one big sheet · sixteen tiny pages
fold a 16-page mini
it's the one-sheet mini's bigger sibling. print one A3 sheet, one side, then crease a 4×4 grid, make a few inside cuts, and collapse it into a little booklet. no glue, no staples.
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print it
send your pdf to the printer on one A3 sheet, one side, actual size. no scaling. tabloid or letter work too, they just make a smaller book.
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crease the grid
fold the sheet in half top-to-bottom, then in half again. open up, turn it, and do the same side-to-side. crease everything hard and open flat: sixteen little boxes.
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cut the slits
snip only the red interior lines printed faintly on your sheet: a short cut down the middle, two across the center panels, and two into the outer edges. the cuts never reach a corner, so the sheet stays in one piece.
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fold in half
fold the whole sheet in half the long way, printing facing out. the middle cut opens into a slot along the fold.
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collapse it
hold the two far ends and push them toward each other so the cut panels swing out and the sheet gathers into a fat plus shape.
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wrap the spine
walk the panels around in number order — page one is the cover — and press the whole stack flat. sixteen pages, one sheet, zero staples.