Having transcibed a four movement piano trio which is going to have at least forty pages I am looking for a way of printing it in sections (say max 4 leaves per signature) so i can sew it into signatures before case binding it. It’s for a present so i’m aiming at making something that feels and behaves like a Henle hardback score.
it seems to me that Dorico’s native booklet printing facility will only number the pages in one giant booklet producing a “booklet” with what bookbinders call one “signature”, effectively producing one of those monsters that publishers like Schirmer foist upon us.
Am I right? Has anyone tried printing for small signatures - and managed? I’m imagining a workaround that involves creating multiple files and deleting everything except the bit I need from each file, effectively creating several individual booklets which I can then case bind into a hardcack book.
But it seems a complicated for something that must happen regularly in the printing industry - and I’d feel really stupid if there is simple way I haven’t spotted!
The printing industry does impositions of PDF pages. There is plenty of imposition software forPDFs.
Most people who aren’t printers don’t tend to have large format presses that can print 16 pages to a sheet.
How big are your pages, and what are you printing it on? Bear in mind that the paper grain needs to be parallel to the spine, otherwise it will buckle.
Many thanks - I’ll investigate imposition software. Printing on A3 120gsm to fold to make A4 signatures (sadly - would prefer B sizes for music but they’re in the too difficult box these days)
I’m good with the minutiae of binding re grain direction and stuff - but everthing I’ve done so far has been rebinding old books/paperbacks or making blank journals and sketchbooks. I’ve never printed a text to bind before, hence my nerves!"