How do I compensate for page creep in a small A5 booklet

[Colin]

Hi

I'm using Publisher 2003 to produce a small (100 page) booklet, that will be
printed 2 up double sided on A4 paper e.g. 25 sheets of paper, 4 pages per
sheet. When printed the book is showing exhibitig what appears to be called,
in the printing industry, page creep. That is that when folded the right hand
edges of the inner pages protrude further than the right hand edges of the
outer pages. The excess paper can obviously be trimmed off with a guillotine,
but then the text on the pages will be closer to the right hand edge of the
page, as above.

I've searched Publishers Help and can't find any reference to the issue. Can
anyone here suggest something that will help me understand and hopefully
resolve the issue.

Thanks

 

[Ed Bennett]

I'm using Publisher 2003 to produce a small (100 page) booklet, that
will be printed 2 up double sided on A4 paper e.g. 25 sheets of
paper, 4 pages per sheet. When printed the book is showing exhibitig
what appears to be called, in the printing industry, page creep. That
is that when folded the right hand edges of the inner pages protrude
further than the right hand edges of the outer pages.

What type of printer are you using to print at this stage?

 

[Colin]

What type of printer are you using to print at this stage?

Hi and thanks for the reply.
At home I'm using a Canon S520 inkjet or an OKI 6ex laser, however the
booklet will be printed on a commericla Minolta colour printer (sorry but I
don't have the model)

Regards
Colin

 

[Colin]

Thanks for the reply.

You do not compensate, that is why saddle stitched books are limited to
normally a maximum of 84 pages.

Hmmm, I wasn't aware of that 'limit', thank you.

I prefer to stop at 72 pages if possible, and then paper weight needs to be
taken into account. You are pretty well stuck with 80gsm paper in saddle
stitched books.

Perhaps a lighter weight or different type of paper? I seen something
referred to as Matt art paper, and although it has a heavier weight rating it
is actually thinner.

Normally the margins are not an issue as they are not that close to the edge
of the paper that saddle stitching causes a problem.

In our case that would be correct. I've used the defaults and there is
plenty of space around the edge. The only issue is the page Header that
includes two spmall graphics, the page number and a rule extending over
approx. 90% of the page width.