How do I design the catalogue cover correctly?
Catalogue cover
We need the print files for the cover of catalogues readily imposed in a two-page document (outside and inside of the cover, each including spine).
Four-sided cover
In a four-sided cover, the reverse side of the cover (4) is on the first page of your document to the left, the spine in the respective width is in the centre and the front or title page is to the right (1). The same applies to the inner section of the cover on the second document page: The inside title page (2) is on the left, the spine is in the centre and the inside reverse side is to the right (3).
Six-sided cover
If you would like to order catalogues with a six-sided cover, i.e. with a flap in the front and back, both the flap and the page adjacent to the flap must be designed 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 − 12 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 12 mm, in the centre the reverse side of the cover (6), shortened by 2 mm, and to the right the spine in the respective width and at the extreme 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 spine in the centre and to its right the inside reverse side (3), shortened by 2 mm, and the inside of the flap (4) at the extreme right, shortened by 12 mm.