Imposition guides
Practical imposition guides for printers
Clear, worked examples for the jobs print shops do every day: business cards, booklets, book signatures, numbered tickets and print-ready files.
Free toolHow many fit on my sheet?Enter any finished size and press sheet. See the best layout instantly, with bleed and margins.
Cards & flyersHow to impose business cards for printingHow many business cards fit on a sheet, which way round to place them, and how to line up the backs: everything a print shop needs, with real numbers.
BookletsSaddle-stitch booklet imposition, explainedWhy page 1 sits next to the last page, how to work out the order for any page count, and what creep is, with worked examples.
Books16-page signatures: the sheetwise page orderHow a perfect-bound book is printed 8 pages per side, why the top row is upside down, and the exact page order for both plates.
TicketsHow to number tickets so every stack is a complete padWhy ticket numbers are not printed in sheet order, how cut-and-stack numbering works, and how to plan pads, stubs and sheets.
Prepress basicsBleed, trim and crop marks, explainedThe three things every print-ready PDF needs, and how to check a customer's file before you impose it.