.

When folding a poster into a standardized mail item, care must be taken to ensure that the individual elements of the poster remain free of creases or folds. For this reason, a fold is chosen that allows such a poster to be sent in DlN C4 format, for example. It is advantageous to choose the fold in such a way that, after folding, it can be sent in predefined postal envelopes.

It is of course also possible to fold the print medium itself, i.e. an annual planner or a poster, in such a way that an envelope is no longer necessary. The print medium itself forms the envelope and is provided with the relevant sender and address details or can be provided with the relevant details and is stapled in such a way that it can be opened during shipping for inspection purposes by the post office, but it cannot be opened accidentally.

The design options for a poster or an annual planner are diverse. For example, advertising prints can be placed on the print medium, and the print medium itself can take on a certain predefined shape after unfolding, which has a certain symbolism. 4

These and other features of preferred developments of the invention emerge not only from the claims but also from the description and the drawings, wherein the individual features can be implemented individually or alone or in groups in the form of sub-combinations in the embodiment of the invention and in other fields and can represent advantageous and protectable embodiments for which protection is claimed here.

The invention is explained in more detail below using exemplary embodiments:

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The annual planner shown in Fig. 1, for example, has a size of 964 x 678 mm (oversize format) and is therefore larger than the DIN A1 standard. This annual planner is folded along the horizontal fold edges 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and along the vertical fold edges 15a, 15b, 15c, so that ultimately a folded postal item is created that can be sent inexpensively. The fold edges of this annual planner are chosen so that the vertical fold edges 15a-15c run between the individual months, i.e. between March and April, between June and July and between September and October. The horizontal fold edges 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 run between the weeks of each month.

This results in a division in which the individual weeks of the respective months are aligned horizontally, i.e. the individual days of the week lie on a horizontal line. This has significant advantages in terms of the clarity of the calendar. This makes planning the weeks or weekends easy. You can see at a glance where the first, second, third or fourth week of each month is.

Fig. 2 shows a poster with several images, B1-B6. The corresponding folding edges 17, 18, 19 are arranged between the images. When the poster is folded, it is a size that can be sent by post. The material for the poster is chosen in such a way that the folding edges are almost invisible when unfolded. A material is therefore preferred that is flexible and in which the folding embossing almost disappears when opened. Relatively light paper with a high synthetic content is particularly suitable for this.

Fig. 3 shows a well-known Christmas motif, which can also be folded along the fold lines 20, 21, 22, 23. The motif, the Christmas or fir tree, can

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Fig. 4 shows the Christmas tree shown in Fig. 3 in a folded and mailable form, only the left narrow side has a structure 28 that deviates from the rectangle, but this is irrelevant for mailing, otherwise the folded print medium has a shape that corresponds to an information letter and can therefore be sent with minimal postage costs.

An envelope is not required for this printing medium; the back of the Christmas tree is provided with areas 24 for the addressee, 25 for the sender, 26 for the franking stamp and, for example, 27 for an advertising imprint.

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Claims (8)

1. System for optimizing print media, in particular annual planners, posters, photographic representations with regard to shipping or packaging, characterized in that they are foldable and the folding edges can be selected such that certain areas are free of folding edges. 2. System according to claim 1, characterized in that when optimizing an annual planner, the folding edges are located between the monthly and/or weekly divisions. 3. System according to claim 2, characterized in that the annual planner consists of columns and rows, each column representing a month and each row representing a weekday and the weekdays of the individual months are arranged lengthwise. 4. System according to claim 1, characterized in that in particular a poster has several graphic areas and the folding runs between the graphic areas. 5. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the folding is selected such that after folding, dispatch in postally predefined envelopes is possible. 6. System according to claim 5, characterized in that the folding of an annual planner for dispatch can be carried out in a compact letter postal format. 7. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the printing medium itself forms the envelope for dispatch in a postally defined format. 8. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the print media, in particular annual planners, posters, photographic representations, show an advertising print on the front or top side after folding.