Monday, December 14, 2009

For a Multi page document such as a booklet or newsletter made up of more that two press sheets, you will need to adjust the outer margins on each page to account for shingling or page creep. To illustrate page creep, fold 10 sheets of paper in half. Gather them into a booklet and examine the booklet's outer, right hand edge. Notice that the pages are uneven (shingled). This is the result of page creep.

To make the booklet edges even, we trim off the excess as the final step in booklet making. If you have not adjusted the margins of your pages to account for this final trim, the outside margins on each page will vary and we may even trim away part of the copy.

Adjust for page creep by gradually increasing the outside margin of each page as signatures move toward the middle of the book.

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