Imposition



Imposition Schemes can be created and used with your Online Template Builder templates to produce imposed production files for your orders. Imposition schemes are defined in this window, and then referenced on the templates that will use them. You can define multiple imposition schemes for your account, and manage them from this area of Online Template Builder.


This listing will be empty on a new account, any imposition schemes must be created for your templates using the Create New Scheme button. Once imposition schemes have been added to your account, they will show on this listing when you select the Imposition tab at the top of the window. The image below shows two imposition schemes setup in an account.


When you create and edit a new imposition scheme, the options for that imposition scheme can be chosen on the window. The image below shows the settings for an 8-up business card imposition scheme. The name is simply a label that identifies the imposition scheme. A preview of the imposition scheme will be shown on the right of the window, and will be updated as changes are made. The preview can be downloaded as a PDF file for checking the imposition layout more closely, by clicking the View PDF link below the preview.



Settings for the imposition scheme are listed and described below. The units of measurement that are used in the imposition schemes can be set from the upper-right of the window using the Define Measurements setting, which allows a selection of: Points, Inches, Feet, Microns, Millimeters, Centimeters, or Meters. This defines the units of measure in the Online Template Builder account. All measurements of page sizes, field sizes, imposition widths and heights are expressed in this unit. Only font size remains in points no matter what is selected for the measurement units.

Settings for the imposition scheme

Scheme Name

The title of the imposition scheme, displayed in the imposition list screen.

Output Width

The press sheet width from the left to right edge of sheet.

Output Height

The press sheet width from the lead edge (or gripper) to the trail edge of sheet.

Trim Width

The width of the finished product, from trim to trim.

Trim Height

The height of the finished product, from trim to trim.

Bleed Width

The width of the product, including bleed image.

Bleed Height

The height of the product, including bleed image.

Left Margin

The left margin dimension, from edge of sheet to the left-most trim line. Bleed image is included within this dimension.

Bottom Margin

The bottom margin of the sheet, from edge to trim. This area may be defined as the press gripper margin, and will include bleed image area.

Gutter Width

The inside margin between two products, left to right, including the image bleed.

Gutter Height

The inside margin between two products, top to bottom, including the image bleed.

n-Up X

Number of ups, stepped left to right.

n-Up Y

Number of ups, stepped front to back.

Method

Method of imposition. Options include Step & Repeat, Saddle Stitch, Cut and Stack, Across/Down, and Down/Across. (See below for more information about these method types.)

Signature Size

The number of pages attached together in one signature. (Available for Saddle Stitch imposition methods only.)

Include Crops

Displays crop marks in the imposition scheme.

Duplex

Duplex checkbox creates a backup imposition.

Copy Info

Allows for selecting an existing template and detecting settings from that template.

Overlay File

The overlay file is only used if you need additional information and/or markings on the imposed sheet. This option is not commonly used.

 

The Tips section at the bottom has some tips for different workflows:

• Gutter Width & Height is the distance between the trims, not the bleeds.

• For chop cuts, set the gutter width or height to zero. The correct bleeds will automatically be suppressed.

• To automatically fill in information based on an existing template, enter the output width & height, select the template from the drop down box, and click the 'Copy Info' button.

• For Saddle Stitch books, set the Signature Size to 0 to automatically include all pages in the book.

 

Imposition method types

The following options are available in the Method dropdown menu when creating or editing an imposition scheme:

 

• Step • Step & Repeat - Use this method to produce a full sheet (with one or many copies) for each record in your document. Step & Repeat and Saddle Stitch are the only methods that will function correctly with templates that do not use a variable data upload.

• Saddle Stitch - Use this method for documents that will be bound together with a saddle stitch (such as a booklet). This method requires a single document of many pages in order to function correctly.

• Cut and Stack - This method will only function correctly with templates that use a variable data upload.

• Die cut - This is a hybrid of the Cut and Stack and Down/Across methods. This method will only function correctly with templates that use a variable data upload.

• Across/Down - This method will only function correctly with templates that use a variable data upload.

• Down/Across - This method will only function correctly with templates that use a variable data upload.

 

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