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Questions before you spend paper

Concrete answers about order, rotation, sizes, privacy, and PDF limits.
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01Why are blank pages added?

A folded sheet creates four pages. Pliego completes the next multiple of four and labels inserted blanks; it never confuses them with a blank page already present in your PDF.

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02Why do some pages look upside down?

On a sheet, pages that look rotated or out of order become correct after both sides are printed and folded. If the physical back is upside down, test the 180° back rotation.

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03What does duplex mean?

It means printing both sides of a sheet. Automatic mode creates one interleaved PDF; manual mode creates separate front and back files.

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04Long edge or short edge?

A landscape sheet folded down the middle usually needs short-edge flip. Drivers label and apply this differently, so always confirm with one marked sheet.

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05Can I print a 6-page booklet?

Yes. The result has eight positions: your six originals and two blanks appended at the end. You can see where they land before downloading.

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06Does my PDF leave the browser?

Not while it is read, imposed, previewed, or downloaded: those operations stay in local memory. Hosting still receives normal requests that serve the app; a Vercel preview may include its toolbar.

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07Why does page order look strange?

The outer sheet needs the last page beside the first. Its other side pairs page two with the penultimate page; folding restores reading order.

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08Which paper size should I choose?

A4 makes an approximately A5 booklet; Letter makes half-Letter. Content is fitted proportionally with margins, so exact 1:1 scale is not promised.

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09Why print a test sheet first?

It prevents wasting the job when a tray feeds the other face, reverses sheet order, or the driver rotates backs. Mark top and front in pencil and test page one of each file.

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10Can encrypted PDFs be used?

No. Save a password-free copy. The selector validates locally and explains whether a file is encrypted, damaged, empty, over 80 pages, or larger than 10 MiB.

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11Which printers are supported?

Any printer that accepts the chosen size may work, but Pliego cannot detect tray direction, physical margins, or driver rotation. Automatic needs duplex; manual uses one-sided printing and reinsertion.

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12What happens with landscape or mixed-size PDFs?

Each page is normalized from its CropBox and rotation, then fitted proportionally. Inspect the preview: forms, signatures, links, and actions are not transferred.

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Keep learning

Three guides, one physical test.

01Print a booklet

From reading order to sheets, folding, and staples.

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02Manual duplex without guessing

Mark one sheet, test reinsertion, and correct its rotation.

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03Blank pages and multiples of four

Where blanks land in 6, 10, and 14-page documents.

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A test costs one sheet. Guessing can cost the whole job.

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