Publishing template
A5 Saddle-Stitch 2-Up on SRA3
Commercial A5 saddle-stitch workflow: impose each booklet side on SRA4, then repeat two copies on SRA3.
Ideal input: A5 portrait pages (148×210mm), ideally with 3mm bleed. Page count should be a multiple of 4.
Template specs
| Sheet size | 12.6 × 8.86 in · 320 × 225 mm |
|---|---|
| Crop marks | Included |
| Bleed | Pulled from document |
| Complexity | Multi-step |
| Steps | 2 |
| Category | Publishing |
How the A5 Saddle-Stitch 2-Up on SRA3 layout is built
Creates the correct saddle-stitch page pairs on SRA4 landscape flats. SRA4 is half of SRA3, so it becomes the clean cut-down unit.
- 2Grid
Repeats each imposed SRA4 side twice on SRA3 portrait while preserving front/back duplex pairing.
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