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Saddle stitching folds each sheet to carry four pages, two on each side, so the page count must be a multiple of four and the sheet count is pages divided by four rounded up. A 22 page saddle stitched booklet is impossible; it becomes 24 pages with two blanks, which affects both layout and the quoted price.
Sheets
sheets = ceiling(pages / pages per sheet)
Padding
blank pages = sheets x pages per sheet - actual pages
sheets = ceiling(pages / pages per sheet). Saddle stitching folds each sheet to carry four pages, two on each side, so the page count must be a multiple of four and the sheet count is pages divided by four rounded up.
A 22 page saddle stitched booklet is impossible; it becomes 24 pages with two blanks, which affects both layout and the quoted price.
Enter pages in the booklet, binding method. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.