File Set Up – Saddle Stitch Booklets
Zines + Booklets require a slightly different setup as they need to be imposed or “paginated” before printing.
This means laying out each page side-by-side, so the front cover is next to the back cover.
Below is an example for an 8 page double sided booklet.
*Remember if you want your booklet to appear full bleed you will want to create a bleed area and crop marks for us to cut your booklet down.
The booklet and the crop marks should still be inside the suggested print area. This means your booklet maybe slightly smaller than expected to accommodate the margins needed. 
Setting up a book or zine is very similar to posters or a print but there are a few things to be aware of before submitting for Risograph Printing.
1. The Riso machine does not fold or staple your booklets. We do not offer folding or hand stapling for booklets.
2. We can crease the paper before printing so that all you will have to do is collate and staple your booklets together. We have a stapler here you can use on the 11th floor to do this.
3. We can cut booklets if crop marks are provided either before you put them together or after depending on your preference.
We are going to ask that you *impose your files* and upload a multiple page PDF for each color you will be printing.
For example, if you have an 8 page booklet with 2 colors (black and blue) you will turn in three files in total.
2 for printing and a composite.
The Black and Blue file will have 3 sheets each with 2 pages for each sheet to be printed front and back.
Johnson_Booklet_Black_G.pdf
Johnson_Booklet_Blue_G.pdf
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3. Johnson_Booklet_Composite –> this should be a full color double sided pdf.
What is Imposition?
Imposition refers to the process of arranging a book’s pages so that once the printed signature sheets are folded and trimmed, the pages will appear in the correct order.
