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Paper Fold Guide

Paper Folds 1

Beware of possible confusions - one persons gatefold is another persons trifold etc.

It's always worth checking carefully what the customer means.

Paper Folds 2


Beware of confusion between the number of pages and the number of leaves.

A page is one side of a leaf. A booklet is made up of sheets folded in the middle and stapled in the fold (called "saddle-stitched").

Each sheet makes 2 leaves, and each leaf is 2 pages, so booklets are always multiples of 4 pages. We do not have any in-house facility for perfect binding - this can be sent out, but is only cost effective on larger runs.

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