Booklet Printing

Booklet PrintingBooklet Printing

Booklet Printing assembles your pages into printer spreads ready for saddle-stitch binding – ideal for zines, magazines, programmes, and folded brochures. Open Publisher automatically calculates the correct page pairing order so you don’t have to.

How to Print a Booklet
How to Print a Booklet

  1. Go to File > Print Booklet, or select the Booklet option from the print modal.

  2. Print double-sided on your printer.

  3. Fold and staple through the central spine to complete the booklet.

How Pages Are PairedHow Pages Are Paired

The engine automatically calculates which pages print together on each sheet. For an 8-page document, the pairings are:

  • Sheet 1 front: Pages 8 + 1

  • Sheet 1 back: Pages 2 + 7

  • Sheet 2 front: Pages 6 + 3

  • Sheet 2 back: Pages 4 + 5

Background Rendering in Booklet ModeBackground Rendering in Booklet Mode

Page backgrounds applied via Format Background or the Theme Studio render correctly in booklet mode. Gradients are physically converted to DOM layers to bypass browser backgroundColor limitations, ensuring your backgrounds print faithfully on every spread.