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Guts output: In the
L
ayout
p
ane, click the
4
-Up
t
ab (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
Create. This setup creates a new, imposed PDF file containing the
remainder of the document in 4-up flats.
Because there are 112 pages of guts to impose in eight-page sheets, and
112÷8=14, this setup prints 14 sheets. (Quark Imposer would allow you to
create imposed PDFs for 15 sheets from this document if it included the covers.)
STACKED SCENARIO
The Stacked binding option is ideal for documents to be reproduced on a large-
format copier such as a DocuTech, which cuts and collates as it prints. Say
you’re creating an imposed PDF file for a 40-page book (from a 40-page PDF file)
which will be printed 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
in the
Bleed, Margins, and Vertical fields (Gap area). Creep and Crossover are
disabled for
Stacked binding.
Then, click the Preview tab. To use all the pages in the document, click All.
Choose an option from the Registration drop-down menu, then click Create.
This setup creates a new, imposed PDF file containing 10 four-page sheets. The
PDF file can now be printed to the large-format copier, and the sheets then cut
to size and stacked on top of each other to form a 40-page publication, ready
for binding.
WORK & TURN SCENARIO
Let’s say you have a PDF file for a four-page brochure. The printer is planning
to print this 4-up as a work-and-turn job and has requested a PDF containing
composed flats. In the
Layout pane, click the 4-Up tab, choose Work & Turn
from the Type drop-down menu and either Saddle Stitch or Perfect Bound
from the Binding drop-down menu (General area). Enter values in the other
fields as necessary, then click the
Preview tab. Enter 1–4 in the Range field.
Choose an option from the
Registration drop-down menu, then click Create.
WORK & TUMBLE SCENARIO
Using the same example as work-and-turn, let’s say the printer requests film
for a work-and-tumble job. The only change you need to make is to choose
Work & Tumble from the Type drop-down menu in the Layout pane. Since
Work & Tumble creates two flats with the same contents, you only need to
create a new PDF file of one of the flats.
SAMPLE IMPOSITION SCENARIOS
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