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2-Up vs Booklet Imposition: They Are Not the Same Thing
2-up places the same page order side by side. Booklet imposition reorders pages into printer spreads for folding. Here's how to tell which you need.
Read the guide FIELD NOTE / 02Gutters, Margins and Borders in N-Up Layouts
How spacing between tiled pages interacts with the printer's unprintable margin, when a gutter is needed, and why borders expose every millimetre of drift.
Read the guide FIELD NOTE / 03How Much Paper Does N-Up Printing Save? (With the Math)
The math behind N-up paper savings, with worked examples: a 120-page handout at 4-up uses 30 sheets instead of 120. See the formula and an annual savings table.
Read the guide FIELD NOTE / 04N-Up Printing Explained: 2-Up, 4-Up, 8-Up and Beyond
What N-up printing means, how 2-up, 4-up, 8-up and 16-up differ, why 2-up flips to landscape, and how to pick the right grid for gutters and margins.
Read the guide FIELD NOTE / 05How to Print Multiple PDF Pages on One Sheet (the Right Way)
Printer-driver N-up gives you tiny margins and soft text. Here's why, and the browser-based PDF imposition workflow that keeps pages crisp at full res.
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