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SETTING UP PRINTER FLATS
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efore you set up printer flats, you should work closely with the printer,
bindery, and other vendors to confirm that the imposition will work with
their setup. The printer might, in fact, simply tell you how to set it up.
When setting up printer flats, you’ll use a combination of controls in the
Preview and Layout panes. Then, you’ll click the Create button to produce
a new PDF document containing each printer flat on separate pages.
Throughout this discussion, the term “printer flat” refers to a collection of pages
that will be imaged on one side of a single sheet. The term “printer spreads”
refers to two pages next to each other on a sheet of paper.
STEP 1: SPECIFYING A SHEET TYPE
The sheet type is the number of pages on each printer flat (each side of a sheet):
two, four, or eight. The type of imposition you select in Quark Imposer —
2-Up,
4-Up,
or 8-Up — controls the types of imposition available.
• For 2-Up, Standard imposition is available.
• For
4-Up, Standard, Work & Turn, Work & Tumble, and Sheet Wise
impositions are available.
• For
8-Up, Standard, Work & Turn, Work & Tumble, Split Web, and Sheet
Wise
impositions are available.
To specify a sheet type, open the Imposer dialog box and click the Layout tab.
Then, click the
2-Up, 4-Up, or 8-Up tab.
STEP 2: SPECIFYING AN IMPOSITION TYPE
Because the type of imposition interacts with the binding and determines
which other options are available, it’s important to understand how each
type functions.
•
Standard places the number of pages you specify for the sheet type on each
flat: Two for
2-Up, four for 4-Up, or eight for 8-Up. For example, if you select
4-Up Standard, an eight-page document yields two unique printer flats, a
16
-page document yields four unique printer flats, and so on (provided that
you choose
Saddle Stitch or Perfect Bound for the binding).
•
Work & Turn places four (4-Up) or eight (8-Up) pages on each flat, in which
the printed press sheet is turned from left to right.
Saddle Stitch and Perfect
Bound
binding yields duplicate printer spreads.
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