I have an A5 72page (including covers) booklet ready for printing but I need to set the pages for saddle-stitching on A4 paper i.e. I need to layout pages as they will be seen in booklet, for example page 3 alongside page 70. How do I do this in Quark 4? Can anyone help with this?
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Ecaboodle
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- Jan 22, 2001
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Need a little bit more infomation. How many up do the pages need to be? Does the job bleed?
If you need to make them four up then I would create a document 300 x 426 mm. I would insert two rules going from top to bottom at 148.5 and at 154.5 with off set of -6 coloured in registration and 0.25 pt weight, going the full length of the page and off the bottom by 6 mm. Also place to two lines going across the page at 210 mm and 216 mm with off set -6 coloured in registration and 0.25 pt weight, going the full width of the page and off the right by 6 mm.
Then place a boxs over the whole page at -3, -3, 316mm, 432mm this will cover the lines up on the page. but leave the trims at the edges.
Then insert guides at 148.5 and 154.5 mm going top to bottom and 210 and 216 mm left to right.
This is now your templete for your 18 pages of four A5's.
You can now copy and paste the pages into place. You will have to rotate and change the point of origin a number of times. Be WARNED of H&J's changing. If you can't fix it in 20 minutes call someone who can.
If you need to make them four up then I would create a document 300 x 426 mm. I would insert two rules going from top to bottom at 148.5 and at 154.5 with off set of -6 coloured in registration and 0.25 pt weight, going the full length of the page and off the bottom by 6 mm. Also place to two lines going across the page at 210 mm and 216 mm with off set -6 coloured in registration and 0.25 pt weight, going the full width of the page and off the right by 6 mm.
Then place a boxs over the whole page at -3, -3, 316mm, 432mm this will cover the lines up on the page. but leave the trims at the edges.
Then insert guides at 148.5 and 154.5 mm going top to bottom and 210 and 216 mm left to right.
This is now your templete for your 18 pages of four A5's.
You can now copy and paste the pages into place. You will have to rotate and change the point of origin a number of times. Be WARNED of H&J's changing. If you can't fix it in 20 minutes call someone who can.
DavidSkagit
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Or you could by a program to do the imposition, I could name a couple, but I don't want to endorse them. They can run several thousand dollars up. They will do all the placement and marks and creep, etc. automatically.
The one I use is an extension for Quark. Skagit Valley Publishing Company
Mount Vernon, Washington
The one I use is an extension for Quark. Skagit Valley Publishing Company
Mount Vernon, Washington
Imposition software is definately the best way to go. Copy & Paste can throw up all sorts of problems: P20 mentioned H&Js, but if you lock to the baseline grid, or use complex text box linking, these can also cause problems.
Nowadays, however, you should be able to get your printer's pre-press guys to do it for you. In the last three printers I worked for, we all had imposition software which came with our RIPs. In fact, we PREFERRED people not to do their own impositioning because it usually created more work for us! So before you buy anything, check with your printer. Quark is expensive enough!
Nowadays, however, you should be able to get your printer's pre-press guys to do it for you. In the last three printers I worked for, we all had imposition software which came with our RIPs. In fact, we PREFERRED people not to do their own impositioning because it usually created more work for us! So before you buy anything, check with your printer. Quark is expensive enough!
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