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M
argins, Gaps,
o
r
B
leed
fi
elds), then click the
P
review
t
ab. To print all the
pages in the document, select
All. Choose an option from the Registration
drop-down menu, then click Print. This setup prints eight 2-page printer flats.
Now, let’s say the printer requests a four-up configuration for the same layout.
All you do is click the
4-Up tab in the Layout pane and leave the Type set at
Standard. All the other settings remain the same. (If you specified a Bleed value,
the
Horizontal field (Gap area) is automatically set to twice the Bleed value.)
This setup prints four 4-page printer flats.
PERFECT-BOUND SCENARIO
Let’s say your layout is 116 pages (including the front and back covers) in reader-
spread format. This job might require two print runs, one for the cover and one
for the guts.
• Cover output: In the
Layout pane, click the 2-Up tab and choose Perfect Bound
from the Binding drop-down menu in the General area. To compensate for the
spine, enter a value in the
Horizontal field (Gap area). Enter values in the other
fields as necessary, then click the
Preview tab. Enter 1, 2, 115, 116 in the Range
field. Choose an option from the Registration drop-down menu, then click
Print. This setup prints the first two printer flats.
• Guts output: In the
Layout pane, click the 4-Up tab (if your printer requests
printer spreads, click the
2-Up tab). Specify any necessary values (for example in
the
Margins, Gaps, or Bleed fields), noting that the horizontal gap setting for
the spine is no longer necessary. Click the
Preview tab and enter 3–114 in the
Range field. Choose an option from the Registration drop-down menu, then
click
Print. This setup prints the remainder of the document in 4-up flats.
Because there are 112 pages of guts to impose in eight-page signatures, and
112÷8=14, this setup prints 14 signatures. (Quark Imposer would allow you
to create 15 signatures from this document if it included the covers.)
STACKED SCENARIO
The Stacked binding option is ideal for documents reproduced on large format
copiers such as a DocuTech, which cuts and collates as it prints. Say you’re
printing a 40-page book on a DocuTech to be spiral bound. First, in the
Layout
pane, click the 2-Up tab and choose Stacked from the Binding drop-down
menu (
General area). In the Sheets field, enter 10. Specify any necessary values
for
Bleed, Margins, and V
ertical
fi
eld (
Gap area). Creep and Crossover are
disabled for
Stacked binding.
Then, click the Preview tab. To print all the pages in the document, select All.
Choose an option from the Registration drop-down menu, then click Print.
This setup prints 10 four-page sheets. The 10 sheets are then cut to size and
stacked on top of each other to form a 40-page publication ready for binding.
SAMPLE IMPOSITION SCENARIOS
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