Leaf & Spine

Saddle-stitch imposition

60-page booklet page order

A 60-page booklet uses 15 sheets, each printed with two pages per side, nested and stapled through the fold.

15sheets
60pages
30page pairs

Printer spreads

Sheet (outside first)Front: left | rightBack: left | right
Sheet 160 | 12 | 59
Sheet 258 | 34 | 57
Sheet 356 | 56 | 55
Sheet 454 | 78 | 53
Sheet 552 | 910 | 51
Sheet 650 | 1112 | 49
Sheet 748 | 1314 | 47
Sheet 846 | 1516 | 45
Sheet 944 | 1718 | 43
Sheet 1042 | 1920 | 41
Sheet 1140 | 2122 | 39
Sheet 1238 | 2324 | 37
Sheet 1336 | 2526 | 35
Sheet 1434 | 2728 | 33
Sheet 1532 | 2930 | 31

Each pair adds up to 61. Print front and back duplex, flipping on the short edge for most desktop printers.

Nested sheets

Sheet 1 · Front601Sheet 1 · Back259Sheet 2 · Front583Sheet 2 · Back457Sheet 3 · Front565Sheet 3 · Back655Sheet 4 · Front547Sheet 4 · Back853Sheet 5 · Front529Sheet 5 · Back1051Sheet 6 · Front5011Sheet 6 · Back1249Sheet 7 · Front4813Sheet 7 · Back1447Sheet 8 · Front4615Sheet 8 · Back1645Sheet 9 · Front4417Sheet 9 · Back1843Sheet 10 · Front4219Sheet 10 · Back2041Sheet 11 · Front4021Sheet 11 · Back2239Sheet 12 · Front3823Sheet 12 · Back2437Sheet 13 · Front3625Sheet 13 · Back2635Sheet 14 · Front3427Sheet 14 · Back2833Sheet 15 · Front3229Sheet 15 · Back3031

Creep and trimming

With 15 nested sheets the inner pages stick out at the fore-edge by roughly the combined thickness of the outer sheets. Professional imposition shifts inner pages toward the spine (creep compensation) and trims the fore-edge flush. Keep text at least 6 mm from the outside edge.

Need a different count? The booklet imposition calculator works for any page count and adds blanks as needed.

Other booklet sizes

8 pages12 pages16 pages20 pages24 pages28 pages32 pages36 pages40 pages44 pages48 pages52 pages56 pages64 pages

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