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Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- Quark Item Marks
- Quark MarkIt
- Quark Imposer for QuarkXPress
- Overview
- Setting Up Printer Flats
- Step 1: Specifying a Sheet Type
- Step 2: Specifying an Imposition Type
- Step 3: Specifying a Binding Type
- Step 4: Flipping and Moving Pages
- Step 5: Specifying Bleed
- Step 6: Specifying Creep
- How Creep Works
- Step 7: Specifying Crossover
- Step 8: Specifying Margins
- Step 9: Specifying Gaps
- Step 10: Specifying Registration Marks
- Step 11: Printing with Quark Imposer
- Tiling with Quark Imposer
- Creating Custom Impositions
- Previewing Printer Flats
- Creating and Choosing Styles
- Sample Imposition Scenarios
- Quark Imposer for Acrobat
- Setting Up Printer Flats
- Step 1: Specifying a Sheet Type
- Step 2: Specifying an Imposition Type
- Step 3: Specifying a Binding Type
- Step 4: Flipping and Moving Pages
- Step 5: Specifying Bleed
- Step 6: Specifying Creep
- How Creep Works
- Step 7: Specifying Crossover
- Step 8: Specifying Margins
- Step 9: Specifying Gaps
- Step 10: Specifying Registration Marks
- Step 11: Creating an imposed PDF file with Quark Imposer
- Creating Custom Impositions
- Previewing Printer Flats
- Creating and Choosing Styles
- Handling PDFs with Bleed Included
- Sample Imposition Scenarios
- Setting Up Printer Flats
HOW CREEP WORKS
Quark Imposer considers the “cover” of the final piece to be the outermost
printer flat while the “centerfold” is considered to be the innermost printer flat.
The term “sheet” is used to represent two printer flats — the front of the sheet
and the back of the sheet. The “creep increment” is calculated by dividing the
user-supplied creep value by the total number of sheets minus one.
For example, a 16-page QuarkXPress layout could yield eight printer flats,
or four sheets. The front of the first sheet consists of the first printer flat
(pages 16 and 1) while the back of the first sheet consists of the second printer
flat (pages 2 and 15). For the sake of this discussion, if the user-supplied creep
value was 24 pts (we realize this is an extreme) the creep increment is 8 pts
per sheet (24 divided by 3).
The amount of creep applied to the outermost sheet is 24 pts, the amount of
creep applied to the second sheet is 16 pts and the amount of creep applied to
the third sheet is 8 pts. No creep applies to the fourth and innermost sheet.
As our example illustrates, the amount of creep for each successive sheet was
decreased by the creep increment.
In summary, each page on the outermost sheet is moved 12 pts (half of the 24 pt
creep value for this sheet) away from the spine, each page on the second sheet
is moved 8 pts (half of the 16 pt creep value for this sheet) away from the spine,
each page on the third sheet is moved 4 pts (half of the 8 pt creep value for
this sheet) away from the spine. Pages on the fourth and innermost sheet
are not moved.
BINDING VALUE MOVEMENT
Perfect Positive # Page out
Perfect Negative # Page in
Saddle stitch Positive # Content out
Saddle stitch Negative # Content in
None n/a n/a
STEP 7: SPECIFYING CROSSOVER
The value in the Crossover field (Layout pane Þ General area) specifies
the amount of space used to allow page elements to encroach the
Gap in
Saddle Stitch or Per
fect Bound
publications. (Think of it as a bleed for in
between pages.) Enter a value between zero and half the vertical gap value.
STEP 8: SPECIFYING MARGINS
Values in the Margins area (select Margins in the Layout pane) specify the
amount of space that will surround the actual printer flat (after trimming).
Enter values between 0 and 288 pts in the
Top, Left, Bottom, and Right fields.
SETTING UP PRINTER FLATS
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CHAPTER 3: QUARK IMPOSER FOR QUARKXPRESS