if you have some 4-16 pages to print, do yourself a favour and print them in booklet format and then just bind them with a stapler.
It's easier if you use A4, so that the ending page (A5) has the same ratio of the original.
It's easier if you use A4, so that the ending page (A5) has the same ratio of the original.
Edit: Some to same. Big Sur's autocorrect is a bit too aggressive it seems.
So, printing in booklet is just a convenient way to automatically downscale documents, nothing more, at least in this context.
As long as you have access to printers, paper, and a way to store the latter, you don't really need more.
Can't just shove your ordinary stapler into your pocket, though I have seen tiny models. So it's really nice if you don't want to carry around a bag.
1. Open up a regular stapler surface mode. 2. use a flattened shipping box as a backing surface, to give your fingers a break from the stabbing. 3. Staple through. 4. pull the paper and the staples up. 5. Start bending the staples down with pliers, to get a nice distinct fold started. 6. Bend the rest of the way by hand. 7. Masking tape the edge. (or, for more visual flair, washi tape).
I imagine you could also do something like hammer the staples a bit, but the tape really helps ensure the staples don't catch.
The staples won't have inward curve that staplers usually apply as the standard anti-catch measure, but I like this actually--combined with the tape, everything sits more flush.