Leaf & Spine

Saddle-stitch imposition

64-page booklet page order

A 64-page booklet uses 16 sheets, each printed with two pages per side, nested and stapled through the fold.

16sheets
64pages
32page pairs

Printer spreads

Sheet (outside first)Front: left | rightBack: left | right
Sheet 164 | 12 | 63
Sheet 262 | 34 | 61
Sheet 360 | 56 | 59
Sheet 458 | 78 | 57
Sheet 556 | 910 | 55
Sheet 654 | 1112 | 53
Sheet 752 | 1314 | 51
Sheet 850 | 1516 | 49
Sheet 948 | 1718 | 47
Sheet 1046 | 1920 | 45
Sheet 1144 | 2122 | 43
Sheet 1242 | 2324 | 41
Sheet 1340 | 2526 | 39
Sheet 1438 | 2728 | 37
Sheet 1536 | 2930 | 35
Sheet 1634 | 3132 | 33

Each pair adds up to 65. Print front and back duplex, flipping on the short edge for most desktop printers.

Nested sheets

Sheet 1 · Front641Sheet 1 · Back263Sheet 2 · Front623Sheet 2 · Back461Sheet 3 · Front605Sheet 3 · Back659Sheet 4 · Front587Sheet 4 · Back857Sheet 5 · Front569Sheet 5 · Back1055Sheet 6 · Front5411Sheet 6 · Back1253Sheet 7 · Front5213Sheet 7 · Back1451Sheet 8 · Front5015Sheet 8 · Back1649Sheet 9 · Front4817Sheet 9 · Back1847Sheet 10 · Front4619Sheet 10 · Back2045Sheet 11 · Front4421Sheet 11 · Back2243Sheet 12 · Front4223Sheet 12 · Back2441Sheet 13 · Front4025Sheet 13 · Back2639Sheet 14 · Front3827Sheet 14 · Back2837Sheet 15 · Front3629Sheet 15 · Back3035Sheet 16 · Front3431Sheet 16 · Back3233

Creep and trimming

With 16 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 pages60 pages

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