An eight-page zine from one A3 sheet
Panels on an A4 one-sheet zine are only 74 x 105 mm, which is cramped for body text. Doing the same trick on A3 gives A6-sized pages you can actually read.
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Same fold, bigger panels
A3 landscape is 420 x 297 mm, so four across and two down gives 105 x 148.5 mm panels — A6 is 105 x 148 mm, near enough. The layout logic is identical to the A4 version: 6, 7, 8, 1 along the bottom and 5, 4, 3, 2 upside down along the top. At close to paperback size it works for a prose excerpt or a free sampler.
Where to print A3
Few home printers take A3. Japanese convenience-store copiers do, at roughly 20 yen a monochrome sheet, and self-service copy shops and online print services handle it too. One sheet is one zine, so twenty copies is twenty sheets.
Folding a larger sheet
Bigger paper makes a sloppy fold more obvious. Line the corners up before creasing and press each fold down with a bone folder or the back of a ruler. Cut the slit with a craft knife against a straight edge, across the middle two panels — 210 mm on A3 — following the heavy line in the output. Bleed, trim marks and paper thickness differ from printer to printer — always check the spec sheet of the shop you are submitting to.
Frequently asked questions
What exactly does one panel measure?
105 x 148.5 mm. A6 is 105 x 148 mm, so A6 artwork is placed with a quarter-millimetre of space at the top and bottom.
Can I use A3+ or B4 stock?
This job offers A3 and A4. For anything else, scale the imposed PDF at print time or build the A3 version and trim it down.
Are the guide lines printed?
By default yes — dashed folds and a solid cut line. Untick the guides option if you want a clean sheet.