: Page layout with Scribus I'm trying to print my very first book. It's a simple thing, printed on my desktop printer, double sided on 1 * A4 sheet of paper. I will fold it down and bind

@Samaraweera207

We are doing this for years in our office on our own lasers and we are still using this humble tool:

Make yourself a dummy, for example using scrap paper. Full number of pages, no shortcuts, smaller size if you want. Fold and collate. Then number your pages. Then diss-assemble and have your layout or imposition-plan.

It has saved us time and paper and toner and we recommend it still to new trainees. If you are using several "fancy automatic tools" like a DTP program and an Adobe printing dialog plus a modern printer driver, all sorts of weird interaction effects can happen. So even when you start printing your final print run after testing, your dummy is a helpful tool for checking that everything is (still) in its right place.

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@Turnbaugh909

Per my comment:

Firstly lay out your pages individually at A6 size.
Then choose your impositioning strategy depending on the sophistication of your printer driver/software and/or follow the advice given on the Scribus Wiki.

wiki.scribus.net/canvas/PDF,_PostScript_and_Imposition_tools http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Making_a_booklet_with_Scribus_and_Adobe_Reader

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