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Top 7 Imposition Software for Windows

By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com

How do you get your pages — printed from your desktop or prepared for commercial printing — into the proper printing order? Some page layout programs do this automatically. At other times you need plug-ins, XTensions, or stand-alone programs to impose your pages for printing booklets, newsletters, or books.

1. ClickBook

Print almost any Windows document double-sided or in booklet form. 130 custom booklet styles, rotation, reduction, and more. Download a demo. ClickBook works by intercepting print jobs sent to a desktop printer and putting the pages in the desired order.

2. FinePrint

This paper-saving Windows printer driver allows you to print multiple thumbnails to a page, do double-sided printing, and combine print jobs as well as print booklets. A limited feature trial version is available. Also works with pdfFactory to create properly imposed PDF files.

3. Quite Imposing

Standard and Plus commercial plug-ins for Adobe Acrobat offers a variety of imposition options plus page numbering, masking, and the ability to add pages from other PDF files. Demos are available.

4. Imposer

A Lowly Apprentice Production has an regular and Pro XTensions and Plug-ins to impose QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign documents into 2 up, 4 up, or 8 up flats (and more in the Pro version). It handles the re-ordering during printing rather than changing the actual document.

5. InBooklet

From A Lowly Apprentice Production, impose an InDesign document with this plug-in. Several imposition styles plus margin, bleed, trapping, and creep control and crop/registration marks. Supports InDesign's book feature.

6. INPosition

This QuarkXPress XTension from Dynagram provides a variety of imposition styles for your document. There's a regular and Lite version.

7. Impose-it

Produce imposition layouts or plans for book sections from 4 to 32 pages with the basic, standard, or deluxe editions of this program. A demo is available of this prepress imposition planning software for printers and other professionals.

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