Imposition
Impose your files, create printer's spreads, booklets. Tips to get your pages in the right order for printing.
Imposition and Printer's Spreads - Imposing Order on Your Cards Booklets...
In order to read, print out of order. Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4 ... that's the order in which we read a book or newsletter. But is that the way we print them? Not always. Learn how to impose your pages to create printers spreads that become readers spreads.
Planning for Imposition
Knowing how commercial printers position your pages for printing can be an important planning factor when it comes to adding color and spreading graphics across a 2-page spread.
Use Imposition to Save Money on Color Printing
Reduce the cost of four-color process printing by where you place your color images.
Use Imposition to Add a Third Color Economically
Reduce the cost of adding a third color to a job.
Imposition Software for Windows
Try one of these utilities or plug-ins for putting your pages in proper printing order.
Imposition Software for Macintosh
For Mac users, try these programs for imposing your pages.
Spreads, Signatures, Imposition
A brief explanation of these terms from My Design Primer.
Printing Duplexed Booklets in Adobe InDesign
This tutorial uses ALAP InBooklet to turn readers spreads into printers spreads.
How to Impose and Print Printer Spreads in QuarkXPress
This tutorial uses ALAP's Imposer XTension.
