To make it easier to bind pages and to speed up the printing process (and thus lower its cost) printing presses do not print a single page at the time. In one single go a press may print 4 pages, or 16 or even 96.
Imposition is the process of working out how to arrange the pages on the press sheet so that the pages appear in the correct order after the press sheet was folded. This used to be a manual process but nowadays it is handled by software.
Which imposition software to use
In the first half of 2012 I ran a poll on this site, asking visitors what their favorite imposition software is.
Which imposition software do you use
- Kodak Preps (31%, 168 Votes)
- None (12%, 65 Votes)
- Apogee Impose (11%, 62 Votes)
- Another application (11%, 61 Votes)
- Quite Imposing (9%, 48 Votes)
- Prinect Signastation (8%, 41 Votes)
- Dynagram Dynastrip (4%, 24 Votes)
- TrueFlow FlatRunner (4%, 21 Votes)
- XMF Imposition (3%, 18 Votes)
- LithoTechnics Metrix (3%, 15 Votes)
- Ultimate Impostrip (2%, 12 Votes)
- Dynagram INposition (2%, 10 Votes)
Total Voters: 476
Loading ...Selecting an imposition application based on its popularity would however be a wrong decision.
Other sources of information
Wikipedia has an article on imposition.