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be tailor-made based on the information that you provide about both your printer and your
specific needs.
Certain printer definition files will work with several types of printers (consecutive versions of a
certain printer model, for example). Note that those printers may still have different capabilities.
When creating or selecting Print Presets, always consider the actual capabilities of your
specific printer.
Mapping media types to printer trays
An Output Creation Preset can map media types to printer trays (see the "Printer settings" on
page790 dialog). This option is available for AFP, IPDS, PCL, PPML and PostScript printers
that are configured for cut-sheet printing.
Print virtual stationery
The virtual stationery in a Print template (also called "Media" on page159) is in fact an image
that is normally only visible in the Designer in the background of the template to make
designing a template easier.
If indicated in the Output Creation Preset, the image will also be printed. The output can then be
printed on plain paper instead of pre-printed paper. Printing virtual stationery is also very useful
when producing PDF output for digital viewing.
Imposition
An Output Creation Preset can tell a printer to print multiple pages on a single sheet (Simplex,
or Duplex). This is called Imposition, also known as N-Up printing.
The two Imposition types are Cut & Stack and Stack by Column (see "Imposition options" on
page694).
With each Imposition type there is a wide range of options to control the exact layout of the
output: the number of pages that go on one sheet, their order, the way they are stacked, the
stack depth, the margins, markings, etc.
Note that when Imposition is used, the possibilities to separate the output (see "Separation" on
the next page) and to add additional content ("Additional content" on the next page) are limited.
Groups and meta data on lower levels than the Job Segment level (as defined in a Job
Creation Preset) are no longer available after the Imposition process.
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