Setting Artwork for Saddle Stitched Brochure

If you’re working with a magazine printing company, then setting up artwork that is ready to print for Saddle Stitched Brochure is easy. At Shweiki Media, we have the best brochure printing options for you to choose from.

How does a Magazine Printing Company make Saddle Stitched Brochures?

Saddle Stitched brochures are made from several printed sheets laid on top of each other, that are put together by stapling, folding and finally trimming. Setting up print-ready artwork for your Saddle Stitched Brochure is easy. You just have to follow a few simple steps.

To jump-start the process, catalog printing companies recommend using one of their pre-made artwork templates. All you have to do is select a template, bind your pages in the saddle stitch form, and decide the size you want the documents to be in. In case you’re using Photoshop, you’ll have to choose a downloadable PDF template and work over it as you would normally do.

If you’re preparing the artwork yourself, ensure you set the resolution to 300dpi, where the bleed is 3mm on all sides and the colour mode is set to CMYK. You will also get assistance from YouTube tutorials and printing books. However, it is always better to work with magazine printing companies for a more professional feel.

As you continue to add more pages to a saddle stitched brochure, the middle pages will tend to ‘creep’ out from the centre. In order to give your documents a clean, neat and uniform edge, trim off the ‘creep’ after printing. If you wish to avoid losing any important information from being cut from the edge of your document, make sure you set the text and images over 7mm away from the edge.

Similarly, if your text and images are running between pages, then they become a part of the gutter. The gutter is the fold that runs down the centre of the document, where the staples are. At the best professional printing service, they keep text at least 10mm away from the gutter. In general, for every 10 pages added, you should increase the distance of text from the gutter by 1mm.

Saddle stitched Brochure- Final Touches

At ShweikiMedia, we have a quality set up for commercial magazine printing. Here eachbrochure is printed with professionals and expertly pieced together in the printing process. That means that when your final printing is complete you receive a brochure that is impressive to your clients.

Remember, when you create your final artwork as PDF, the cover and back cover will be included as separated pages. If you have saved all your pages as singular PDF files, it’s best to merge all of them into one file. To make sure that your saddle stitched brochure stays flat and closed after its printing is done, the best option would be keeping the paper weight under 200gsm. This checklist will help you to make sure that you’ve covered everything to achieve the best results in your commercial magazine printing.