Xerox CX Production workflows, Print using imposition, Imposition overview, Imposition methods

8 Production workflows

Print using imposition

Imposition overview

Imposition is the process of positioning page images on a virtual sheet of paper so that when a printer or digital printing press prints the sheet, the page images will be in the right order. It is part of the process of producing finished documents.

In addition to page images, you can add various marks to the sheets to aid the production process. These marks show where the paper should be folded or trimmed.

Imposition does not affect the content of the individual page but rather affects only the placement of the page images on a press sheet. Imposition is a combination of content and layout. The content is the pages that should be printed, and the layout is the location of the page on the sheet, along with the page’s printing marks, crop marks and fold marks.

See also:

Imposition tab in the Job Parameters window on page 104

Imposition methods

The CX print server provides the following imposition methods:

Step and repeat: The step-and-repeat method is the most efficient one when you want to print multiple copies of the same image and fill each sheet to capacity—for example, many business cards on one sheet.