Commercial Print template

Shingled 3-Up (Cut & Stack)

Classic cut-and-stack imposition for sequentially ordered pieces. Cut the stack into 3 strips and they're pre-collated.

Ideal input: Any uniform-size pages. Output: cut into strips, stack, and pieces are in order.

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Shingled 3-Up (Cut & Stack) finished print product beside its press-ready imposed sheet
A realistic shingled 3-up (cut & stack) production example showing the imposed sheet and finished printed result.

Template specs

Sheet size8.5 × 11 in · 216 × 279 mm
SidesSingle-sided
Crop marksIncluded
BleedFixed
ComplexitySingle step
Steps1
CategoryCommercial Print

How the Shingled 3-Up (Cut & Stack) layout is built

  1. Arranges pages in shingled (cut-and-stack) order on Letter stock.

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