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Automatic imposition Aldo puts your pages on the sheet in the right order. Fold, staple, read in order. CMYK conversion RGB to CMYK with a FOGRA39 profile. Preview the printed colour before you commit. Bleed & safe zones Aldo adds bleed and respects your printer’s margins. Clean prints, no white edges. Photo library & EXIF Sort your photos and batch-edit captions and credits. EXIF fills in the rest. 3D preview Flip through your book in 3D, rendered from the exact PDF you will export. Formats & bindings A4, A5, A7 booklet, A4 sewn, and more on the way. Templates that fit any format and binding.
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Feature: Imposition

Automatic imposition puts your pages in the right order.

Aldo puts your pages on the sheet in the right order, automatically. Fold it, staple it, and it reads 1, 2, 3, 4. Like a book should.

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The Aldo Reborn imposition view on macOS, with pages laid onto a printer sheet with bleed and crop marks

Why home-printed zines come out scrambled

Print a booklet, fold it in half, and the pages don't line up. It's not your printer. On a folded sheet, pages never run in order. On an 8-page zine, the first sheet carries pages 8 and 1 on the front, with 2 and 7 on the back. Get that wrong by hand and your story comes out shuffled like a dropped deck of cards. Aldo Reborn does the counting. You drop your photos in order and print.

How it works

Pick a page count Choose 8, 12, 16 or 24 pages. Aldo puts each one on the right sheet, in the right spot, the right way up.
Nested sheets, automatically 8 pages become 2 sheets. 16 become 4. The cover sits outside. The centre spread sits in the middle.
Cut edges vs folded edges Some edges get cut. Some get folded. Aldo measures the real layout, so bleed only lands where the paper is cut.
Any binding, same order Saddle-stitch, sewn, or a mini-booklet. The pages end up in order every way. See all formats & bindings.

Imposition: Aldo vs the others

Aldo Reborn
InDesignAffinity PublisherCanva
✓ Automatic imposition (saddle-stitch, mini-booklet, sewn binding)
✕ None of them
✓ Creep compensation (fold ramp)
✕ None of them
✓ Front/back imposition view with real dimensions + marks
✕ None of them
✓ Dual export (imposed + flat spread) in one click
✕ None of them
✓ Asymmetric margins for sewn binding (sewing allowance)
✕ None of them
✓ You never think about imposition
✕ None of them
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Frequently asked questions

What is imposition in printing?

Imposition means placing your pages onto large printer sheets in the order and orientation that makes them read correctly once the sheet is folded and bound. A folded booklet never prints 1, 2, 3 in order. Imposition works out the real order for you.

Why do zines have to be a multiple of 4 pages?

One sheet folded in half gives you four pages, two on each side. So a saddle-stitched booklet always comes in multiples of 4: 8, 12, 16, 24, and up. Aldo Reborn keeps to that and fills the count for you.

Can I print the imposed PDF on a home printer?

Yes. Aldo Reborn exports a print-ready PDF sized for A4 or Letter and friendly to duplex printing. An ordinary inkjet or laser can handle it. Print, fold, staple, done.

Does it handle double-page spreads?

Yes. An image that crosses the fold stays continuous across both pages, and its outer edges are treated correctly at the trim.

Which bindings does the imposition support?

Saddle-stitch (the classic stapled zine), sewn binding, and a single-sheet mini-booklet. Each one uses the same automatic page ordering.

Aldo bursting through a stack of pages, wrestling them into order

Stop fighting page order

Aldo Reborn is out on macOS. Imposition is our problem, not yours. 7-day free trial, then a one-time payment from €2.99.

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