How do I design the brochure cover correctly?
Brochures with four-sided cover
If you would like to order brochures with an additional four-sided cover, you have three options to submit the print files:
- We prefer: Consecutive single pages in a PDF file
- Consecutive single pages in several PDF files
- Single pages as individual TIFF, JPEG or PDF files
Brochures with six-sided cover
If you would like to order brochures with an additional six-sided cover, i.e. with a flap in the front or back, you must send the print files for the inner section and cover separately.
Inner section
You have three options when submitting the inner section of the brochure:
- We prefer: Consecutive single pages in a PDF file
- Consecutive single pages in several PDF files
- Single pages as individual TIFF, JPEG or PDF files
Six-sided cover
We need the print files for the six-sided cover of brochures readily imposed in a two-page document (outside and inside of the cover). The flap can either be on the back or front of the brochures.
Both the flap and the page adjacent to the flap must be created shortened in the print file due to the fold:
- Page adjacent to the flap: width of the cover − 2 mm
- Flap: width of the cover − 5 mm
Additionally, the width of the flap can be shortened if you want a smaller flap.
With a six-sided cover with the flap on the back, the arrangement of pages in the imposed print file looks as follows: To the left of the first page of the document (outside) is the flap (5), shortened by 5 mm, in the centre is the reverse side (6), shortened by 2 mm, and to the right the front or title page of the cover (1). On the second page of the document (inside), the inside title page (2) is located at the left, the inside reverse side (3) in the centre, shortened by 2 mm, and the inside of the flap (4) at the right, shortened by 5 mm.