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1. 2 Enable the appropriate toggle in the Assembly window For the Special option we refer to the chapter on Mixed Binding 10 2 Mixed Binding Mixed binding offers you the possibility to combine two assembly methods In other words within one book it is possible to apply perfect binding as well as saddle stitching Perform these steps to apply mixed binding 1 Inthe Sheet List View mode right click the Assembly Details pane and select Assembly Properties Click Of all books or On this book if you work with different books The Assembly window appears 2 Select an assembly template form the list or create the assembly manually In case you work manually enable the Special toggle and enter the correct number of sections in the field at the bottom of the window Distribute the sections as wished 120 3 4 Binding Marks Perfect Bound Saddle Stitch SectianlD Mo Binding Advanced Special If you want to apply creep to a section select the section and click the Creep button to make the necessary changes See Step 3 of the imposition wizard for more information on creep related options Creep E xj Use Creep from Job Creep Type Inner creep outer creep no creep Use Offset Use Scaling Combine Offset and Scaling Transition Point at fo c00 mm Outside Trimbos Creep Parameters Faper Thickness 0 000 mm Creep Offset per Page 0 000 mm Creep Scaling per Page oos Total Creep O
2. S FRONTBLEED Parameters OF Cancel To modify the empty page dimensions 1 Select the signature 2 Select Properties Unfinished Page from the Imposition menu e Click right and select Unfinished Page Properties from the pop up menu 3 Select the appropriate level 4 Go to the Montage tab and modify the value s for the empty page related parameter s Unfinished Page Properties Of this sheet I x Montage Marks HEAD FOOT BACK FRONT BLEED BALEBLEED LIP OF Cancel Apply Heset 9 14 Define blank pages Defining blank pages is a very simple action 1 In the Sheet View or Page List View select the page s you want to make blank 2 Click right and select Make Pages Blank from the list 115 I M cskoc Depending on the view mode in which you performed the action this will be the result a in the Sheet View mode Fastlmpose b in the Page List View mode Page List Of x Fa FCI Capabilities Brochure p 5 1 1 r T 9 15 Insert blank pages It s very simple to insert a blank pages if you already assigned all pages in the page list Follow the steps below 1 Go to the Page List View mode and select the place where you want to insert a blank page 116 Fastlmpose basic multib4pages p m 1 oo 1 basic multi amp bdpages p 8 2 Click right and select Insert Blank Page from the pop up menu ug basic _multibtpages p
3. Creep Origin UE ad WE HE lett center right Creep Method f Use Offset C Use Scaling C Combine Offset and Scaling Transition Point at o c00 mm Wuteide Trimbor Ereep Parameters Paper Thickness 0 000 mm Creep Offset per Page 0 000 mm Ereep Scaling per Page ponnz Total Ereep Weet 0 000 mm Peak Sale Factor noz E Finish Finished Page Width 2i 0 000 Foldouts Height 230 000 H Testbos Cancel lt lt Back For more explanation on Montage definitions we refer to the chapter Use a personal montage definition Perform these steps to fill in the page and creep related parameters Caution The creep values you enter here will be applied on all books If you want to apply creep per section use the procedure via the Imposition menu gt Properties gt Assembly gt Select a section gt Creep 1 Enter the values for Head Foot Front and Back These values define the distance between the final trimmed page and the unfinished page 2 Enter a Bleed value For booklets that need to be glued at the spine you may have to enter a Back Bleed value If you do not enter a value and keep the box checked the back bleed defaults the bleed value 3 In the Creep box select Inner creep Outer creep or No creep by clicking one of the icons 28 Fastlmpose Creep Type Creep Method Use Offset Use Scaling Combine Offset and Scaling
4. 7 3 Apply bottling The final degree of bottling that will be applied is the result of multiplying two factors One is the bottling value a parameter that is proportional to the paper thickness The second value entered in the Bottling tab of the Signature Properties window is proportional to the number of orthogonal folds for all paper stocks The product of these two values expresses the total amount of bottling e To determine the job wide bottling value 1 Select Bottling from the Imposition menu 2 Specify the bottling factor 91 Fastlmpose Bottling X x Specify the paper dependent bottling Factor Factor f 2 Ok Cancel e To determine the bottling degree 1 Right click the signature and select Signature Properties gt Of this gt Template tab gt Edit gt Bottling tab from the pop up menu or go through the same steps via the Imposition menu 2 Select the corner you want to bottle and enter the appropriate degree The value you enter is proportional to the number of times the sheet will be folded Numbers Trim Fald Bleed Bottling Montage Back E i k Front Em al ke 1 4 Add or Remove toldouts There are different ways of adding foldouts depending on the imposition method Imposition Wizard or Blank Imposition that you chose The first procedure is applicable in both imposition methods the second is only applicable if you started from a blank
5. Bottling Montage Font Back t 45 lt q 4b t 45 e t EEE EEEX You can at any time modify the dimensions of the empty page Before you are able to do so however the empty page related dimensions have to be entered as parameters in the montage definition Perform these steps to create new parameters 1 Go to the Montage tab of the Signature Properties window 2 Click the Parameters button 3 Click Add and enter the name of a new parameter that represents e g the width of the empty page Click Add to apply The new parameter will appear in the Parameters window mm x Parameters HEAD ron 4 FOOT roo BACK ron FRONT ron A BLEED 2000 4 BACKBLEED 2000 4 x M ame LIF Add Cancel Add Remove Ok Cancel 4 Enter the appropriate value and click OK Parameters x HEAD 4 000 FOOT 4 000 4 BACK FRONT BLEED BACKBLEED LIP i Remove DK Cancel 5 Replace the parameter in the Montage Definition field 114 Fastlmpose Signature Properties Spag zWzH xX Numbers Tim Fold Bleed Botting Montage Sides Front C Use system defined montage definition Back C Use gutters Bath Use my own montage definition Shadow fram front Master v Transparent view Montage Definition VPAGE HEAD FOOT 2 Ws H HEAD 4 BACK creep 5 HEAD BLEED B BACKBACKBLEED v FporBEED
6. IE skoe oss Contents USC ES eet NNUS 7 1 1 Fastlmpose Standalone and Server sss seem nen 7 Mg eM MIO WA TIT FOI IN emm 8 T3 GRG v rsus PDF MOTE eee ree ne een ee oe ree ete ere eee eer cere ret ee er ee 9 DU OS ceases 9 129 2 HSIGIBEG BS are eee ei E erence ere eee ee ee 10 UON rg atts cee cece tee tsa abe be deter ae ea Seema ate ema ae ene deer ates 10 1 3 4 Templates seen eene eren niin ern nnn 10 1 4 IMPOSITION Concepts sssssssese mene nennen nennen eren nne 11 TAT AONE Im mmm 11 BF ONS a cet sc ts rapa m m 11 QE SON Sea m ee ee 12 ID UI m 12 EEE a e e c 12 TAO REAO eM RE tmm 12 1 4 7 Imposition versus Flatwork sse en eene nennen eren 13 1 4 8 Global versus Local level sss eese enne emen 13 fo laeM naeric m O ee ee E 14 US EE use aeu m 14 1 5 2 Saving changes to a template eene nennen 15 1 53 Stored NOMAI O esanaia TOT TES 15 1 5 4 Report Templates eene 16 10 KEV DOG Ela qe 20 1 7 Changing units sse emere nennen nnne nri nnne neni 20 iEn 21 2 Create an imposition sese eene rere rera 22 Ze u w amneeciierT TT oo mmm 22 2 Meg M NG CNC CO c
7. If you modify the properties of the Master all underlying levels which have not yet been changed locally will automatically take the new values Levels that had already been changed locally will keep their local values When properties of a selected element have already been modified locally on a certain level then the properties of that element can only be changed on the same or an underlying level Settings can be influenced via the different properties windows Two buttons play an important part e The Reset button makes sure that the settings of the nearest specified upper level will be applied to the sheet or page selected If no other local changes have been made the settings of the Master will be applied e The Apply to Master function implies that the settings that have been modified on local level will be applied to the global level Master which means that all levels will be changed except for those that already differed from the Master 37 ESKO oss 3 Basic Actions This chapter contains the following topics Select or deselect Measure an object Zoom In Out Pan Renumber pages Measure ink density Create a layer Copy or Remove a layer 3 1 Select or deselect To be able to manipulate an object you first have to select it with the Select tool k which you can find in the Interactive toolbar on the left of the screen Place the cursor on the object and click the left mouse button if you want to select an in
8. Transition Paint at 0 000 mm Outside Trimbox Creep Parameters Paper Thickness 0 000 mm Creep Offset per Page 0 000 mm Creep Scaling per Page joo Total Creep Offset 0 000 mm Peak Scale Factor o oo Inner creep the thickness of the paper is compensated by moving the inner pages of a booklet towards the spine of the book Outer creep the thickness of the paper is compensated by moving the outer pages of a booklet away from the spine of the book The creep origin option allows you to indicate the asymmetric creep also known as shingling The asymmetry is caused by the gripper which holds the paper during folding As a consequence this side has no creep but the creep on the opposite side is applied twice This implies that the fold spine position is also moved towards the gripper Click the correct option left center or right to define the origin Now there are three different methods of applying creep offset scaling and a combination of offset and scaling Use Offset moves pages according to its creep value Use Scalingmoves one edge of the page the inner for outer creep and the outer for inner creep and scales the page in horizontal direction only so the opposite edge is not moved Combine offset and scaling combines the two methods When the creep to be applied is small enough the offset method is used When the offset creep value exceeds a given threshold Transposition Point on top
9. 1 Select the signature 2 Click right and select Signature Properties from the pop up menu e Select Properties gt Signature from the Imposition menu 3 Select the level on which you want to modify the properties The Signature Properties window will appear 4 In the Position tab select the appropriate anchor point which will function as reference point General Position Template Sections Horizontal Offset 0 000 mm From Pane Center Anchor m m m Vertical Offset 0 000 mm From Paper Center Anchor 5 Enter the desired horizontal or vertical offset in relation to the element selected in the From lists o4 Fastlmpose UN 6 Click Apply followed by OK or click Cancel to exit the Signature Properties window without making any changes 4 4 2 Manually In the Sheet View mode select the signature and drag it to the correct position If you modified the signature on the front of the sheet the back will equally be adapted and vice versa 4 4 3 Move tool With the Move tool 1 Select the signature 2 Click right or go to the Edit menu 3 Select Move from the list 4 Enter a horizontal and or vertical offset CS x Horizontal 10 000 mm Vertical 5 000 mm OF Cancel Apply 5 Click Apply followed by OK or click Cancel to exit the Move window without making any changes 4 5 Link signatures Fastlmpose allows you to position sig
10. 2 sig 12pag 3v4H Dauble sig 4pag 2V6H 2 m File name 04pag TV 4H sig Save as type Signature Templates sig Cancel Jab Folder Noe vr Search Central Directory Templates Save az Default My Documents My Computer 1 5 3 Stored Information The following information is stored in a Signature template 15 ESKO oss e type Normal or Cameron e for Cameron the number of columns e for the Normal type the number or rows columns webs and sections e stitching method Latin or Oriental e page numbering e overall position of trim fold and bleed marks e bottling factor e montage settings The following information is stored in a Plate template e plate size e plate type sheet fed or web fed e paper position e gripper info e way of backing up e plate marks The following information is stored in an Assembly template e assembly method Perfect Bound Saddle Stitch Special or No Binding e assembly marks e in case of Special number of sections e incase of Special possibility to apply creep settings on section level e in case of Special possibility to indicate the amount of pages per section and to modify the section inserts The following information is stored in an Imposition template e all imposition settings entered via the wizard 1 5 4 Report Templates 16 Only for FastImpose Server e Introduction e Using report templates e Report templates and Autom
11. 3 As aresult all pages move one page In this example the page that originally had been assigned to page 6 now appears on page 7 This may have a serious impact on the distribution of your pages and especially of reader s spreads The last page that had been assigned to the Page List reappears in the Page Gallery 9 16 Insert pages You can insert pages by dragging a page from the Page Gallery and dropping it on a specific position in the page list The numbers in black indicate places where you can insert pages Below is explained how the order of the pages is influenced Page List E Ea 4 basic multi amp amp pages p 1 1 7 12 15 basic multi amp 4pagez p 3 E ES basic multi amp 4pages p 2 4 P4 basic multi amp 4pages p 4 basic multiB4pagez p 5 TS B basic multi amp 4pages p 5 bazic multi amp B4pagesz p 7 a 8 basic _multibtpages p 8 This is the workflow for Latin impositions Dropping a page on position 1 inserts a page before page 1 new page 1 2 inserts a page between page 1 and 2 new page 2 3 inserts a page between page 1 and 2 new page 2 4 inserts a page between page 2 and 3 new page 3 9 inserts a page between page 2 and 3 new page 3 117 I skos oss Note Inserting pages may cause the page list to contain excess pages Those pages will automatically reappear in the Page Gallery For oriental impositions the workflow is identical 2 i uis mises 1 Ex e
12. Columns i Reload 4 Click Edit The Signature Properties window will appear 127 12 ESKOOG Fastlmpose Numbers Trim Fold Bleed Bottling Montage Master Front pa Back Io EE T k o i 4 5 1 3 5j Food D EST 5 f you want the marks to appear on all pages indicate them on the Master page You will see the marks appear on all pages of the Front and Back e f you want to change the marks on one or some particular pages adapt the pages of the Front and or Back Pages of which the marks differ from those of the Master appear in blue Click the symbol amp P to make the page identical to the Master Note If you change marks on the Front the Back will automatically be adapted This is not the case if you change marks on the Back 12 2 Add Plate Marks V ertical Line Horizontal Line C Frnt Back Both e Marks field gives an enumeration of all plate marks that you can use e Radio buttons allow you to indicate on which side of the sheet you want the mark to appear 12 2 1 In the Sheet List View mode 128 1 In the Preview pane select e the Master astImpose e aprint group e asheet 2 Select List Marks from the Imposition menu e Click right and select List Marks from the pop up menu The Plate Marks window will appear Plate Properties 8LUIP Turn X Dimensions Marks Duplicate Froperies Renae Renae vE 3 Click Add
13. This option is only applicable for the Normal type The Create Signature dialog will also appear in Menu bar Menu bar Sheet List View Sheet List View Sheet List View Sheet List View Sheet View Click Imposition Add Apply Signature New Click Tools Signature templates New Hight click a selected sheet in the Preview pane Apply Add Signature New Select the Master if you want the signature to be applied to all sheets Right click the Preview pane Signature Properties Templates New Hight click the Sheet Details pane Add Apply Signature New Right click the Sheet Details pane gt Signature Properties gt Templates gt New Hight click Add Apply Signature New 4 2 1 Create a signature Perform these steps to create a new signature 1 In the Tools menu select Signature Template 50 Fastlmpose UN 2 he Signature Templates window appears click New 3 Enter the name of the new signature in the Create Signature window Create Signature Mame F166 Browse n Type Mormal Rows E H Columns 4 E Sections j z Webs P Cancel 4 Indicate if you want to create a Latin or oriental signature Select the type of signature you prefer Normal or Cameron For more information on Cameron see next page Enter the number of rows the signature can be printed in Only applicable for the Normal type Enter the number of columns the signature
14. and report area b for back side e A Text Mark with SmartName s defines dynamic text which is resolved by Fastlmpose when exposing a sheet You can select a report template in the Report Template group of the Sheet Properties dialog box or by clicking Report Templates from the Tools menu Report Template same for all sheets pr templ dpnamic test pdt Browse POF report template 2378210 with E dynamic objects New Edit Reload otandard templates that come with Fastlmpose are Report Templates x default pdf pr templ 2sided pdf pr templ dynamic text pdf pr templ partrait pdf pr templ simple pdt 17 Fastlmpose The sheet diagram that is displayed in the Sheet Report View will always be displayed even if you did not select a report template If this is the case or if the selected file does not exist Fastlmpose will behave as if the default blank template is used In this case the size of the report template will be A4 If a template is selected other than the default template the size of this report is defined by the size of the page in the template lt is not mandatory to add extra objects as the report template can easily be a blank page Whether or not you want to refine this template fully depends on your personal requirements Printed report template 1 e oo e pow e oup oo o UE eo oo e e o e 0 0 0 0
15. e Modify Sheet properties 6 1 Sheet View Mode This view mode is referred to as Sheet View Mode because it shows one side of a press sheet To access the mode click 225 me Factimpose duc job Fie Ed Wew Imoostion Took Help Pa Xe c eee NOUS Pe ee 5 shal c IIT F A t m ry b E or bxH f sja i a pomem mie suus o alla gt Mna om 7 0 DM O e Parts 1 Marks bar The Marks Bar is located on the right of the Standard bar It allows you to position various marks on the press sheet 2 Plate The light grey area represents the plate Paper The white are represents the paper 4 Pages Pages are best visible in cross or contour view mode where they are visualized as a blue rectangle For more information we refer to the Display mode chapter 5 Marks All marks trim fold bleed plate page and assembly marks are best visible in contour view mode For more information we refer to the Plate Marks toolbar or Page Marks toolbar C2 81 IN eskoc oss 6 Gripper Margin The space between the thin horizontal line and the edge of the paper is the gripper margin 7 Interactive bar You can find the Interactive Bar on the left of the screen It provides access to interactive tools like densitometer measure and zoom tool 6 2 Add or Remove sheets To add sheets follow the instructions below 1 In the Sheet List View mode select a sheet 2 You can either a add a blan
16. 0 0 0 O OLe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B i8 RSS 4 j L 4 l r 4 4 i acre Im ci See ee RN 2 es Io aS a rea ere ire Weer ee zr e Sri lle name Zsections eet number 18 Fastlmpose amp 4 2 0 20 0 428 0 290 0 Caution Fastlmpose specific SmartNames have to be typed in by hand when the Printed Report template is made in PackEdge Note Printed reports created in a flatwork job will not show dimensions along the signature s sides Heport templates and Automation Engine It is possible to print out the Sheet Reports from an imposition using the Create Imposition Sheet Heport ticket in the Automation Engine Pilot This task converts the imposition file into a PDF of which the number of pages equals the number of sheetsides in the imposition file The size of generated PDF is determined by the Sheet Report template the same way as in Fastlmpose Sheet Report view 19 ESKOS 1 6 Keyboard Shortcuts Shortcuts can be changed added or removed at any time You can create shortcuts to your own x Available s Task Type Ticket Mame Add to Pages View HH Default Calculate Ink Key Settings rnkPlanner HH Default Copy or Move HH Default Copy or Move Vvorkflove PH asp an folder Create Imposition Sheet Report acm Delete HH Default Export Imposition ta GRI File HH Default Export Imposition ta JDF Layout HH D
17. 12 4 Unique ID on proof and plae ncnian nnne nnne enn ia 135 129 Add Page VLA Sadist rset T erant S Uca b RH p ua hc RIP PLU Und 137 12 5 1 In the Page List View mode eene 138 12 5 2 In the Page View modle sse nnne nen 139 12 0 M dify Page Mark Properties taken annaa dott En Ger Des iude o ed ema noto ep 141 12 6 1 In the Page List View TOGle optet bot One bed la i e bl ae bab d Rt ett dde be 141 T2 6 2 In tne Page VICW IM OGG usted udi at mE RRon EE e E 142 T2 Jc ASSEMOV MIA KS codes et iei cer irte nti ar cities o Cond Rei abuelo ome CR 143 12 8 Modify Assembly Mark properties s sss nennen eere 144 12 9 AltermatiVe TOMO S acostumbrado dd cula bun yii bim cunda ub cp oe 145 TEST MIS Mee 1 OM OS ette a aa gh ayn tou adres tr mud dto fiat cod sal ier 145 12 9 2 Va SILVA EIN ANN Sacral ele atur TEE efti dud uiderit ud tut Me A 146 12 10 Ada INKS tO Ine COOS SE ci con det etta mee unde plat et Ua M bp ebat Ia pera tmd death 147 12 11 Add plate marks on Master level sss nennen 148 IM skoe oss vi UM EA REOS ONA i Ato RT M 150 pao aU OLN acu m 151 12 14 Or8ate DAar code tis KSauea db NUMEN SPONTE ee ne wt D RUND M ADU ee ee eer ee ROI 152 RESI 0o c M 153 Iae oe mL e A A E EE A E E E N E AE 154 121459 Datania ean a E E NAS 154 12 144 EAN 8 PME 155 EAAS EAN TO e
18. 22 2 1 2 Use the Imposition VVIZSEG i aca shits ages aU RI bL inal aisle eb aaeoesttamibat Ot RA d Des asa uit 24 2 2 Greate an oriental ImpositlOn uscussascotiernickiterisn eh bur PE haircut erdt a n vcr E PL DU EF E RR CH 32 2 3 Start from a Blank Imposition ssssssssese ener nennen nennen nena 32 2 3 1 Create a blank imposition nen nenne nennen 32 2 9 2 Add an Unfinished T dO esent neat dpt mme em rmt vont Fut ott ER tbe tU eee eae 34 2 9 9 Otep and Repeat sisse eiecit tam eee 35 2 4 First View Sheet List View mode 1 Leere nnne 36 S BIS PC NS T c 38 3 1 Select or deselecl uia acere terti D de exi et Mir Hc i tna m ERR Tq EURO ERREUR dad Eu asd d chip inii Rd EES 38 D INS A ental 38 Contents ZO MT MEO IG 39 SAP A bc ergata cee Eta nena ad ocu uem ee nega MTM DEN ipe ene tented aera 40 So TAS IMUI MMOS D DAG CS E N 40 9 5 Measure Ari dIebsib a cds n ter ee M oun bed A ideni eth A ttu loei iL ENDO 41 SNEEG CIE MISIT EIE D TOT mmm 41 38 COPY OM Remove a laye amrer 43 4 Signature related LAS Schrag Dt pi d t bem rat tend T O occa antt cuenta 45 4 1 Apply a signature to ASIC OT riot oes odor thia tpm tqq pedad atia nd m Od ba pp aud UR tau mes tt t da en oiu Li 45 ATAPI SIO db e scored utter n
19. 5 4 1 2 Perform the steps below to distribute the sections in the correct way i n T j 1 In the Preview pane of the Sheet List View mode select all sheets 2 Right click and select Section Numbers from the pop up menu 3 Adjust the section numbers in the Section fields You can either select the appropriate section number from the dropdown list or enter the value manually In case of a simple imposition entering the section number will be sufficient In a multibook imposition the section number should be followed by the book number e g 3 2 5 1 If the book number is not mentioned the section will automatically be assigned to the first book Should you enter an invalid section number it will be indicated in the Section column Clicking OK will generate a warning in the Info dialog saying Wrong section number must be given as secnum booknum Tip Use the Enter key to go to the following section sections eee x Printgroup Signature Section 1 O4pag 14H Double A 1 Section 1 on Book 1 B 7 1 Section 7 on Book 1 2 4pag 1V4H D ouble A 2 1 Section 2 on Book 1 B J61 Section E on Book 1 3 4pag 1V 4H D ouble A 3 1 Section 3 on Book 1 B 5 1 Section 5 on Book 1 4 4pag 1V 4H D ouble A 4 1 Section 4 on Book 1 B JEN f ESKO oss 5 0 Shift sections You can use the lt collatingindex gt SmartName to shift sections in your imposition When t
20. Bz B3 Browse Rows 2 Columns 2 Sectionz z Hew Edit Select the production style Far your job normal come and ga copy copy Cancel lt lt Back Mest gt gt Finish If you created a new signature you will be asked to assign page numbers and adjust the orientation of the unfinished pages After that return to the Imposition Wizard 4 Select the appropriate Production Style Normal Come and go or Copy copy See Production styles 5 Click Next to continue the Imposition Wizard A new multisection signature Follow this procedure to create a multisection signature 1 In the Tools menu select Signature Template 2 he Signature Templates window appears click Add 3 Enter the name of the new signature in the Create Signature window Create Signature Fa M ame sbot 2sections x Browse Type Normal How Columns Sections 2 Webs fi OF Cancel E A 2 4 Select the appropriate stitching position Latin or oriental 5 Select the type of signature you prefer Normal or Cameron For more information on Cameron we refer to the Cameron chapter Enter the number of rows the signature can be printed in Only applicable for the Normal type Enter the number of columns the signature can be printed in Enter the number of sections optional Only applicable for the Normal type ee E Enter the number of webs optional Only applicable for th
21. Cancel 3 In the Create Signature window e Enter the signature s name e Select Cameron e Enter the number of columns 4 Click Create or Cancel to exit the Create Signature window Create a new imposition using the Cameron signature as follows 1 Select New in the File menu to open the New Imposition window Mew Imposition 1 x Create a new imposition using mposition Wizard m C Template Hat C Blank Imposition 2 Select Imposition Wizard 3 Select a Job Folder in which you want to store the imposition 4 Enter a Job Name Note When you select a Job Folder without specifying a Job Name the name of the Job Folder will be taken as Job Name Fastlmpose 5 Click OK Select the newly created signature in the first step of the Imposition Wizard For more information on the Imposition Wizard see the chapter Use the Imposition Wizard Imposition Wizard Step 1 of 4 X P Specity the number of pages you re going to produce 4 Select the type of signature you wank to use Jabot_cam_2 Browse Rows Columnz z Edi Cancel lt lt Back Hest gt gt Finish 6 Specify the number of pages in the Page Count input box 7 Click Next to proceed with the remaining steps of the Imposition Wizard or Finish to see the result immediately 4 3 Replace a signature You can replace a signature on one sheet but also on several sheet at the same time Both procedures are exp
22. Options Truncated PDF If activated the last 2 columns see above d and e are left out This option can save some space for the data but the resulting bar code may be more difficult to read Therefore we suggest activating this option only if high quality paper and a high quality scanner are used On paper of lesser quality it is better to use the default non activated option as the right side helps Rea Initialize Alpha Initialize Alpha is an extra identifying mark for the bar code reader If activated the encoded data in the bar code starts with the word INITALPHA It is then 100 guaranteed that the bar code will be read as a text message If deactivated the bar code may be unable to be read and strange binary data will be shown Note This option is especially useful when the message starts with strange characters Text compact allowed Allows the encoder to use effective text encoding Unless there is a good reason such as encoding special characters not from standard ASCII e g ai X X this option should always be activated Numeric comp allowed Allows the encoder to use an even more effective way of encoding long sequences of digits Unless there is a good reason this option should always be activated Error detection and correction A special sequence of bytes is added at the end of every PDF417 bar code This sequence allows the reader to detect whether the bar code is OK and to correct minor errors Thus even
23. Reference Manual Please refer to the chapter on Plate Mark Properties for more in depth information Note 12 3 2 In the Sheet View mode In the Sheet View mode plate mark properties can be consulted in two ways e If you select a mark first you can go via Mark Properties or the List Marks window e f you don t select a mark the List Marks option is the only one Note All options of the separate Properties windows are thoroughly discussed in the FASTIMPOSE Heference Manual Please refer to the chapter on Plate Mark Properties for more in depth information Via Mark Properties 1 Select the mark whose properties you want to modify 2 Click right and select Mark Properties from the pop up menu pL 2 N A Cut Copy m f Faste 7X Delete F Move L LUE Step And Repeat Edit Mark Properties OF the master 4 List Marks j Of this sheet e Select Properties gt Mark from the Imposition menu 3 Select the appropriate level The Properties window of the selected mark will appear 133 IA ESKO Fastlmpose Text Properties X General Position Colors and Lines Text Text Box Tm ig 100 000 mm v Resize horizontally to fit text Height 15 006 mm v Resize vertically ta fit text Test Default Text Style Advanced Editing Orientation Read direction IE T d OF Cancel Save as default Via List Marks 1 C
24. an imposition you previously saved as an Imposition Template If you want to start from scratch or create a flatwork job choose for a Blank Imposition Follow this procedure to create a new imposition 1 Select New in the File menu to open the New Imposition dialog New Imposition xX Create a new imposition uzing oa mposition Wizard dad C Template in C Blank Imposition Jab Falder Deus Caritas Est July 2007 Search Cancel Job Name Deus Caritas Est July 2007 imp 2 Select Imposition Wizard if you want to receive guidelines on how to create a basic imposition job Fastlmpose e Select Template if you want to create a reoccurring job using a predefined template e Select Blank Imposition for a flatwork job 3 Select a Job Folder in which you want to store the imposition 4 Enter a Job Name Note When you select a Job Folder without specifying a Job Name the name of the Job Folder will be taken as Job Name 5 Click OK Depending on the selected tool one of the following dialogs will appear e The first step of the Imposition Wizard See Using the Imposition Wizard Imposition Wizard Step 1 of 4 Specify the number of sheets you re going to produce 2 Browse 4pag z2v27H Double A 4pag zVv 4H 24D ouble Select the type of signature you want to use Cancel zc Back Next gt gt Finish e The Select template dialog e Select an imposition
25. and Turn button in the Backing up field The result will be a single sided sheet containing a new signature of which front and back are positioned next to each other according to the Work and Turn method of backing up Fastlmpose UN Bpaq 2Vv 2H Bpag 2V H Front ac 4 4 45 565 43 55 4 7 5 Work amp Tumble If you created a single sided sheet and selected the Tumble option in the Sheet Properties window the sheet will be printed using the Tumble layout Note In Fastlmpose v1 0 you had to create a new signature and distribute page numbers for the front leaving the back empty Since Fastlmpose v2 0 you can use any signature template to create single sided impositions The way the front and back are positioned on the sheet will be influenced by the turn or tumble option selected in the Sheet Properties window Page numbers for front and back will be adjusted automatically For an example see Work amp Turn This is what you see in the Sheet Preview pane when the last sheet is selected 15pag 2Vv 4H rant 4 49 64 The result will be a single sided sheet containing a new signature of which front and back are positioned foot to foot according to the Work and Tumble method of backing up 61 Fastlmpose Bpag 1V 4H Front 4 49 56 JBpag 1V4H ack 4 45 56 4 8 Modify signature Properties Perform these steps to change the properties of a signature 1 Select the signature you want to modify
26. and click right 2 In the pop up menu select Signature Properties gt On this The Signature Properties window will appear General Position Template Sections ID Number 1 Rotate AME 3 Modify the settings in the different tab sheets if necessary 4 Click Apply followed by OK or click Cancel to exit the Signature Properties window without making any changes The changes you make to a signature are only made on sheet level The signature template from which this signature was created has not been modified If you want the changes to be saved in the signature template then click right the signature and select Save as signature template from the pop up menu Note If you modify the signature properties on local level an icon will appear in the Preview pane of the Sheet List View mode EB This icon indicates that the properties of the signature used on this sheet differ from the signature properties of the Master 62 Fastlmpose Note If you modify the signature properties of the Master all other sheets which have not been changed locally will automatically take the new values The sheet that had already been changed locally will keep their local values 4 9 Use a personal montage definition The Montage tab of the Signature Properties window offers you the possibility to use your own montage definition A montage definition is a description of dimensions and is composed of a number of personalized pa
27. assigned then section B With a Come and go production style the first and last section appear next to each other First all sections A will be assigned followed by all sections B Esko Fastlmpose also supports Asymmetric Come and Go The difference between symmetric and asymmetric come and go e Symmetric Come and Go on the last sheet all signature sections could have the same section number only one book is used e Asymmetric Come and Go the last two sheets are different using the second auxiliary book With Copy copy per sheet one section will be assigned x times with x indicating the number of sections created This implies that you need as many sheets as there are sections 5 1 4 Asymmetric Come and Go 70 General 6 sections regular come and go 5 sections symmetric come and go 4 sections asymmetric come and go General Asymmetric Imposition is a variant of the Coming and Going production style often used in black white book printing There are now two new semi automatic types of Coming And Going production styles in Imposition Wizard Fastlmpose e Symmetric Come and Go on the last sheet all signature sections could have the same section number only one book is used e Asymmetric Come and Go the last two sheets are different using the second auxiliary book Symmetric Imposition Examples format sheet num lt sig section gt book section num gt 1A 11B 32A 22 B 2 Asym
28. cell size and height width are related Changing any of these settings will automatically change the related astImpose fields When Best Fit is selected the height and width are calculated by doing a preflight on the specified code string 12 14 4 EAN 8 EAN 8 is a shortened version of the EAN 13 code It includes a 2 or 3 digit country code 4 of 5 data digits depending on the length of the country code and a check character While it is possible to add a 2 digit or 5 digit extension bar code the primary purpose of the EAN 8 code is to use as little space as possible O421 oo To build the correct EAN 8 bar code use the following model a e 7 digits check character XXXXXXX C 12 14 5 EAN 13 EAN 13 encodes 13 characters the first two or three are a country code which identify the country in which the manufacturer is registered not necessarily where the product is actually made The country code is followed by 9 or 10 data digits depending on the length of the country code and a single digit check character 2 digit and 5 digit supplemental bar codes may be added for a total of 14 or 17 data digits To build the correct EAN 13 bar code use one of the following models D 4 e 12 digits check character T XXXXXXXXXXXX C e 12 digits check character 2 add on digitsXX
29. eee 61 AS Modly Signature PreDerllesu uito vans it re len ceci p utere T uico c Ct eatin c ccu p D ERA 62 4 9 Use a personal montage definition sss nennen nnn 63 Ah TON SS UIE UES e RN 64 A Whe eye MIEN ROSON ascetic ea bce etal ts nh ane ales td scent ested ostinato ae RM 65 9 SecHon Fe lALC CNS KS raren oodd hut DbEdusdup uta den dpud tse bent cd lm ae idi Mapa iu eMe 67 ow MUNI SG ION hack chee oct tect T UN TR PME 67 on HL Procedur tree LC 67 9 122 ASSI AC TN AYE SES estates bar dti atus seal nla eae nah etapa ee 69 Os FP FOGUC HON OVES com incotss d iotipu titus end otn ctp cua deaf Ctt oM dS 69 5 144 ASVEDITIeUTG GoOImmesatid GO arrivi enero ebbe ont tena ret t DP uter been rv er 70 5 1 5 Combining Production Style with Orientation ccc ccc nnns 74 5 2 M dity section VETO els voce ttt aliit haria Un tat tesa HC niat ec hend v ELK RH PEL EOD 74 5 2 1 Via Sigriat re PropeFll6S neu eter echan waordodtausenonuionsalinbeaalstnerselonmausiunientidianas comte ad lupa 74 D222 VIA PASSION DOCU OMS TN NS cecdad scales ET a A ava hes AA 76 IM skoe oss SRL REI e18 6 aM UL O 1 gor ner r ee ne een ere ee eee eee eee TE 77 SF re SECON MNT 78 331 Ghange Me Section MID E ne ene eee te ee E TE 78 5 3 2 Change collating mark properties to use the collating index sse 79 6 Sheet related tasks eene nennen nine ener nnn 81 om a W Mee ene re eae E ee en A re ee 81 5 2 Add OF HelioVe ST
30. iE AEE AEE 155 po oa 0 e 155 NNUS CS HH 156 TARS URG E P 156 primo Eod E E E E EA A A E E S AE T A E A E A 157 e le AM NOTET 157 PIATI NDC and MI acct tnt E QU IR stots cana RE T 157 12 14 12 HIBC 39 and HIBG 128 5 eee eene 158 12 14 139 PDPF 4T eee 158 1214 14 RCO LENNE 161 CEA IRE 7 0 0 E a EA A A CUM RIA UNE 161 AR A S BE E EE A E elena tants ae E A O EAA E 162 QNM SCOPA PAE Deeprun E ee eee eee 162 Fastlmpose EN 1 Basic Concepts This chapter explains some basic concepts to get you started with FASTIMPOSE e Fastlmpose Standalone and Server e Starting up the program e Imposition concepts e Using templates e Keyboard shortcuts 1 1 Fastimpose Standalone and Server For FastImpose 10 two versions are available Fastlmpose Standalone and Fastlmpose Server While the general concepts of both versions are the same some functionality is only available in the Standalone edition and other only in the Server edition Fastlmpose Server only e Login to Automation Engine server application start up e Central resources templates See Using Templates e Working with GRS normalized PDF for pages report templates marks See GRS versus PDF mode e JobFolder selector Automation Engine Job concept and FastTrack synchronization e Switch to GRS P
31. if a part of the bar code is not readable the message can be reconstructed Values 1 8 specify how serious problems can be fixed 1 problem can be detected not fixed 8 problem can be detected and fixed The bigger the error correction level the more space it takes level 1 2 bytes level 2 4 bytes level Fastlmpose 8 512 bytes and therefore it leaves less space for the useful message The Automatic toggle will use the best error correction level for the given message length and bar code size 12 14 14 RCC9 Lehner The RCC9 bar code is especially designed for the new LEHNER sensor system RCC 9 Register Computer Control After platemaking RCC 9 reads the LEHNER Register Code on each plate The code provides information e g about the printing press that will be used for the print job and the color assigned to the plate RCC 9 accurately detects within a few seconds the image position on each plate relative to the plate s mounting position Numerical values of the deviations from the center positions for each plate are made available for pre setting of the print registers This virtually eliminates any start up waste caused by color misregistration It also determines whether or not a deviation from the center position is within the adjustment range of the register system of the specified press Should an image be too far out the plate is rejected This easy to use link provides computer controlled quality assuran
32. imposition 1 Via Signature properties 2 Via Unfinished Page properties 7 4 1 Via Signature properties 92 Adding foldouts via Signature Properties requires that you enter the appropriate page numbers yourself 1 In the Sheet View mode select the signature to which you want to add a foldout 2 Click right and select Signature Properties from the pop up menu 3 In the Signature Properties window go to the Numbers tab sheet 4 Right click the page to which you want to add a foldout Fastlmpose El Numbers Trim Fold Bleed Bottling Montage Front r Back 4p db 4p ab BRE Remove 5 Click Add The foldout will appear Enter the correct page number If the page numbers are not correct an error message will pop up saying that the signature does not contain a continuous sequence of numbers Click Continue and make the necessary changes 7 4 2 Via Unfinished Page properties Adding foldouts via the Unfinished Page Properties window is only possible if you started from a blank imposition and added pages manually If this is not the case the Add and Remove buttons will be grayed out 1 In the Sheet View mode select the page you want to add a foldout to 2 Right click the page and select Unfinished Page Properties gt On this unfinished page from the pop up menu or e Select Properties gt Unfinished Page gt On this unfinished page from the Imposition
33. menu 3 The Unfinished Page Properties window appears In the Montage tab sheet click the Add button and the foldout will be created General Montage Marks Bottling Head 4 000 H 2 Foot ron 3 Front ron Back son H 5 Blee 2000 H ey m The new page is automatically given the appropriate page number The default width of a foldout equals the width of the page it is attached to minus two millimeters You can of course always enter a different value in the Foldout Sizes dialog 7 4 3 Remove foldouts Perform the following steps to remove a foldout 93 ESKO oss e n the Unfinished Page Properties window click the Remove button and the last foldout of the string will be removed e n the Signature Properties window right click the foldout and select Remove from the pop up menu 7 0 Work with creep origin shingling 1 When paper is being folded several times the page areas of the individual pages tend to move When the paper is being held in the middle by the gripper at the last fold this movement affects both the left and right sides This effect is called creep 2 When the paper is being held at the left side by the gripper at the last fold the movement of the page area affects only the pages on the right hand side This effect is called shingling 3 When the paper is being held at the right side by the gripper at the last fold the movement of the page area affects only the
34. menu select Sheet Properties The Sheet Properties window will appear Sheet Properties Of the master 5 xX Flate Template feu P Tum Browse 1 30 0s730 0 Marks Color Ear Side Guide Sheet text CPC 4F 4L links CPC S7 4L rechts sizes FlatelD 1 PlatelD 2 Platell Hew Edit Reload Faper Sizes work Style E width 520 044 7 Height 650 169 Sheetwise Single Sided Flatwork Report Template same for all sheets pr templ dynamic text pdf r Browse POF report template 2978210 with amp dynamic objects Hew Edit Reload Ok Cancel Apply Apply Tia Master Heset 3 Modify the values in the Sheet Properties window 4 Click Apply followed by OK or click Cancel to exit the Sheet Properties window without making any changes 86 Fastlmpose EN If you want to modify the properties of several sheets at the same time select the sheets you want to modify in the Sheet List View mode Right click the selection and follow the procedure mentioned above starting from step 2 Tip If you want to modify all sheets select Select All from the Edit menu Note If you modify sheet properties on local level an icon will appear in the Preview pane of the Sheet List View mode m This icon indicates that the properties of this specific sheet differ from those of the Master Note If you modify the sheet properties of the Master all other sheets which have not yet been chang
35. nnns 111 9 11 3 Adjust pages with the Area of Interest tool sse e nnne 112 9 12 Store and Retrieve guidelines ssssssssese eene eren 112 9 I9 Deine am empby page neonatal eret ne ee tn td xu debat N REO ti usas eee 113 9TA Demme DANK Dade s creatos enon eee eee eee eee dad 115 S Esgiiaii amMolcini eo cie cm EE E OO ae eo Nata DS TERT 116 TO MNSE ACCS uaia E UD 117 10 Assembly related tasks sse eene enne nennen enne nine 119 10 1 Change the assembly method DR e i E vele d as eb e a b nt las 119 aua gu pcce alc 919 TE E TONS mm 120 10 5 Add or REMOVE DOOK ranri tatc fau uod anda ona patere a A 122 104 Rename DOOK Mem 123 TOS LINKEd DOOK rarua r O N E TEE 123 OUD ic WV Us ie CC om 125 12 Mark Felateg TASK S i neni Garin eta MGR UE unalone a mu Ub vun pu UD neice 127 12 T Add Trims Fold 7 Bleed MarkS t De trt d ta tte tad nca nti P etu etd 127 do 2 Ad Ite ei e damna A eee ene en AME MEM E RUM 128 12 2 1 In the Sheet List View mo0ode eene nennen nennen 128 12 2 2 In TNS heel Vew TOC Cas etic engalime di au dt nb ruat d mam IN mI mud e and qupd M MR eM ME 129 12 3 Modify Plate Mark Proper eS iaticesmoabiselicsame t tenant ode ander e Rad certo nerd Ent reina notte 132 12 3 1 In the Sheet List View mode 1 Tcu eene nennen nnn 132 1253 2 In th Sheer VIGW Iiocles sere Needs Pet rebate cant leet ht o pte cleanness UR 133
36. of moving scaling is used to make sure that the relevant page edge doesn t cross the given threshold This implies that the Transition Point determines the maximum allowable shift of the whole page without scaling The Transition Point value should not be bigger than the bleed value backbleed for inner creep However now it is possible to enter arbitrary non negative values If this value is bigger than the back bleed a message box will appear leaving the user the option to Leave Entered Value Use Bleed Value or Change Value If you selected Inner or Outer creep and you know the paper thickness enter its value in the Paper Thickness field The corresponding creep offset or creep scaling per page will be calculated automatically 29 2 ESKO ois Caution When applying creep take into account the number of physical pages and not the actual number of pages A book of 488 pages contains 244 physical pages a physical page containing two page numbers So if this book measures 1 inch then the paper thickness equals 0 0041 inch 1 244 and not 1 488 0 00205 inch If you selected Inner or Outer creep and you know the creep per page enter its value in the Creep Offset or Creep Scaling per Page field Total creep offset is the creep offset of the innermost pages for inner creep or outermost pages for outer creep of the biggest saddle stitch booklet in the book Peak scale factor works the same way as Total c
37. provides excellent density for all numeric data and good density for alphanumeric data It is often selected over Code 39 in new applications because of its density and because it offers a much larger selection of characters Its 128 character set includes the digits 0 9 the letters A Z upper and lower case and all standard ASCII symbols and control codes Ab ture eet Los 12 14 3 Datamatrix 154 Datamatrix code is a so called two dimensional bar code and allows encoding large amounts of data Datamatrix codes are being used more and more in packaging label applications Type DATAMATR x Code Symbol Type Eest Fit Cell Size li O00 Height ino 4 width ioo 4 Code The string to be encoded The maximum length of the string to be encoded depends on symbol type rows columns and the nature of the data there are different encodings possible our implemention follows the guidelines to get the most compact encoding The encoding of control characters or binary data is currently not supported Symbol Type Indicates the number of columns rows in the matrix Datamatrix codes exist in different sizes the larger the size the more data can be embedded The Best Fit selection will select the smallest symbol type that can contain the specified code string Cell size This is the dimension of the basic Square cell Height and Width The height and width of the total bar code Mark that the symbol type
38. store the adjust settings but also what has been defined in the Adjust tab of the Page Properties dialog Enable the toggle of your choice and click the button until it turns purple Your values will now be stored Previous values for this button will be erased 111 Fastlmpose Apply adjust settings to v All pages All left pages T C All right pages C Range from tor tert f rige 9 Apply 9 11 3 Adjust pages with the Area of Interest tool The Area of Interest tool is designed to adjust incoming pages especially scanned pages that contain text With this tool you can specify how an incoming page has to be inserted in the job 1 2 3 4 Click the Area of Interest icon i Adjust the borders of the pages by moving the red frame or by clicking the Fit button that appears next to the icon in the toolbar Select Properties gt Page in the Imposition menu and go to the Area of Interest tab sheet You Will see the dimensions of the borders Go to the Rotation and Scale tab sheet Place the area of interest in the un finished page Note The Area of Interest tool is only applicable in Page View mode 9 12 Store and Retrieve guidelines 112 Throughout a job different sets of guidelines may be used to align the different types of pages In order to save time you can store and retrieve these settings using the radio buttons To store a set of guidelines d 2 Enter the appropriate dis
39. the location of the object you want to insert and click OK E x Browse Location EEE OF Cancel e Anew text mark carrying the label Default text will be linked to the cursor e A bar code will be linked to the cursor 3 Move the cursor to where you want the mark to appear The mark will follow the cursor across the page 4 Click left to position the mark The mark is placed on the page so that the center of the mark corresponds with the position of the mouse Modify Page Mark properties Note All options of the separate Properties windows are thoroughly discussed in the FASTIMPOSE Reference Manual Please refer to the chapter on Page Mark Properties for more in depth information Page Mark properties can be modified 1 in the Page List View mode 2 in the Page View mode 12 6 1 In the Page List View mode 1 Select one or several pages if you want to change the mark properties for those specific pages Select nothing if you want to receive a list of all marks in the imposition 2 Click right and select List Marks from the pop up menu e Select List Marks from the Imposition menu 141 IA ESKO Fastlmpose 3 Select on which level you want to change the page mark properties Of all books On this book or On this page are the available options The Page Marks window will appear Note If you did not select a page Of all books will be the only option available 4 Select th
40. the pages and their images When the sheets are output the ID is given its definite form Follow this procedure to apply an ID to a sheet 1 In Sheet View right click the sheet and select List Marks On this from the pop up menu The Plate Mark window appears 2 Select Add The Marks window appears X Vertical Line Ok Cancel x Side Guide Vertical Ink E aters C Front Back Both 3 Select Text from the Marks window Enable the appropriate radio button Front Back or Both to specify on which side of the plate you want the mark to appear 4 Click OK and the Plate Text mark will appear in the Plate Marks window 135 IA ESKO Fastlmpose Plate Marks Of the master X Color Bar Duplicate Side Guide Sheet text CPC AR 4L link s CPC AR 4L rechts Properties sizes PlatelD 1 PlatelD 2 iis PlatelD 3 PlatelD 4 PlatelD 5 PlatelD 6 5 Inthe Plate Mark window select the Plate text mark and click Properties The Plate Text Properties window will appear Text Properties i X General Position Colors and Lines Test Description Plate Text Clip C npaper Margin pono On plate C On mak C Mao Clip Sides C Front C Back Both Auto backup OF Cancel Save as default 6 Go to the Text tab and click the SmartNames button 1 7 Select Layout in the left column and Smart ID in the right column 136 Fas
41. this from the Imposition menu The Unfinished Page Properties window will open The number of tab sheets present can vary Most of the time the Unfinished Page Properties window will only contain two tab sheets Montage and Marks In some cases however two extra tab sheets General and Bottling will appear This will be the case if you don t work with signatures but started from a blank imposition and added pages manually e The Montage tab can have two different appearances e If you decided to hold on to the system defined montage definition the Montage tab will show an unfinished page with numbers indicating the parameters to specify and their values e f you defined you own montage definition then the Montage tab will show you the list of personal parameters and their values Unfinished Page Properties Of this unfinished page xj Montage Marks un 4 e 3 ey uo Add Remove 1 Head 4 000 2 Foot 4 000 3 Front 4 000 4 Back 4 000 3 Bleed 2 000 Unfinished Page Properties Of this unfinished page E Back Bleed 2 000 Montage Marks HEAD joo OF L anc FOOT joo a Z BACK joo FRONT joo 2 BLEED poo 4 BACKBLEED j2000 e n the General tab you can rotate the page or move it over a certain distance by entering a horizontal and vertical offset 89 S KO X Fastlmpose General Montage Marks Position L pono 4 nono Rotate B
42. to a blank sheet 1 Go to an empty sheet in an existing job or create a blank imposition as explained in the chapter otart from a blank imposition 2 Open the Page Gallery by clicking the Page Gallery icon in the Standard toolbar e selecting Page Gallery from the Windows menu Page Gallery xj View thumbnail F WH fi t 105 I eskoc oss 106 Add pages to the Page Gallery by clicking the file selector button i1 4 In the Add files window select the directory in which your files are stored and select the file you want to use 5 Click Open The selected file will now appear in the Page Gallery Page Gallery X View Thumbnail h H 4D Layout Cities 2003 Guide_1 24 gre 6 Gain access to the separate pages by selecting the file and clicking the split pages icontith e right clicking the file and selecting Split View Thumbnail Layout Cities 003 Guide_1 24 grs Cities2003_Guide_1 24 gre Cities2003_Guide_1 24 gre Cities2003_Guide_1 24 gre Cities2003_Guide_1 24 gre Cittles2003 Guide 1 24 gre Cittles2003 Guide 1 24 grs Cities2003 Guide 1 24 grs Cities2003 Guide 1 24 grs Cities2003_Guide_1 24 grs Lities2003 Guide 1 24 grs Cities2003_Guide_1 24 gre Cities2003_Guide_1 24 gre Cities 2003 Guide 1 24 gre Litieg2003 Guide 1 24 gre k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k Location fTrwcitiese n GuidetCities2003 Guide 1 24 9rz 7 Left click a page to select it hol
43. to open the Marks window which contains an enumeration of all the marks you can add Vertical Line Horizontal Line C Front Back Both Select the desired mark Select on which side you want to place the mark front back or both Click OK in the Marks window The selected mark will now appear in the Plate Marks window Click OK in the Plate Marks window N O OO A 12 2 2 In the Sheet View mode In the Sheet View mode two methods can be applied to add plate marks e viathe Marks window e via the Marks toolbar 129 rm ESKO Fastlmpose Note The position of the mark can be adjusted by e left clicking the mark and dragging it to its correct position e changing the position in its Properties window For more explanation on how to access the Properties windows we refer to the Modify Plate Mark Properties chapter Via the Marks window Perform the steps below to add a mark to a plate via the Marks window 1 Right click the sheet in the Sheet View mode e Go to the Imposition menu 2 Select List Marks from the menu 3 Select on which level you want the mark to appear on the Master on this group or on this sheet The Plate Marks window will appear Plate Properties 8UP_Turn xj Dimensions Properties Remove 4 Click Add to open the Marks window which contains an enumeration of all marks that you can add Vertical Line C Front C Back Both Select the d
44. you want to store the imposition 4 Enter a Job Name 5 Click OK Depending on the selected tool a different window will appear For more information on new impositions we refer to the chapter Create an imposition 1 8 GRS versus PDF mode Only for Fastlmpose Server In Fastimpose Server you have the possibility to handle both GRS and PDF based impositions As in Automation Engine we follow the mode model where the entire system is put in either Normalized PDF or GRS mode Here you ll find more specific information on e Modes e References e Marks e Templates 1 3 1 Modes As with the other editors Fastlmpose can handle both GRS and Normalized PDF files The editor mode is dictated by the Job e When opening an existing GRS imposition with the system mode in PDF the editor switches to editor GRS mode ESKO oss In editor GRS mode it is impossible to add Normalized PDF pages or PDF marks In editor PDF mode it is impossible to add GRS pages but it is possible to have both Normalized PDF as well as GRS LC marks If there is no mode specification in the IMP file files saved by FI2 3 and older GRS mode is used When creating a new imposition from a template the template mode is used When creating an imposition via the Imposition Wizard or when starting from a Blank Imposition the mode of Job folder in which the imposition is saved including subdirectories is used If you don t work in a Job folder PDF mode
45. 2 Select Properties gt Sheet from the Imposition menu Sheet Properties Of the master i l xX Flate Template feu P Tum Browse 1 30 0s730 0 Marks Color Ear Side Guide Sheet text CPC 4F 4L links CPC SF 4L rechts sizes FlatelD 1 PlatelD 2 Flatell Hew Edit Reload Paper Sizes Work Style B width 320 044 7 Height 50 168 Sheetwise Single Sided Flatwork Report Template same for all sheets pr templ dynamic text pdf Browse POF report template 2978210 with amp dynamic objects Hew Edit Reload Ok Cancel Apply Apply Tia Master Reset 3 In the Sheet Properties window click Edit and go to the Marks tab 148 Fastlmpose Plate Properties 8UP Turn xX Dimensions Marks Duplicate Froperies Remove Remove 4 Click Add 5 Select the marks that you want to use from the Marks window Vertical Line Horizontal Line C Front Back Both Specify to which side of the plate the marks should be added Select Front Back or Both and click OK 6 The mark appears in the Plate Marks window Plate Marks xj Dimensions Marks Duplicate Properties Remove Click OK 7 Click Apply followed by OK in the Sheet Properties window 149 I4 Skoo Fastlmpose Tip To add plate marks of an underlying level to all plates in an interactive way go to the Sheet Properties window and click the Appl
46. 2c 1s 2w X Mumbers Trim Fald Bleed Bottling Montage Sides Frant Front of web 1 Back of web 1 Back 4p 4 4p 4p z Bath Ps 3 i Ps Shadow from Front l Front of web t Back of web 2 4p 4 4p 4p W Shadow from first E ah Iss W Transparent view Optimize OF Cancel Al In the web options you can determine which webs you want to see and how they are displayed 1 Select one specific web from the dropdown list or select All if you want to apply the modifications to all webs 2 Enable the Shadow from first toggle if you want the page numbers for web 2 and following to be allocated automatically when entering the page numbers for web 1 125 11 126 ESKOOG Fastlmpose 3 When the Transparent View option is enabled the visualization of the back of the signature is mirrored horizontally so that the pages on the back are on the same row and column as the corresponding pages on the front 4 Click the Optimize button if you want to check whether or not a more optimal creation of you signature exists All webs together form a print group A print group can contain multiple signatures or sections Perform these steps to see how the sections are distributed in the print group 1 Go to the Sheet List View mode 2 Select all sheets 3 Right click and select Section Numbers from the pop up menu Printgroup Signature Sec
47. 3 HEAD 4 BACK creep 5 HEAD BLEED B BACKBACKBLEED 7 FOOT ELEED 6 FRONT BLEED 6 Go back to the Parameters window and delete the default parameters by selecting them and clicking the Remove button 4 10 Use gutters The gutter option in the Montage tab of the Signature Properties dialog allows you to specify gutter values These changes will be reflected in the Unfinished Page Properties dialog 1 Select the Use gutters button 2 Specify the gutters of each page 3 Click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog 64 Fastlmpose ES mw ewe kom sm The gutter values can be consulted and modified via the Unfinished Page Properties dialog Unfinished Page Properties Of this sheet eooo ewe exe e000 Eoo a n 4 11 Stitching Position Click the appropriate icon to indicate the stitching position Choose between e Latin or bound on the left edge 65 ESKO oss 66 e Oriental or bound on the right edge Eraser xj OF this book The Stitching Position dialog will also appear in Menu bar Click Imposition gt Stitching Position Note This option is only applicable in Page List View mode Page List View Right click the Page List gt Of all books Of this book Fastlmpose 5 section related tasks The most important item in this section is the principle of multisection which makes it possible to use and create signatures
48. As from Fastlmpose v2 2 onwards it is possible to import Impose pag files The only necessary action to perform is converting the pag file to a csv file via the Automation Engine Convert Impose pagelist to CSV task Exporting from Fastlmpose to csv files is also possible The contents of the page list of the imposition will be saved in csv format Caution It is not possible to export a csv page list if the job contains foldouts This chapter contains the following topics e Csv page file format e Changes compared to Impose 4 0 9 6 1 Csv page file format Each line not starting with and not preceded by a line starting with a represents one page in the pagelist Parameters include nam num lab offv offh quadv quadh tov toh refv refh refdv refdh ang scav scah and folio e nam is the name of the file File names are in lower case and can have the extensions GRA GRC GRS LC LP CT or TIF e num is the number of the page in the file When the number is omitted number 1 will be taken e lab is the label the page will get in the impose job When the label is omitted the empty string will be taken e offv indicates the vertical offset of the page e offh indicates the vertical offset of the page e quadv is the vertical quad mode for the page Legal modes are top center and bottom 103 I skos oss e quadh is the horizontal quad mode for the page Legal modes are left inner center and out
49. DF mode Tools gt Configurations gt GRS Mode See GRS versus PDF mode e File gt Save and update Externally e File gt Select in Automation Engine Pilot e File gt Import page list from CSV and File gt Export page list to CSV See Import and export csv files e Options gt Preview tab e Sheet Report View and Report Template selectors See Report Templates e The Ink Info dialog in the File properties shows Ink attributes angle ruling dotshape type for GRS and Normalized PDF files Fastlmpose Standalone only e Working with non normalized PDF files for pages and marks e Local resources templates See Using Templates e File gt Export Imposition to JDF This allows to export the imposition to a JDF file so that it can be processed by other applications such as Odystar or Nexus For more information see the Fastlmpose Reference Guide e File gt Export Imposition to PDF This allows to export the imposition to a PDF file providing ImposeProof functionality as in Automation Engine For more information see the Fastlmpose Reference Guide e Inthe File Selector you have an option to jump to the folder of the IMP file instead of the job folder ESKO oss 1 2 Starting up the program Imposition refers to an arrangement of pages on a sheet so that they are arranged in the correct sequence when the sheet is printed folded assembled and trimmed FASTIMPOSE greatly simplifies the procedure for imposing a book using a
50. E January 2007 pdf Documents Deus CE January 2007 BG pdf 2 Deus CE January 2007 Fr pdf Deskto p My Documents De E My Computer T mer File name Pl Ces Files of type n Files Cancel Job Folder Mone Search E Note PDF files can only be added to PDF impositions PDF files should be normalized first to Scope PDF files 2 Select the file s and file type you need 3 Click Open The file s will be added to the Page Gallery View thumbnail cy oy fi 102 Fastlmpose EN 4 Select the file drag and drop it on the page as from where you want the pages to be assigned When you drag the file the cursor will take the shape of a hand with a pointing finger e If you want to assign the pages of the file individually e right click the selected file and select Split from the pop up menu click the split icon ih All pages are now displayed separately You are able to view the contents of the pages by selecting the Low Resolution display mode 9 6 Import and export csv files Only for Fastlmpose Server For importing and exporting page lists and impose descriptions csv files were used in Impose the precursor of Fastlmpose CSV files or Comma Separated Value Files are simple ASCII files that can be read or written by a number of programs like Excel Word WordPad etc You can open this CSV file from any text editor spreadsheet or database program Page lists can be specified outside the BG system
51. IBBIS ines ceca tacts tates evn sete alah sel li nein Ses alc theives 82 6 3 Insert Sheet s sssssssssessssee eene nennen nennen nennen nne nin 82 6 4 Copy and Paste sheets sss eene nennen nine 83 6 9 Ranan Sees ocn quiate IM OR eer ene ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 84 6 6 Modify the sheet LAYOUT sicsscscerrncsseceosubencaseernsaeasesssiessesunealyiel Ieedveusiarosinus debivethaeaiens lebdnenstabiaadpeebweteatedenidteedienteniarsenislleets 85 6 6 1 Select and deselect design objects sss eee mmm 85 66 2 Mianipilate ODJOGLSucneirent numeric odit inen i oeil vedere an eR a EUM aetna dec Maru M 85 6 7 Modify sheet properties sss eee ennemi inen inni in 86 7 Unfinished Page related tasks sss eene eene nennen 88 741 Add uninished A OS ssepe tit utet tument nemi ue meqpadi t ariel dlc s omes cta pain UN LIP M eT MIRA 88 7 2 Modify unfinished page properties mener eere 89 l3 FOI DOMINO MNT necro yeeros snare ht noe presen 91 T 4 Add or e 08 Oh n 2 6 lm m m 92 ae cies cgi ih bl oim 99 Ei EET 92 7 4 2 Via Unfinished Page properties sse nennen nennen nennen 93 LAS Remove ToldOIS usseonsaurimas edu rdiet lien poatea opor td ode ku eei ra n pu 93 7 5 Work with creep origin shingling sse nennen nennen 94 8 Finished Page related tasks sss eene een eene nnne 95 8 1 Modify trimmed page dimensions see ennemis 95 9 2 OPECI tex DOX ImerislOFiS uarie aN aaae e utet tare lo ita Fat
52. View menu If you want to return to the previous view 39 ESKO oss e press the F10 key e select Previous View from the View menu This function is available in Sheet and Page View mode Tip You can switch between Esko and Standard shortcuts for Macintosh and Windows as follows ou Pan The Pan tool allows you to pan the preview window 5 Click the Pan icon 1 2 Left click the area of interest and drag the cursor to where you want this area to appear on the screen 3 Release the mouse Tip e Press F7 to use the Pan tool once the tool button appears in red e Press F7 twice or click the Pan tool once if you want to use the tool repeatedly until it is deactivated the tool button appears in blue e f you press F7 three times you return to the tool you were previously working with This function is available in Sheet and Page View mode 3 5 Henumber pages The Renumber tool offers you the chance to change the page numbering manually Note This tool can only be used in an imposition for which the no binding assembly method is selected de l l l Clicking the Renumber tool icon makes the following dialog appear Current page number fi Now you can change the numbering of the pages in the Sheet View manually 2 Enter the first page number you want to appear in the Current page number field e Left click a page to assign the number in the Current page number field The number in the box will incre
53. XXXXXXXXXX C YY e 12 digits check character 5 add on digitsXXXXXXXXXXXX C YYYYY 12 14 6 UPC A UPC A encodes 12 numeric digits The first digit identifies the numbering system being used The next group of 5 digits identifies the manufacturer This number is assigned by the Uniform Code Council UCC The next 5 digits identify the particular product and are assigned by the manufacturer The last digit is a Modulo 10 check character 155 12 ESKOOG Fastlmpose n To build the correct UPC A bar code use the following model e 11 digits check character XOOOOXXXXXXX C e 11 digits check character 2 add on digitsXXXXXXXXXXX C YY e 11 digits check character 5 add on digitsXXXXXXXXXXX C YYYYY 565778 1541z 12 14 7 UPC E UPC E is a variation of the UPC A symbol that is used for number system 0 By suppressing zeroes UPC E codes can be printed in a very small space and are used for labeling small items In addition to the requirement that the first digit of the bar code must be zero there are four rules that determine what UPC codes can be printed using the compressed UPC E format e fthe last 3 digits of the manufacturer s number are 000 100 or 200 the valid product code numbers are 00000 00999 1 000 numbers e Ifthe last 3 digits of the manufacturer s number are 300 400 500 600 700 800 or 900 the valid product code numbers a
54. and pages those on the left are left hand pages Each page can appear in three different colors e Ared page indicates that the page is undefined or missing e A blue page indicates that the page is present e A white page indicates that the page is blank olx a 99 I eskoc oss 9 3 Add pages to the Page Gallery 100 The Page Gallery is a buffer in which you move the pages you need before dragging them into the correct position in the Page List The Page Gallery gives information about the pages Perform these steps to add pages to the Page Gallery 1 2 Open the Add files window by clicking the file selector H button In the Add files window select the directory in which your files are stored and select the file you want to use Legacy GRS Scope PDF or CSV Click Open The selected file s will now appear in the Page Gallery Page Gallery x View thumbnail F WH anl Make sure the thumbnail toggle is selected if you want to see a preview of the selected page Right click the file and select Properties if you want more information on the file such as its inks size and date of last modification If you want to use only a selection of the pages of a multipage file gain access to the separate pages by selecting the file and clicking the split uh icon e right clicking the file and selecting Split from the pop up menu If you want to remove pages files from the Page Gallery e a sel
55. ase by 1 40 Fastlmpose e Right click a page to assign the number in the Current page number field The number in the box will decrease by 1 e Keep clicking the pages until all the pages of the signature are assigned You can also simply enter the appropriate page number in the edit fields This function is only available in Sheet View 3 6 Measure ink density The Densitometer tool allows you to measure the separated ink percentages of a color at a specific position 1 a Click the Densitometer tool The cursor assumes the shape of the tool icon 2 Click a color area The densitometer window will show the color and the percentages for each ink separation xj Ruling Ay 0 0 lichtoranje 150 i Trd E 150 mim 150 azm c 150 00x kK 150 0 0 9 rood 150 00 9 PANTONE 342C 150 00 9 blue 150 TAC 134 The percentages for ink separations given here will be those of the final films Tip If you click and drag the densitometer the percentages are updated automatically Make sure you are working in the Extended View mode if you want to obtain correct values o Create a layer FASTIMPOSE has a layer feature which is useful for jobs that contain multiple versions A typical example is a job that has to be printed in various languages Additional layers can be created for 41 ESKO oss the different languages allowing for the complete job to be built in one imposition file In addition mock u
56. ation Engine Introduction A Sheet Report shows an imposition sheet by sheet in a customizable schematic view which makes it valuable for e g the finishing department In Fastlmpose the Sheet Report feature is accessible through the Sheet Report View On the Automation Engine side a task was added called Create Imposition Sheet Report which creates those reports as PDF files based on information loaded from the imposition file Using Automation Engine ticket chaining the generated reports can also be printed automatically Each Sheet Report consists of two main parts 1 a Sheet Report template which is a PDF or GRS file 2 content dynamically generated by Fastlmpose page layout on a sheet with dimensions The creation of the Sheet Report template is fully controlled by the user The Sheet Report template can contain static elements like fixed texts logos etc and dynamic elements also known as omartMarks The latter define what kind of information needs to be placed at what position You can add all kinds of information to the report such as order number customer related data imposition data page sheet numbers page dimensions etc and specific printer related information like ink Fastlmpose names and many more When outputting the imposition the dynamic elements in the template are replaced by the actual values for that file The dynamically generated imposition content itself is of course not controlled by the user only the
57. bology is called 2 of 5 due to the fact that digits are encoded with 5 bars 2 of which are always wide and the remaining three are narrow The spaces in the bar code exist only to separate the bars themselves Additionally a bar may either be wide or narrow a wide bar generally being 3 times as wide as a narrow bar The exact size of the spaces is not critical but is generally the same width as a narrow bar 10012345678901 12 14 10 Codabar Codabar can encode the digits O through 9 six symbols and the start stop characters A B C D E N or T The start stop characters must be used in matching pairs and may not appear elsewhere in the bar code a012345678 b 12 14 11 NDC and HRI NDC stands for National Drug Code and HRI for National Health Related Items Code Both are ten digit codes which are administered by the Food and Drug Administration FDA To build the correct NDC bar code use one of the following models e l 3 0 9 digits with no or both signs check character 3 OXXX XXXX XX C e 3 digit in the range 1 to 7 4 digits sign 4 digits sign 1 digit check character 3 1 7 XXXX XXXX X C e S digit in the range 1 to 7 9 digits with no or both signs check character 3 1 7 XXXX XXX XX C 157 12 ESKOOG Fastlmpose Note The leadi
58. can be printed in Enter the number of sections optional Only applicable for the Normal type Enter the number of webs optional Only applicable for the Normal type 0 Click Create The New Signature window will open Or click Cancel to exit the Create Signature window without making any changes Adjust the Signature window as explained above in the Edit unfinished pages chapter O1 ON O 4 2 2 Add foldouts to a signature 1 Create a new signature as explained above 2 In the Signature Properties window right click the page you want to add a foldout to and select Add Numbers Trim Fold Bleed Bottling Montage Front r Back 4 4 q gt 4b BRE Renae 4 2 3 Cameron A certain logic regarding the signature is inherent in the Cameron workflow One signature can be applied for the entire book The essence of this method is that if you enter the page numbers of one o1 ESKO oss 52 row and specify the number of pages to the book you know exactly how the book will be composed Select Cameron depending on the kind of folding machine Follow this procedure to create a new Cameron signature 1 Go to the Tools menu and select Signature Templates 2 In the Signature Templates window click Add The Create Signature window will pop up Create Signature X Mame abot cam 1 Browse pes a g Type Cameron Columns ELM pee DK
59. ce for the correct positioning of images on printing plates As a result changeover times between jobs are shortened This type of bar code has to positioned on each plate or in other words per ink a bar code should be available The bar code is usually positioned just above the punch holes It should NOT be printed in registration but in the ink of the plate Colors and Lines tab General Position Colors and Lines Barcode Barcode Type accs LEHNER This code is a D atamatris of 18218 with a fired module size of B 5mm These values in the code are Fixed the number of the printgroup the total number of printgraups the side of the sheet the number of sides on the sheet the name of the ink the number of inks on this sheet side There is one user defined value for the machine type Machine type 00 99 fo Orientation OF Cancel Apply Save as Default 12 14 15 ASIR Code The Automatic Signature Image Recognition code can be used for both saddle stitched and perfect bound jobs The bar code is placed as a collating mark It is a fixed mark and its position is determined by the location of the bar code sensor on the Muller Martini equipment The two most common positions are in the Back of the Unfinished Box or at the Front of the Bleed Box possibly with an additional offset The code is a C128 with 6 digits and no text The text of the code is only shown in 161 rm Skoo Fastlmpose th
60. corners 2 Change the page numbering by e left clicking the page A window opens in which you can select a free number that can be assigned to that page 46 Fastlmpose UN Note The way page numbers are allocated depends on the stitching method selected Latin signatures will consider page 1 to be a right page Oriental signatures a left page Note Empty zones can only be assigned in case of a personal montage definition Please refer to the chapters Define an empty page and Use a personal montage definition for more information e typing the desired page number in the page number input box The page will automatically turn into a left or right handed page depending on the signature type Latin or Oriental Caution If page numbers are not assigned in a logical manner an error message pops up saying The signature does not contain a continuous sequence of numbers Click Continue and adjust the page numbers that are not correct 3 You can add or remove a foldout by right clicking the page and selecting the option of your choice Numbers Trim Fold Bleed Bottling Montage Back 4I 4 all aag Front gt 4 EE Remove 4 In the Trim Fold and Bleed tab sheets indicate the marks that you want to appear on the paper e f you want the marks to appear on all pages indicate them on the Master page You will see the marks appear on all pages of the Front and Back e f you wa
61. d and drag it to the sheet 8 Drop the page on the empty sheet or unfinished page Position the page by e dragging the page to its correct location e specifying an offset in the Move window e specifying an offset in the General tab of the Unfinished Page Properties window See the chapter Reposition a signature for more information The procedure is identical Replace the term signature by page and Signature Properties by Unfinished Page Properties Fastlmpose EN 9 8 Select single pages from a spread It is possible to separate the two pages forming a reader s spread and drag each of them separately into the Page Gallery This means that the two pages of the spread can be selected independently of each other and can be adjusted likewise without influencing each other The procedure explained below allows you to easily separate the pages from a reader s spread and adapt them independently from each other 1 In the Page Gallery select a file 2 Gain access to the separate pages by selecting the file and clicking the split pages contin e right clicking the file and selecting Split 3 Select the page spread you want to add to the Page List 4 Drag the spread to its correct position in the Page List 5 Right click the spread in the Page List and select Split Readerspreads from the pop up menu Now you are able to perform actions on the separate pages of the spread 9 9 Reverse pages in the Page Gallery This tool may p
62. d select Add Signature from the pop up menu 2 Select the Master print group or sheet and select Add Signature from the Imposition menu There are three ways of adding a signature via the Sheet Details pane 1 Right click the sheet or print group and select Add Signature from the pop up menu The signature will only be added to the selected sheet or print group 2 Select a sheet or print group and select Add Signature from the Imposition menu 3 a Select the signature b Select Copy from the Edit menu or press Ctrl c c In the Preview pane select the sheet or Master or print group where you want to paste the signature d Right click the Sheet Details pane and select Paste or press Ctrl v In the Sheet View mode There are three ways to add a signature in the Sheet View mode 1 Right click the sheet and select Add Signature from the pop up menu 2 Select Add Signature from the Imposition menu 3 a Select the signature that is currently positioned on the sheet b Select Copy from the Edit menu or press Ctrl c c Select Paste from the Edit menu or press Ctrl v Add Signature Options When you add a new signature to an empty sheet you can select various options in the Add signature window The Add Signature dialog consists of two tab sheets e Signature e Position 4 7 3 Move pages on a sheet Please refer to the chapter Reposition a signature 59 ESKO oss Note When you move a page for which y
63. dividual design object The object will appear in red to show that it has been selected You can now manipulate or modify it If you want to select all design objects within an area place the cursor outside the objects you want to select Click left and drag the mouse to draw a box around the design objects Release the mouse button The objects will appear in red to indicate selection Press the Shift key and left click the object to add an object to a selection Press the Shift key and left click the object to remove an object from the selection The object will appear in black If you want to deselect all design objects within an area place the cursor outside the selected area Click the left mouse button The objects will appear in black to indicate deselection This function is available in Sheet and Page View mode 3 2 Measure 38 The Measure tools calculates the distances between any two points in the work area It also offers you an easy way of measuring horizontal and vertical dimensions of an object Follow the steps below 1 Click the Measure tool F in the Interactive toolbar The measure window appears nono D oo 2 fo g oo e Fastlmpose e The coordinates in the top row indicate the starting point of your measurement seen in relation to the center of the plate e The coordinates in the middle indicate the end point of measurement in relation to the center of the plate e The coordinates
64. e Select one or more sheets in the Preview pane Click right and Save as signature template Select the signature in the Sheet Details pane File Save as signature template Select the signature in the Sheet Details pane Click right and Save as signature template Select the signature gt Click right and Save as signature template 4 2 Create Signature While creating a new imposition job you do not have to limit yourself the signatures that are listed in the Imposition Wizard The Create Signature dialog offers you an easy way of creating a new signature template which is adapted to your specific needs and demands 49 Fastlmpose Create Signature Mame Fi amp 6 Browse a gj Type Mormal Row 2 4 Columns 4 4 Sections 1 H wes fl H OF Cancel e Name Enter a signature name which is unique and easy to recognize e Stitching method Enable the appropriate button to indicate a Latin or Oriental stitching method e Type Select Normal or Cameron from the list e Rows Enter the number of rows the signature can be printed in Note This option is only applicable for the Normal type e Columns Enter the number of columns the signature can be printed in e Sections Enter the correct number of sections optional Default value 1 Note This option is only applicable for the Normal type e Webs Enter the correct number of webs optional Default value 1 Note
65. e Rotation and Scale and Adjust Note For more information on the options in the different tab sheets we refer to the Page Properties chapter in the FASTIMPOSE Reference Manual 9 10 1 File tab The File tab shows you the properties of the assigned file Note The File tab will not appear if the Page Properties dialog of all books is consulted Page Properties Of this page I xX File Rotation and Scale Adjuzt Mame maxima abot containersDieus July 20D 7 EskosD eus CE January 2007 pd Browse Modified 04 17 07 11 16 58 Size 21252 KB Deus CE January 2007 pr Page Number Bleed 5 E 0 000 E l 0 000 i i Trim Box Borders 0 000 Width 203 303 Height 287 038 0 000 Mame i Group Type EN L Process Normal Process Normal Process Hormal ES Process Normal a a PANTONE 287 C PAN TONE Normal OF Cancel Apply Beset 108 Fastlmpose EN e Name shows the current page s file path You can select another file by entering the correct path in the input box via the Browse button e Modified indicates when the last modifications to the file have been made e Size indicates the size of the file e Thumbnail shows a thumbnail of the selected page e Page number indicates the number of the page in the incoming file You can select another page of the file by inserting another number Click Apply and the selected page will be ap
66. e Browse button and select the appropriate mark Set the options For more elaborate information on Plate Marks and their properties we refer to the FASTIMPOSE Reference Manual Click OK and the mark will automatically appear in the correct position 131 IA ESKO Fastlmpose 12 9 Modity Plate Mark properties Plate Mark properties can be modified in the Sheet List View mode and in the Sheet View mode 12 3 1 In the Sheet List View mode 1 Select the Master print group or sheet in the Preview pane e Select the sheet in the Sheet Details pane 2 Click right and select List Marks from the pop up menu e Select List Marks from the Imposition menu 3 Select the appropriate level The Plate Marks window will appear 4 Select the mark whose properties you want to consult or modify Plate Marks Of this sheet xj Duplicate LPC AB 4L rechts Properties sizes PlatelD 1 PlatelD 2 pee PlatelD 3 PlatelD 4 PlatelD 5 PlatelD 6 5 Hit the Properties button The Properties window of the selected mark will appear Side Guide Properties q x General Colors and Lines Description side Guide Guide Untitled F Browse Guide side is left for front plate Paper to guide distance 30 000 Sides C Front C Back Both Ok Cancel Save as default 132 astImpose All options of the separate Properties windows are thoroughly discussed in the FASTIMPOSE
67. e Normal type 68 Fastlmpose 10 Click Create The New Signature window will open Or click Cancel to exit the Create Signature window without making any changes 5 1 2 Assign page numbers In case you created a new signature you will be asked to assign page numbers Left click the unfinished pages The window that pops up is similar to the window described in the Edit unfinished pages chapter The only difference is that this window has been divided into two panes the upper pane indicating the section e g A B the lower pane the page numbers within the section e g 1 2 Click the number you want to select and it will be added automatically If there are no page numbers available and you still want to change the numbers of a certain page follow the steps below 1 Select the page of which you want to change the number 2 Click left and hit the Reset button 3 Select a new page number from the list 5 1 3 Production Styles There are three possible ways of assigning different sections to a signature The list below explains the differences between e Normal e Come and go e Copy copy g normal come and go copu copy We will explain the three production styles based on an example Let s assume that we start from the following multisection job 69 Fastlmpose If we opt for a Normal production style the first and second section will appear next to each other Per sheet first section A will be
68. e editor and will not be output on a proof or plate The value of the code is a function of the job name the printgroup number and the total number of printgroups The settings in the Colors and Lines tab should be as follows e Code Color Darkest e Border Color No Border e Background Color No background General Position Colors and Lines Barcode Barcode Type ASIR Code This cade is a C128 with 6 digits and no text The text of the code iz only shown in the editor and will not be output on a proof ar a plate The value of the code is a function of the job name the printgroup number and the total number of printgroups Humber of cades 2 24 Height 2 24 Orientation 12 14 16 ISBN The ISBN consists of 13 digits the 3 digit prefix that identifies the book industry currently 978 followed by the core 9 digit number and the recalculated check digit that validates the internal integrity of the whole number As such it will also be identical to the EAN Bookland 13 digit code that already appears encoded in the bar code printed on the back of the book For generating ISBN bar codes in Fastlmpose please use the EAN 13 bar code 12 14 17 Scope Plate ID 162 This bar code creates a unique ID for each plate Scanning this bar code allows you to automatically approve or reject a plate
69. e mark whose properties you want to modify List Marks Of this page xj Duplicate Properties Remove EIE OF Apply ta all pages Heset Cancel 5 Hit the Properties button The Properties window of the selected mark will appear Color Properties xj General Position Colors and Lines Description Colored Logo Location FiledCircle_cmykp Browse Orientation Im s v Quadding Horizontal Center Vertical Center OF Cancel Save as default 12 6 2 In the Page View mode In the Page View mode plate mark properties can be consulted in two ways e f you select a mark first you can go via Mark Properties or the List Marks dialog e f you don t select a mark the List Marks option is the only one Via Mark Properties 1 Select the mark whose properties you want to modify 2 Click right and select Mark Properties from the pop up menu 142 Fastlmpose e Select Properties gt Mark from the Imposition menu 3 Select the appropriate level The Properties window of the selected mark will appear Via List Marks 1 Click right and select List Marks from the pop up menu e Select List Marks from the Imposition menu 2 Select on which level you want to change the page mark properties Of all books On this book or On this page are the available options The Page Marks window will appear Note If you did not select a mark Of all books will be the only
70. e width of the previous page minus two millimeters Foldout Sizes X Specify page widths in case of foldouts IF You only use foldouts consisting of two panels then you only have to specify two widths ja 5 000 2 6 000 7 4 000 7 2 000 8 3 2 Via Finished Page Properties You can change the default foldout width at any time using the Foldouts button in the Finished Page Properties window Follow the steps in the table to change the foldout sizes 1 Right click the sheet in the Sheet View 2 Select Finished Page Properties from the pop up menu 3 Click the Foldouts button The Foldout Sizes window will pop up Note There are other ways of consulting the Finished Page Properties window The Foldouts button however will only appear in you consult the Finished Page Properties on Master level 97 I eskoc oss 9 Page related tasks This chapter explains how to fill in the content of your pages This chapter contains the following topics e View a page in detail the Page View mode e View the Page List e Add pages to the Page Gallery e Drag pages into the Page List e Assign a file e mport and export csv files e Drop a page on a blank sheet e Select single pages from a spread e Reverse pages in the Page Gallery e Modify Page Properties e Adjust Pages e Store and retrieve guidelines e Define an empty page e Define blank pages e Insert blank pages e Insert pages 9 1 Page View Mode The Page V
71. ect the page file and click the recycle bin JI e right click the page file and select Remove You can change the layout of a file via the Change Layout option Change layout X Layout f OF Cancel If the file doesn t contain spreads the layout list will only contain single page icons If you want a single page to cover both pages of a spread then right click the selected page and click Change Layout in the pop up menu Note Increasing the number to 3 and above is only possible if you work with foldouts Fastlmpose EN 9 4 Drag pages into the Page List The Page List gives you a graphical representation of how the pages in the final book will be seen by the reader Pages on the right of the vertical line are right hand pages those on the left are left hand pages Each page can appear in three different colors e A red page indicates that the page is undefined or missing e A blue page indicates that the page is present e A white page indicates that the page is blank Perform these steps to drag pages from the Page Gallery into the Page List 1 Select the page s you want to drag from the Page Gallery by pressing Shift and left clicking the page s 2 Click the selected page s and hold the mouse button down as you move the cursor to the correct position in the Page List 3 If you want to e insert your pages starting from a certain position then release the mouse button when the cursor is over t
72. ed locally will automatically take the new values Sheets that had already been changed locally will keep their local values 8 ESKO oss f Unfinished Page related tasks In this chapter you will learn how to modify the properties of an unfinished page and how to add and remove foldouts This chapter contains the following topics e Add an Unfinished Page e Modify Unfinished Page properties e Apply bottling e Add and Remove foldouts 7 1 Add unfinished pages Before we can do anything with a blank imposition job we first have to create an unfinished page An unfinished page is the area that covers the page and the margins which will be trimmed during finishing This table explains how to add an unfinished page 1 Select Sheet View from the View menu or click the Sheet View icon 2 Select Add Unfinished Page from the Imposition menu or click right and select the option from the pop up menu A blank page will pop up at the center of your sheet whet B T 3 Put the unfinished page in the correct position e Select the page and drag it to its new position e Select the page and select Move from the Edit menu 88 Fastlmpose f 2 Modify unfinished page properties 1 In the Sheet View mode select one or several pages by clicking left hold Shift to select several 2 Click right and select Unfinished Page Properties gt On this from the pop up menu e Select Properties gt Unfinished Page gt On
73. eet General Position Template Sections Change Change 1 Select the section that you want to change 2 Hit the Change button The Assign Section window will appear The section selected in the Sections tab is now indicated in blue Assign Section x Cancel 3 Select the section by which you want to replace it The newly assigned section appears in blue 4 Click OK to apply or Cancel to exit the Assign Section window without making any changes 19 ESKOOG Fastlmpose Caution Make sure that you don t assign one section number to two signatures with a different number of pages If so a red cross will appear in Assembly Details pane of the Sheet List View mode next to the sheet that has not been assigned To avoid this select all sheets in the Preview pane click right and select Section Numbers from the pop up menu In the Sections window you immediately see which sections have been assigned twice and which have not been assigned yet Ix Printgroup Signature Section 1 O4pag 1 4H Double 171 Section 1 on Book 1 172 Section 1 on Book 2 172 Section 1 on Book 2 371 Section 3 on Book 1 371 Section 3 on Book 1 4 2 Section 4 on Book 2 4 2 Section 4 on Book 2 E 4pag 1V 4H D ouble 3 4pag 1V 4H D ouble 4 4pag 1V 4H Double 4 3 18S 9 1 3 95 3 1 34 m opompuur rcosrm 5 2 2 Via Assign Sections The me
74. efault Export Imposition ta JDF Post Press HH Default Export Imposition ta PDF File HH Default Cance liking via the Shortcuts tab in the Options dialog 1 Select Options in the Tools Menu 2 Go to the Shortcuts tab and select the correct category command and accelerator to check or set the desired shortcut key General Preview Editing Position Marks Shortcuts Category Edi Esko Classic Commands Shartcut Key Es Shit j CH At I Cmd Insert Blank Page Assign Make Pages Blank Make Pages Empty Remove Move Paste Reset All 1 Check if the right platform Esko Classic Macintosh or Windows is selected 2 Select the category and command for which you want to create or adapt a shortcut An existing shortcut key will be shown 3 Customize your own shortcuts by checking the appropriate boxes and entering the key to be used 4 Click Assign to activate the new shortcut 1 Changing units Follow the steps below to switch the unit millimeters or inches used throughout the program 20 Fastlmpose Fastlmpose 1 Go to the Tools menu 2 Select Options 3 In the General tab select the appropriate unit from the dropdown list General Preview Editing Position Marks Shortcuts Units Decimals Automatic save every Screen Anti Aliasing Text Greeking Check for missing or modified pages every fo seconds after full idle Temp
75. efault template it becomes a personalized standard template You will be able to reuse it each time you create a similar job It might be useful for e g weekly issues of a magazine FASTIMPOSE offers you the possibility to create all kind of different templates such as Signature templates Plate Assembly and Imposition templates Fastlmpose Server uses centrally stored templates whereas Fastlmpose Standalone works with local templates This chapter contains the following topics e Creating templates e Saving changes to a template e Stored information e Report templates 1 5 1 Creating templates 14 Creating a template is in fact nothing more than creating and saving an imposition with a number of personal settings Save these settings in a template once and you won t have to redefine them over and over again each time you decide to make an identical or similar imposition You can find all previously created templates in the Tools menu Signature Templates Plate Templates Assembly Templates Imposition Templates Report Templates Use template dialogs to create edit delete or rename templates Click New to open the Create Signature Plate or Assembly dialog and create a new template Edit to open the Signature Plate or Assembly dialog and make modifications to the selected template Copy to make a copy of the selected template Delete to remove the selected template from the list Rename to enter a ne
76. er e tov selects the rectangle for vertical quadding Legal modes are untrimmed trimmed and text e toh selects the rectangle for horizontal quadding Legal modes are untrimmed trimmed and text e refv indicates the distance from the border of the page to the left side of the reference area e refh indicates the distance from the border of the page to the top side of the reference area e refdv indicates the height of the reference area e refdh indicates the width of the reference area e ang defines the rotation of the page Legal values are O 90 180 and 270 e scavis the vertical scaling of the page e scahis the horizontal scaling of the page e folio indicates the folio of the page If fields are omitted the default value will be used Trailing commas may be omitted The following keywords have been defined e oriental for oriental books e size can contain up to six fields the values have the following meaning vpage hpage vtext htext texthead textback Missing fields are set to automatic e default defines the default settings for the page list If not present the system defaults will be taken If the line is present but some fields are missing the system defaults are used for those fields The system defaults are 1 O O top left text text O O O O 0 100 100 e layer layername creates a layer with the name layername and puts the subsequent pages into it This is an example of how a cs
77. erent icons can appear to indicate that the local level of a certain sheet or print group differs from the global Master level EE indicates modifications on sheet level indicates modifications on signature level indicates modifications on unfinished page level If you modify the properties of the Master all underlying levels which have not yet been changed locally will automatically take the new values Levels that had already been changed locally will keep their local values When properties of a selected element have been modified locally on a certain level then the properties of that element can only be changed on the same or an underlying level In the properties dialogs two buttons can be used to influence the settings e The Reset button in the properties dialogs makes sure that the settings of the nearest specified upper level will be applied to the sheet or page selected If no other local changes have been made the settings of the Master will be applied e The Apply to Master function implies that local settings will be applied to the global level Master which means that all levels will be changed except for those that already differed from the Master ESKO oss 1 5 Using lemplates A template determines the basic structure of a document and contains basic document settings such as marks margins signatures etc A template is designed as a personal building stone for creating new jobs By saving a template as d
78. esired mark Select on which side you want to place the mark Select the Front Back or Both toggle Click OK in the Add Marks window The selected mark will now appear in the Plate Marks window Click OK in the Plate Marks window p ix D P 130 Fastlmpose Via the Marks toolbar Perform the steps below to add a mark to a plate via the Marks toolbar 1 Click the desired mark in the Marks toolbar If you click the register color bar or webatron mark a window pops up Browse to the location of the object you want to insert Move the cursor to where you want the mark to appear The mark is linked to the cursor and will follow it across the plate Click left to position the mark on the plate The mark is placed on the sheet so that the center of the mark corresponds with the position of the mouse The three marks in the Marks bar that are labeled Other Marks do not allow interactive placement they know where to position themselves They behave differently depending on whether the job is to be printed on a turn or on a tumble plate The three types of marks are Side Guide Vertical Ink Eaters Ink Scan Select a mark from the dropdown list and its properties window will pop up Side Guide Properties X General Colors and Lines Description Side Guide Guide Untitled F Browse Guide side is left for front plate Paper to guide distance 20 000 Ok Cancel Save as defauit Click th
79. et of plates that you need to print one sheet It can consist of only 1 plate but most of the time several plates will make one print group depending on the number of separations positioning of the signature etc The number of sheets in a print group can be changed for each print group by changing the signature The multiweb functionality is a support for multiweb presses Multiweb presses use multiple webs of paper for one pass Since these rolls of paper are folded as a single unit but are printed by separate plate sets this will have significant impact on the imposition Fastlmpose EN Multiweb signatures are saved as separate items and used in the creation of a book which then automatically becomes a multiweb job 1 4 7 Imposition versus Flatwork The basic definition of an imposition is an assembly of pages on both sides of a press sheet This is what distinguishes imposition from flatwork A flatwork job consists of sheets that have only been printed on one side FASTIMPOSE offers you the possibility to create both imposition and flatwork jobs in an easy way 1 4 8 Global versus Local level The global imposition level is represented in FASTIMPOSE by the Master level Modifications made to this level will affect all underlying levels Oppositely changes made to an underlying level will not influence the settings of the Master How can you see that local changes have been made In the Preview pane of the Sheet List View three diff
80. ffset 0 000 mm Peak Scale Factor EN OF Cancel If necessary click the Advanced button to enter advanced settings Fastlmpose 10 ESKOOG Fastlmpose x Page range Number of pages per section Provide insert after f Unknown C Known o e On the left you can indicate the number of pages per section The standard setting is Unknown The value you enter in the Known box should correspond with the number of pages per section of the signature used If this is not the case a red cross appears next to the sheets in the Sheet List View e On the right you can indicate where the newly added sections have to be inserted either in the middle or after the page specified in the field This option can only be selected if you entered the number of pages in the Known field on the left If the first section contains 16 pages and you want the second section to appear after page 12 enter 16 in the Known field and 12 in the Page field 10 3 Add or Remove books 122 When you add a book the assembly properties of the new book will be identical to the properties of the first book You can easily adapt the assembly method to your wish in the Assembly Properties window Hight click the Assembly Details pane and select Add Book Remove Book from the pop up menu Book 1 Add Book Remove Book 1 nT DEEP Rename Book 2 El Finished Page Properties k ae L Page Propertie
81. ge Insert 5 Click Insert Text Properties X General Position Colors and Lines Description Test Mark Text Box width 26412 mm v Resize horizontally to fit text Height 7161 mm v Resize vertically ta fit text Test folio Style Advanced Editing Orientation Read direction Iz T d OF Cancel Apply Save as default 6 Indicate the layout in the folio dialog 7 Click OK or Cancel to exit the Text Mark Properties window without making any changes 12 10 Add Inks to the colors list In the properties windows of all uncolored marks you will find the Colors option where you can select a color for the mark Default options are cyan magenta yellow black registration darkest knockout none and the Pantone inks that are present in the job The next paragraph explains how to add extra inks to the list Perform the steps below to add extra inks 1 In the Tools menu click Options 2 Go to the Marks tab 147 im ESKO Fastlmpose General Preview Editing Position Marks Shortcuts Inks for uncolored marks _ A com E B TERE 3 Enter the name of a new ink and click OK Inks entered in the Options dialog will also be listed in the Color and Lines tab of uncolored marks 12 11 Add plate marks on Master level Perform the steps in the list to apply plate marks on global level 1 In the Sheet List View mode select the Master
82. ginal object and the center of the copied object e Vertical Step Indicate the vertical distance between the center of the original object and the center of the copied object The Step and Repeat dialog will appear in Menu bar Click Edit Step and Repeat Sheet View Right click the selected object gt Step and Repeat Note For signatures this option will only appear when you start from a blank imposition 2 4 First View Sheet List View mode 36 Independent from the tool used to create the imposition the Sheet List View mode will always be your first view on the new imposition This view mode is the basic view mode from which you have access to all tools and techniques to mould an imposition into its definitive shape It gives an overview of the basic structure of the imposition In the Sheet List View mode three panes can be distinguished 1 the Preview pane on the left 2 the Sheet Details pane in the top right corner 3 the Assembly Details pane in the bottom right corner igi xj w Master sheet w sheet w zheet3 w sheet Bpag 2v2H Frant 1 1 8 Fastlmpose In the Preview pane three different icons can appear to indicate that the local level of a certain sheet or print group differs from the global Master level see Global versus Local level indicates modifications on sheet level H indicates modifications on signature level indicates modifications on the unfinished page level
83. h are indicated by Width and Height In BackStageEdit the dimensions of a page in the grs file can be viewed in the Document Set up 1 Head 4 000 2 Foot 4 000 E 3 Front 4 000 E 4 Back 4 000 5 Bleed 2 000 6 Back Bleed 2 000 B af Unfinished page An unfinished page is the part of a sheet that appears as one printed item to the reader It is the front view of a folded signature Usually the individual pages of a book are unfinished pages An unfinished page could be considered the gross format of a book whereas a finished page is the net format Unlike a finished page an unfinished page also includes margins which will be trimmed during finishing In the above picture the margins are indicated by Head Foot Front and Back the unfinished page by the thin gray line 1 4 2 Sections A section is a printed sheet that consists of a number of pages so laid out that they will fold and bind together as a section of a book It is the smallest physical unit of a book FASTIMPOSE offers ESKO oss you the possibility to create a signature containing more than one section This principle is called Multisection 1 4 3 Signature A signature is that part of the printed sheet that is folded into one or multiple sections The pages are ordered oriented and numbered so that they are arranged in the correct sequence after folding and trimming It is possible to assign different signatures to one sheet Thi
84. he position you want for your first page e insert your pages before an existing page and shift the existing pages further back then release the mouse button when the cursor is slightly to the left of the position you want for your first page 4 If you want to change the order of pages you can drag pages between the positions in the Page List 9 5 Assign a file As long as we don t fill in the pages we created the imposition file is not ready to be handled further First we have to assign files Legacy GRS Scope PDF or CSV to our imposition GRS and PDF files can only be assigned via the Page Gallery CSV files can be assigned via the Page Gallery or can be imported via File Import Page List from CSV Open the Page Gallery by clicking the Page Gallery icon E in the Standard toolbar or by selecting Page Gallery from the Windows menu Note PDF files should only be used in a PDF imposition GRS files can be used in both GRS and PDF based impositions For an elaborate explanation of GRS vs PDF mode please refer to the chapter on GRS versus PDF mode 101 ESKOOG Page Galery x View thumbnail h WH 4 Layout Mame Follow these steps to add pages to the Page Gallery Fastlmpose 1 Add the file s to the Page Gallery by clicking the Add files button 4 The Add Pages dialog will pop up add Pages 323 Look in 23 PDF a t rE E Fe Deus CE cover January 2007 pdf My Recent Deus C
85. iew Mode allows you to adjust the position of the incoming pages in the trim box You can do this for a single page or for multiple pages To access the mode click the Page View icon in the Selector bar Flea Ede View impendben Togi Hep ecu simax oug peT DEEE pen EC jest sa eomma Glo eo ae HEH afir FM m R 8 EET 98 Fastlmpose EN Parts 1 Marks bar Four types of marks can be used on page level the Logo Mark Colored Logo Mark Text Mark and Barcode Mark 2 Adjust Bar The Adjust Bar allows you to make numeric adjustments When you enter new values for the text margins green guidelines become visible 3 Preview of the page To adjust the way you see the page change the display mode in either the View menu or the Selector bar The color of lines e Black lines indicate the trimmed format If a page has more than one panel you will see an extra vertical line between the panels e g in foldouts or reader s spreads Note The trimmed format is already adjusted for inner creep if applicable e Grey lines indicate the untrimmed format e Blue lines indicate the bleed format e Green lines indicate possible guidelines 9 2 View the Page List This view mode allows you to assign your files to the correct pages The Page List gives you a graphical representation of how the pages in the final book will be seen by the reader Pages on the right of the vertical line are right h
86. ify the width of the foldouts in your imposition job The default size of a foldout equals the size of the previous page minus two millimeters Foldout Sizes xX Specify page widths in case of foldouts IF you only use Faldauts consisting of be panels then you only have to specify two widths ral b ad OF Cancel The Foldout Sizes dialog will also appear in Wizard Step 3 of the Imposition Wizard Sheet List View Right click the Assembly Details pane gt Finished Page Properties gt Of this gt Foldouts Page List View Right click a page gt Finished Page Properties gt Of all books this book gt Foldouts 8 3 1 Via the Wizard It is possible to set foldout sizes in the third step of the Imposition Wizard Imposition Wizard Step 3 of 4 gt Hes io 34 l 2 Foot 4 000 zi WEE zie creep no Coe 3 Front hoo PENES bad se j i4 Back pio 4 C Ma Scaling Mea eoo i A online Det and Scaling T Back Bleed 2 Transition Ponta 0 000 me Ouaside Trimbox Paper Thicknest o 127 mm Finished Paga Creep Offset per Page 0199 mm Widhe 210 000 Foldouts Creep Scaling per Page o Dr x Height 237000 2 Textbox Total Creep Diss 0 100 mm Peak Scale Factor C000 Cancel ex Back Mest x Finish 96 Fastlmpose ES Clicking the Foldouts button opens the Foldout Sizes window The default width of a foldout equals th
87. ightZone 5 InnerZoneMargin 6 OuterZoneMargin 7 LeftBleed 8 InnerBleed 9 CenterBleed 10 OuterBleed 11 RightBleed 12 InnerBleedMargin 13 OuterBleedMargin 14 LeftFinish 15 InnerFinish 16 CenterFinish 17 OuterFinish 18 RightFinish 19 LeftText 20 InnerText 21 CenterText 22 OuterText 23 RightText e blank has been added It indicates that on this place in the page list a blank page will be added It is possible to have a label blank labelname e empty has been added It indicates that on this place in the page list a page will be added which has not been defined yet It is possible to have a label ftempty labelname e spread has been added It indicates that the next page is a spread This means that this page only needs to be placed once e layer flipoverlayername the sign in front of the layer name indicated that a flipover was concerned Since flipovers are no longer supported in Fastlmpose these kind of layers can no longer be handled 9 Drop a page on a blank sheet It is possible to drop a page of a grs file directly from the Page Gallery on a sheet even when the sheet is blank In case no unfinished pages have been assigned yet a new page will be created automatically and will be set to the sizes of the page This means that it is no longer necessary to add pages via the Page List Perform the steps in the table to assign a page
88. in the bottom row represent the absolute horizontal and vertical distances 2 Click left and hold to draw a rectangle around the object whose dimensions you want to measure or a line to measure a certain distance As you move the cursor the coordinates in the middle and bottom row will change 3 Release the mouse button Final measurements are indicated in the bottom row Tip It is advised to work in the Cross or Contours display mode because the Measure tool then snaps to any contour present in the job This function is available in Sheet and Page View mode 3 3 Zoom In Out The zoom commands allow you to magnify or reduce the display of any area in the file up to x times the actual size eo Use the zoom icon e Left click and hold to draw a rectangle around the object you want to zoom in on Release the mouse button Left clicking zooms further in on the selected area Select the zoom tool and click the sheet page to zoom in Use Alt click to zoom out e Enter a zoom percentage in the zoom box of the Selector toolbar Use the function keys press F5 to zoom in F6 to zoom out F8 to zoom in once default settings Select the appropriate zoom command from the View menu Zoom In F5 Zoom COE FB Fit in Window Fa Previous View Fid To view the complete imposition job make it fit into the window by e pressing the F9 key Esko shortcut or Ctrl H Windows or Macintosh shortcut e selecting Fit in Window from the
89. is used Tip If no job is open you can switch modes by selecting Switch to GRS PDF Mode in the Tools menu 1 3 2 References Imposition files that have been created prior to Scope 3 contain references to GRS files They can refer to page content in the page list and they can refer to marks on the different levels sheet signature page For what concerns the page content we now make a distinction between IMP files that refer to GRS files or the so called GRS IMP files and IMP files that refer to Normalized PDF files PDF IMP files Marks will behave in the same way as in the other editors This implies that it is perfectly possible for a Normalized PDF imposition to contain textual references to GRS They can only exist however when referring to marks 1 3 3 Marks As mentioned above GRS referring marks can still be used in a Normalized PDF imposition However we also support marks that refer to Normalized PDF files However as there exist LC uncolored marks in GRS mode which cannot be represented as Normalized PDF files we must work around that limitation Therefore we must adapt Fastlmpose to accept mono colored files as marks and treat them as if they are uncolored Configuration wise there is no need to have separate folders for GRS LC and Normalized PDF marks They can co exist in the same folder as their file extension allows keeping them apart 1 3 4 Templates 10 Just like imposition files te
90. k sheet or e Click right and select Add Sheet from the pop up menu to add a blank sheet e Select Add sheet from the Imposition menu Sheet List v Master 1 sheet 2 sheet 3 sheet3 Sheet List w Master wv sheet 1 gt mmm B 3 ow sheet 4 of sheet3 b add a sheet as a copy of an existing sheet For more information we refer to the Copy and Paste sheets chapter 3 If you chose to use the Copy tool paste the sheet as explained in the Copy and Paste sheets chapter To remove sheets follow the instructions below 1 In the Sheet List View mode select the sheet s you want to remove 2 Click right and select Delete e Select Clear from the Edit menu Hit the Delete icon in the Standard toolbar 6 3 Insert Sheet s The Insert Sheet s option allows you to import sheets from imposition templates or other imposition jobs into the new imposition Simply browse to the correct imposition and select the sheets that need to be imported from the list 82 Fastlmpose Ei Template 2 1 4 270 FB Browse Caution If the signature on the sheet you want to insert differs from the signature used in the new imposition then make sure that the signature on the sheet to be inserted is labelled as a local exception in the old imposition If this is not the case the inserted sheet will assume the properties of the new master The Insert Sheet s dialog will appear in Menu bar Click Imp
91. king any changes On local level Perform these steps to apply folios to specific pages 1 In the Page List View select the page you want to assign a specific folio to If you want to select more than 1 page we advise you to work with folio ranges as explained above 2 Right click the page and select Folios gt Of this page from the pop up menu 3 In the Change Folios window enter the folio and a prefix or suffix if necessary Folios Of this page x Als Alx Prefix 5 uffix Bo fp OF Cancel If you want the pages in the prologue to be labeled A 1 then enter A in the Prefix field 4 Click OK to apply 12 9 2 Via SmartNames 146 Perform these steps to define a folio via a SmartName in a text mark a In the Page View mode Add a Text Mark by clicking the T icon 2 Position the text mark on the page by e dragging the mark to the correct place e selecting Move from the pop up menu and entering new values e entering the correct offset in the position tab of the Text Mark Properties window 3 Right click the text mark and select Mark Properties gt Of this page from the pop up menu The Text Properties window appears Click the SmartNames button L select Page in the left column and Folio in the right column Fastlmpose Insert Smarthames j X Comments BackStage Global Names Back Stage fileinfo M ames BackStage job Mames BackStage taskinto Names The folio of the pa
92. lained below A Perform these steps to replace the signature on one sheet 1 2 Select a sheet in the Sheet List View mode or a signature in the Sheet View mode e Click right and select Signature Properties gt On this from the pop up menu or e Select Properties gt Signature gt On this from the Imposition menu Click the Template tab sheet which indicates the signature that is currently applied to the sheet General Position Template Sections D4pag 1 4H Browse Rows 1 Columns 4 i Reload Mew Select a different signature from the dropdown list or create a new signature as explained in the Create a signature chapter Click Apply followed by OK or click Cancel to exit the Signature Properties window without making any changes Perform these steps to replace the signature on several all sheets In the Sheet List View mode select the sheets to which you want to apply a different signature If you want to apply the signature to all sheets of the job select the Master Steps 2 to 5 are identical to the procedure for replacing a signature on one sheet 53 ESKO oss 4 4 Reposition a signature Note Each signature is by default positioned in the center of the sheet There are three possible ways of modifying the position of a signature 1 Numerically 2 Manually 3 Move tool 4 4 1 Numerically Perform the following steps for numerical repositioning
93. lick right and select List Marks from the pop up menu e Select List Marks from the Imposition menu 2 Select the appropriate level The Plate Marks window will appear 3 Select the mark whose properties you want to modify Plate Marks Of this sheet f xj Duplicate Sheet text Add CPC AR 4L links LPC AB 4L rechts Properties sizes PlatelD 1 PlatelD 2 DEIN PlatelD 3 PlatelD 4 PlatelD 5 PlatelD 6 4 Hit the Properties button The Properties window of the selected mark will appear 134 Fastlmpose Side Guide Properties X General Colors and Lines Description side Guide Guide Untitled F Browse Guide side is left for front plate Paper to guide distance 30 000 Sides C Front Back Both Ok Cancel Save as defauit 12 4 Unique ID on proof and plate To be absolutely sure that the file and its references that were printed as proof are identical to the final printout on the plate FASTIMPOSE offers you the possibility to print an identity tag on the sheets Two matching identity tags guarantee total identity A unique ID is created based on the file date the number of pages on the sheet and the images in the pages If anything changes between proofing and printing the final document the two IDs will no longer match The ID appear on the screen as follows XXXX XXXX The first four digits represent the imposition definition The last four digits represent
94. ll pop up Horizontal 10 000 mm Vertical 5 000 mm OF Cancel Apply Fastlmpose EB e Select Move from the File menu e Select the page click right and select Unfinished Page Properties gt On this unfinished page from the pop up menu In the General tab you can modify its position General Montage Marks Position L pono 4 n on0 Rotate Bottling x Angle deg 0 000 e Select Properties gt Unfinished Page gt On this unfinished page from the Imposition menu Tip The above explanation of adding an unfinished page can be avoided by simply dropping grs pages directly on the sheet For more information please refer to the chapter Drop a page on a blank sheet 2 3 3 Step and Repeat If you have a small job of a large circulation you might want to put several copies of one job on one single sheet Step and repeat is a feature that helps you to multiply the job in an easy way This option can be used for any selected element such as a page a mark etc Step And Repeat E x Count z Horizontal 4 V ertical 2 Apply Shep Horizontal 7 0 000 mm Vertical 237 000 mm e Horizontal Count Indicate how many times you want the selected object to appear horizontally e Vertical Count Indicate how many times you want the selected object to appear vertically 35 ESKO oss e Horizontal Step Indicate the horizontal distance between the center of the ori
95. ly template from the dropdown list If you have not yet created assembly templates select Untitled which is the default template Note FASTIMPOSE also offers you the possibility of Mixed binding i e a combination of saddle stitching and perfect binding It is however not possible to create this type of assembly in the Imposition Wizard After having finished the wizard you can change the assembly settings via the Assembly Properties dialog Fastlmpose Imposition Wizard Step 2 of 4 X euh e Ct _ New ElEgCO step 3 Page Properties window This window will ask you to enter the dimensions of the finished page as well as the size and position of the text area For the page default values are set the text area dimensions you will have to specify yourself This window allows you to e Enter the unfinished page specific variables e g distances between unfinished page and trim box e Enter finished page properties e g determine the default foldout size e Define creep Imposition Wizard Step 3 of 4 E 2f ESKO oss In case you used a signature in which a non system defined montage was used a modified screen will appear The graphical representation of the unfinished page is replaced by the list of parameters used to define the customized montage Imposition Wizard Step 3 of 4 X Parameters Creep Type HEAD FOOT BACK FRONT BLEED BACKBLEED Inner creep auter creep no creep
96. ly type for Asymmetric Coming and Going is perfect bound 5 1 5 Combining Production Style with Orientation Since there are three possible ways to orientate sections head foot head head and foot foot and three different production styles Normal Come and go and Copy copy we can generate nine different combinations What combination to choose greatly depends on the machinery you have at your disposal Not all combinations will have a suitable outcome The two combinations that generate the most logic workflow are e Head Foot in combination with Copy copy After printing and folding the sheets will immediately be assembled in the right order so that the sections follow each other After assembling you only have to separate sections A from sections B e Head Head in combination with Come and go After folding the sheets will be assembled so that all sections A follow each other and sections B also follow each other You will only have to separate the sections drop all sections B behind sections A and rotate them 5 2 Modify section numbers Three workflows are possible to redistribute sections 1 via Signature Properties 2 via Assign Sections 3 via Section Numbers 5 2 1 Via Signature Properties 74 The Sections tab of the Signature Properties window allows you to change section numbers Fastlmpose Signature Properties On this sheet General Position Template Sections Signature Properties On this sh
97. metric Imposition Example format sheet num lt sig section gt book section num gt book num 1A 1 1 1 B 412 A 2 12 B 3 2 3 A 3 1 3 B 2 2 How to use new Imposition Wizard functionality 1 Start the Imposition Wizard select signature with 2 or more sections and the Come And Go production style A new dropdown list labeled Specify number of sections appears e fthe number of sheets print groups equals 1 you can select one of two options from the list e f there are more sheets print groups three choices are available The numbers in the dropdown list represent the total number of sections in the book when using the corresponding Come And Go type e The first biggest number represents the original Come And Go type supported in older versions The second is Symmetric Coming amp Going and the last not visible with only 1 sheet is Asymmetric Coming amp Going Imposition Wizard Step 1 of 4 x as h aa Specify the number of sheets you re going to produce 3 ERA Fi M A M Select the type of signature you want to uze Ag l D8pag ZV4H Double Browse Rows Columns 4 Sectionz z Front N Edi New c 4 4 4 Select the production style For your job A Md M E z Kal E z normal come and qo copy copy e Specify number of sections fE Cancel zc Back Next gt gt Finish O sections regular come and go When you specify 6 sectio
98. mplates also exist in two flavors They are either GRS templates that have been created from within Fastlmpose in editor GRS mode or PDF templates created when Fastlmpose is in PDF mode GRS and PDF templates will be stored in separate folders depending on their mode This allows forcing the rule that Fastlmpose in editor GRS mode can only work with GRS templates When Fastlmpose is in editor PDF mode it can only handle PDF templates Templates that are created when Fastlmpose is in PDF mode can only be saved as PDF templates As a consequence it is possible to start Fastlmpose for a new job in PDF mode based on a GRS template Fastlmpose EN e neditor PDF mode the configuration tool in Fastlmpose allows you to specify both GRS template Templates and PDF template Scope Templates folders 1 4 Imposition Concepts There are six important elements that determine the composition of an imposition job Each element needs to be specified so that FASTIMPOSE can create the imposition of your choice This chapter contains the following topics 1 Content 2 Sections 3 Signature 4 Sheet 5 Plate 6 Print group e Imposition versus Flatwork e Global versus Local level 1 4 1 Content Finished Page A finished page is a single page in an incoming file It is the net format in other words the part of the sheet that remains after trimming In the picture below the page is displayed as a white area the dimensions of whic
99. n when you are ready to apply your settings 1 Step 1 Signature window 2 Step 2 Assembly window 3 Step 3 Page Properties window 4 Step 4 Plate Properties window 5 Save as template otep 1 Signature window This window allows you to define the signature information This information is important in ensuring that the pages are in the correct order after the job has left the finishing department The first step of the Imposition Wizard may vary depending on the type of signature multisection or not selected 24 Fastlmpose Imposition Wizard Step 1 of 4 Specify the number of sheets you re going ta produce 2 Select the type of signature vou want to use O8paq 1vaH Browse Rows Columns 4 Imposition Wizard Step 1 of 4 n o Specify the number of sheets you re going ta produce 2 EN FX Select the type of signature you want to use call bk ll head Cs C25 C24 C3 C16 z p n z Rows Columns 3 Sections 4 B25 Ba B24 Bir E z A Hew Edit l e A24 e Select the production style for your job zz cz zz A28 Azi Alz Als Lo Se e b z a ga E20 normal come and qo copy copy FEE Ka x O28 Diz Dzi O20 Browse Cancel c Back Hest gt gt Finish Enter the number of sheets you want to use in your job The number you fill in here together with the number of pages in the signature and the selected distribution method will determine
100. natures in relation to each other This means that they are linked which will cause the dependent signature to move along when the position of the reference signature is changed but not vice versa Perform the following steps to link signatures 1 Select the signature you want to link or make dependent signature 2 2 Click right and select Signature Properties Of this sheet from the pop up menu 3 Go to the Position tab 4 Inthe From object list select Signature o Position signature 2 in relation to the front or back of signature 1 6 Position signature 2 in relation to the left center or right for horizontal positioning or top center or bottom for vertical positioning of signature 1 Caution If you reposition the reference signature and one of the borders of the dependent signature coincides with the plate or paper margin or center the properties in the From box of the Position tab will automatically be adapted If you want to keep the original references hold down the ALT key while moving 55 ESKO oss 4 6 Rotate a signature Note The signature is by default positioned in the center of the sheet with a rotation angle of 0 To modify the rotation of a signature 1 In the Sheet List View mode select the sheet s whose signature s you want to rotate 2 Click right and select Signature Properties from the pop up menu e Select Properties gt Signature from the Imposition menu The Signat
101. ne of the radio buttons to set pre stored guidelines automatically Fastlmpose EN DX ud d d Note You can store the values for a reference area by moving the cursor over the button and holding the left mouse button down for more then three seconds After three seconds the button turns purple and you here a beep Go to Contour mode by clicking the lt icon in the Selector toolbar at the bottom of the screen 4 Click the frame consisting of trim box and guidelines and position it in relation to the contents of the page Area of Interest workflow 1 Go to the Page View mode 2 Click right and select Page Properties from the pop up menu 3 Go to the Adjust tab 4 Define an area of interest in the top part of the adjust tab This area will be used to position the page in relation to the trim box o Position the area of interest in relation to the unfinished page e ndicate the anchor or reference point that must be taken into account when positioning the file e Specify the object from the From list in relation to which you want to position the file e Give the area of interest an offset if necessary 9 11 2 Apply adjustments to multiple pages It is possible to apply the adjustments you made to multiple pages at the same time The second part of the Adjust toolbar allows you to indicate to what pages your changes should be applied Caution The radio buttons right underneath the adjust settings box do not only
102. ng 3 can be omitted but only if the second digit is not 3 To build the correct HRI bar code use one of the following models e 3 l 8 3 digits 6 digits check character 3 8XXX XXXXXX C e 3 9 4 digits 5 digits check character 3 9XXXX XXXXX C 12 14 12 HIBC 39 and HIBC 128 HIBC stands for Health Industry Bar Code AT123BACD 6ET16 To build the correct HIBC bar code use one of the following models Caution Letters must be upper case e 4 12 digits EAN 13 without check character 1 digit unit of measure identifier check character XXXXXXXXXXXX C e 11 digits UPC or HRI without check character 1 digit unit of measure identifier check character XXXXXXXXXXX C e 1 letter 5 to 17 alphanumerical signs check character A Z XXXX X C e l l 5 digits 1 to 14 alohanumerical signs check character XXXXX Y C e ety 1 to 14 alphanumerical signs check character Y C 12 14 13 PDF 417 PDF 417 is a high density code two dimensional bar code consisting essentially of stacked lower bar code sets This symbology is able to encode all the ASCII table characters 255 The PDF417 Generator generates a 2 dimensional bar code The PDF417 bar code can encode up to 1800 characters but the actual
103. nlinking of books can be done also by hand by selecting Link Unlink Book from the Imposition menu or from right click pop up menu of the Assembly Details group Note Only one level hierarchy of linked books is supported That means that a master book cannot have its own master and that a slave book cannot function as a master for other books 123 Jy eskoo 124 Fastlmpose Note Some actions are not allowed on a linked book The corresponding menu items are disabled when one of the linked books are active Should you perform a prohibited operation you will be notified by a message in the Info box and the operation will be canceled Tip It is not necessary for all linked books to have the same number of pages however it is a good idea not to have a slave with more pages than master Fastlmpose 11 Web related tasks There is only one web related task in FASTIMPOSE 2 3 The Multiweb task is useful when you have web presses with different levels since it allows you to use one signature for a job that contains different levels It is the signature itself that contains a specified number of levels To create a multiweb signature enter the desired number of webs in the Create Signature window and click Create Create Signature X HM ame web 1 rec 1s Zw Browse Type Normal Rows 1 H Columns 2 4 Sections 1 2 webs 2 Ok Cancel The Signature Properties window appears web 1r
104. ns you opt for a normal come and go 71 Fastlmpose The sections will be numbered as follows In this case no renumbering is required as the number of book sections is 3 sheets 2 signature sections 6 5 sections symmetric come and go If you specify 5 sections you choose for symmetric come and go The sections will be distributed as follows Sections The sections will be numbered as follows 12 Fastlmpose The number of book sections in this example is 3 sheets 2 signature sections 1 5 As two sections are given the same number 1 section should be deducted of the overall number 4 sections If you specify 4 sections you choose for asymmetric come and go After finishing the wizard two linked books are created Linked books have the advantage that you can transparently work on master level and that all relevant changes are propaged the auxiliary second book which is linked to the master Please refer to the chapter on linked books for more information The sections will be distributed as follows Sections X Printgroup Signature Section 1 O8pag 24 4H Double A 171 Section 1 of Book 1 B 4 1 Section 4 of Book 1 2 8pag 2Vv4H Daouble A 721 Section 2 of Book 1 T B 3 2 Section 3 af Book 2 3 O8pag 2v 4H Double A 3 1 Section 3 af Book 1 B 2 2 Section 2 of Book 2 13 Fastlmpose A1 1 A2 1 B4 2 B3 2 B2 2 Note The default assemb
105. nt to change the marks on one or some particular pages adapt the pages of the Front and or Back Pages of which the marks differ from those of the Master appear in blue Click the symbol m to make the page identical to the Master 47 ESKO oss Numbers Trim Fold Bleed Bottling Montage Master Note If you change marks on the Front the Back will automatically be adapted This is not the case if you change marks on the Back 5 In the Bottling tab click the corner you want to apply bottling to The little black square indicates your selection In the angle field enter the appropriate degree Numbers Trim Fold Bleed Bottling Montage Back h ad e Frant For more information on bottling we refer to the chapter Apply bottling 6 For an explication of the Montage tab sheet we refer to the Montage chapter 4 1 3 Save as signature template The Save as signature template dialog makes it possible to store the newly created signature used in the imposition job Give the template a unique name and hit the Save button 48 Save as signature template E Save In E Templates t Fe a My Recent Documents Desktop My Documents hu Computer Mu Network E DBpag 1V4H sig DBpag 1V4H 1 sig E Spag 1V4H new sig Ed O8pag 2 2H sig E OSpag 2 2H_bot sig El 08pag 2Y4H Double sig 12pag 1V6H sig Ed 12pag 1V6H 1 sig 12pag 2V3H sig Ed 12pag 2v3H 1
106. ntly used bar code types with their symbology e Code 39 e Code 128 e DATAMATRIX e EAN 8 e EAN 13 e UPC A e UPC E e UPC SCS e 20f5 e Codabar e NDC and HRI e HIBC 39 and HIBC 128 e PDF 417 e RCC9 Lehner e ASIR Code e ISBN e Scope Plate ID 12 14 1 Code 39 The name Code 39 is derived from the code structure used for this bar code 3 wide elements out of a total of 9 elements where an element is the area occupied by a bar or a space l1z345ABCDE So 1 digit is always encoded as 9 elements of which 3 are wide and 6 are narrow Fastlmpose allows to specify this bar code using 3 parameters e the width of a narrow element e the ratio of size of wide elements to the size of narrow elements e the number of characters per inch mm Knowing that 1 character 3 wide 6 narrow one can immediately see that these parameters are linked An operator just has to enter 2 of these parameters depending on what his customer specifies the 3rd one is calculated by Fastlmpose The Code 39 character set includes the digits 0 9 the letters A Z upper case only and the following symbols space minus plus period dollar sign slash and percent 96 A special start 153 ir Skoo Fastlmpose stop character is placed at the beginning and end of each bar code The bar code may be of any length although more than 25 characters really begins to push the bounds 12 14 2 Code 128 Code 128
107. number of encoded characters depends on the available space printing scanning technology and the encoded text The output image is made of cells organized in rows and columns EUM Me rd 158 Fastlmpose Type PD F417 T Code t Element Size Dimensions Element width 0 3 mm Columns 1o Element Height 0 8 mm Rows fo Options Truncated PDF v Text compact allowed Initialize Alpha v Numeric comp allowed Error detection and correction Error correction level 0 8 fo Automatic Element sizeElement Width minimum width of the element bar in mm Element Height height of the element bar in mm OMA A A A A te A a RR MM PE PER UP UE rows Be MERE NIME EM REM i DimensionsRows Vertical number of bars Note The total height of the bar code is Element Height x Rows Columns Horizontal number of cells letter c A cell is a group of elements Each cell consists of 17 x the element width 0 5 10 15 bnbl a Dimensions pe 5 B nm d h i Ih 159 12 ESKOOG 160 Fastlmpose Note The total length of the bar code is 17 x Element Width x Columns 4 Where 4 stands for 4 extra cells a b d and e added at the beginning and end of each bar code e a Start pattern e b Left row indicator e d Right row indicator e e Stop pattern These 4 columns are used for synchronization and do not contain data c Number of columns encoded data
108. o RENE DNO rU mae ro OPERE Onus 95 mca eoo cr C 96 SST Via NE WA TEE 96 8 3 2 Via Finished Page Properties eene enne 97 9 Page related Tas KS oo eus deat andis UMORE ERIS Up MI aab M REIN UU DAMM EUN UM RUM UM M MEN 98 9 1 Page WOM Mode ER S omm 98 9 2 View the Page LIS E 99 9 3 Add pages to the Page Gallery sss sese emen mener 100 9 4 Drag pages Into tne Page EIST a uccisi eguciatedittatin escrita ede tabe tia ratito rubus Ea 101 Se avccie E cai c NO m 101 290 mporn anad expor e MINE TT Um 103 SXCMEG p ge fil format CC 103 9 6 2 Changes compared to Impose 4 0 0 sss eene nennen 104 9 7 Drop a page on a blank SNE ccc cee enne mne nen 105 9 8 Select single pages from a spread sss eee meme 107 9 9 Reverse pages in the Page Gallery mener 107 Contents 9 10 Modity Page PIoDpSFtleS uet eet ner quaa th t mper aan meld qued d Quid Mtn DM dM EUM Ud 108 SION o c A MM 108 910 2 Botaliom and Scale faber team bo ong ditate cub A dta id 109 9 10 3 PACS AAI bs ede OH BUD Po ted e used Noua etr ptor danda besa RU b och dott ub uo v av obtu Meal 109 SUN AOS E VAG SS UU Lu D LI LUDUM nM HET 110 9 1121 Adjust a single ACS ate ect ttt aiio trit eig cote p in aM le eet et ocius 110 9 11 2 Apply adjustments to multiple pages sse nennen
109. o use this feature Use this when you already have certain sections prepared in other impositions For example if you have the cover section 1 and another section section 4 already imposed in another imposition file you will only want to include sections 2 3 5 and 6 in the file you are now working on To make this visible you will assign these section new section IDs Also in this scenario you will want to make sure that the collating marks on the sections are shifted to reflect their proper position in your final imposition In other words the collating index must match the section ID Normally the first section in your Fastlmpose file receives the section 1 collating mark at the top of the sheet and with the text 1 However because we already have first section imposed elsewhere we will have to shift the collating mark for the first section in the imposition to the second position as shown below Gegin 2 Colatingincex 3 Section 1 Colianinglndex 2 Section 4 Coliatingindex 6 To shift sections you have to e Assign the correct section IDs to the sections that need to be shifted and e Modify the collating mark properties to use the collating index SmartName 5 9 1 Change the section ID As a first step towards shifting sections you have to assign the correct section ID in this case the new section number to the sections in your document 78 Fastlmpose 1 Double click the section you want
110. ode marks 152 Bar codes are just the visible part of often quite large systems frequently referred to as automated identification systems which are increasingly proving to be some of the most cost effective management tools enabling organizations to keep track of their goods and stocks in all kinds of situations in a fast accurate and efficient way The Bar Code dialog consists basically of two parts You select a Bar Code type from the dropdown list select an orientation and you define the bar code in the part of the dialog which changes according to the kind of bar code you ve chosen 1 Select the type of bar code you need 2 Four different methods can be used to enter the bar code a Enter the appropriate digits characters or symbols that are allowed for the type of bar code you selected b Use the SmartName options c Use parts of the SmartName options by using the Function option d Use a combination of the three possibilities mentioned above Note The liberty of combining the methods mentioned above depends on the symbology of the bar code selected Note When entering an incorrect number of digits or incorrect begin or end digits the system will display a warning message This is an example of a Code 39 bar code with the following code upcase jobname0 gt 12 BARCODETYPES 12 46 ABOT upcase lt impoper gt astImpose What you find below is an enumeration of the most freque
111. ontal Offset 5 000 mm From Signature siotF ien Anchor m 2 n Vertical Offset 5 000 mm From TopGripper Anchor e Position allows you to shift the page in relation to the object selected For horizontal positioning choose between Plate Plate Margin Paper or Signature and select Center Left or Right from the second dropdown list For vertical positioning four extra options are added to the above list BottomGripper BottomGripper Margin TopGripper TopGripper Margin e Anchor Indicate which point of the object will function as reference point for the items selected from the From lists The Add Signature dialog will also appear in Wizard Step 1 of the Imposition Wizard Menu bar Click Imposition gt Add Signature Sheet List View Right click a selected sheet or the Master if you want to apply the new signature to all sheets in the Preview pane gt Add Signature Sheet List View Right click the sheet in the Sheet Details pane gt Add Signature Sheet View Right click a sheet gt Add Signature In the Sheet List View mode Preview pane vs Sheet Details pane There are two ways of adding a signature via the Preview pane 1 Right click the e Master if you want to add the signature to all sheets or print groups of the imposition 58 Fastlmpose UN e Print group on which you want to add an extra signature e Sheet on which you want to add an extra signature an
112. option available 3 Select the mark whose properties you want to modify List Marks Of this page x D Properties Remove EIE OF Apply ta all pages Heset Cancel 4 Hit the Properties button The Properties window of the selected mark will appear Color Properties X General Position Colors and Lines Description Colored Logo Location FiledCircle_cmykp Browse Orientation In E v Quadding Horizontal Center Vertical Center DK Cancel Save as default 12 Add Assembly Marks oee the Add Plate Marks chapter for more explanation 143 12 astImpose 12 6 Modity Assembly Mark properties 1 Right click the Assembly Details pane in the Sheet List View mode e Go to the Imposition menu 2 Select Assembly Properties or Properties gt Assembly gt Of all books On this book The Assembly window will appear Assembly Properties Of all books X Template perfectbound Browse Type Fertect Bound Parks Rectangle Assembly Test E Reload OF Cancel Reset 3 Click Edit to open the Assembly dialog 4 Hit the Marks button and the Assembly Marks window appear Assembly 5 Binding Marks Duplicate Add Properties Remove i L ancel 5 Select the mark whose properties you want to modify 6 Hit the Properties button The Properties window of the selected mark will appear 144 Fas
113. orary Files lc SDOCUME7T S amp BDT 71 BARSLOCALS Browse 1 8 Shuttle Shuttle allows to submit the current job to a workflow queue and to monitor jobs running on the server In PackAdge you can only submit to the Automation Engine 10 server to which the application is connected using the preferences dialog All Shuttle functionality can be found in File gt Launch Workflow and Windows gt Shuttle A full explanation on Shuttle can be found in the Shuttle documentation available on the EskoArtwork Documentation DVD 21 ESKOS Fastlmpose 2 Create an imposition There are three possible ways of creating an imposition First of all you can use the Imposition Wizard which will help you to create a basic imposition in four simple steps Secondly you can start from a blank imposition and personalize your settings afterwards A third way is to start from an imposition template which you previously saved This chapter contains the following topics 1 Create an imposition 2 Create an oriental imposition 3 Start from a Blank Imposition 4 First View Sheet List View mode 2 Create an imposition An imposition can be created in a number of ways This chapter explains the possible workflows This chapter contains the following topics e ntroduction e Use the imposition wizard 2 1 1 Introduction 22 There are three ways of creating a new imposition Either you work with the Imposition Wizard or you start from
114. osition gt Insert Sheet s 6 4 Copy and Paste sheets Follow the instructions below to copy or paste sheets in the Preview pane of the Sheet List View mode 1 Select the sheet that you want to copy 2 Select Copy from the Edit menu Hit the Copy icon 2 in the Standard toolbar e Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl c e Click right and select Copy from the pop up menu Sheet List Master 1 2 oo sheet oo 3 of sheet3 En 4 x sheetd ie Paste Eal Paste Many 3 Select the sheet after which you want paste the copied sheet 83 Fastlmpose Sheet List w Master w sheet w sheet y sheet3 Sheet List v sheetd Be M w Master 1 of sheet 2 ow sheet 3 of sheets 4 5 Copy 2 of sheet 4 e Click right and select Paste from the pop up menu e Select Paste from the Edit menu Hit the Paste icons in the Standard toolbar e Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl v The copied sheet pops up after the selected sheet 6 5 Rename sheets When creating an imposition a list of sheets or print groups appears in the Sheet List View mode You can at all times rename this enumeration of sheets Follow the steps below 1 Select the sheet that you want to rename 2 Click left twice but do not double click e Click right and select Rename from the pop up menu The current sheet name will appear in an input box You are now able to give the sheet a more specific name Shee
115. ottling C x Angle deg 0 000 e n the Bottling tab you can click the corner where you want to apply bottling and enter the appropriate degree in the input box General Montage Marks Bottling E i Angle 0 000 deq e The Marks tab can be limited or extended in functionality depending on whether you add a signature or individual pages e f you use signatures you will only be able to specify the dimensions of the marks length width and offset e fyouaddunfinished pages manually you will also be able to decide what mark should appear When a mark is white it will not be printed Click the mark if you want it to appear on the printout and it will turn black and vice versa 90 Fastlmpose El Montage Marks Trim Marks mu width 0 200 Length Offset l Fold Marks Width 0 200 B O E Offset pon Bleed Marks E I Width 0 200 Length 3 000 Offset 2 000 C Note If you modify the unfinished page properties on local level an icon will appear in the Preview pane of the Sheet List View mode 5 This icon indicates that the properties of this specific page differ from those of the Master Note If you modify the properties of the Master all underlying levels which have not yet been changed locally will automatically take the new values Levels that had already been changed locally will keep their local values
116. ou enabled the option Both the other pages take their new position symmetrical to the center line 4 7 4 Work amp Turn 60 If you created a single sided sheet and selected the Turn option in the Sheet Properties window the sheet will be printed using the Turn layout Note In Fastlmpose v1 0 you had to create a new signature and distribute page numbers for the front leaving the back empty Since Fastlmpose v2 0 you can use any signature template to create single sided impositions The way the front and back are positioned on the sheet will be influenced by the turn or tumble option selected in the Sheet Properties window Page numbers for front and back will be adjusted automatically Let s assume you created an imposition consisting of 64 pages 4 sheets with a 16 page signature After finishing the Wizard you may wish to turn the last sheet into a single sided sheet containing a 8 page signature as your job consists of only 56 pages in total This is what you see in the Sheet Preview pane when the last sheet is selected 15pag 2V 4H Front 4 45 64 Follow the steps below to modify the signature and sheet properties and come to the desired result 1 Select the sheet click right and select Apply signature from the pop up menu 2 Select the correct signature from the list and click OK 3 Select the sheet a second time to consult its Sheet Properties 4 Change the work style to single sided 5 Select the Work
117. p elements and marks are each added to a separate layer This allows you to easily select modify view and output those elements separately 1 T Open the Layer Gallery by clicking the icon in the Selector toolbar at the bottom of the screen The Layer Gallery will pop up Layer Gallery X E ench amp limages Create a new layer by clicking this icon Note e Anew pages layer automatically creates a new page list e A new layer appears on top of the selected layer It is however not possible to create a layer on top of the trimboxes or marks layer The order of all underlying layers can be changed by dragging them to their correct position 3 Enter the name of the new layer Layer Gallery E x 4 Select the layer to which you want to add pages in the Layer Gallery or in the Layer Selector Each layer can be marked by the following elements The eye has to do with visualization When a layer is marked with an eye each element of the layer will be visible on the screen Oppositely the absence of the eye indicates that the layer is not visible When a layer is marked with a lock m elements of that layer cannot be modified Oppositely the absence of the lock indicates that each element of the layer can freely be selected and altered 42 Fastlmpose When you expose the file in Automation Engine you have the opportunity to select which layer to expose Caution When using layers please make
118. pages on the left hand side This effect is called shingling Configuration inner creep offset methiod No Shingling no gripper or gripper in the center Left Shingling gripper on the left side page Right Shingling gripper on the right side page 94 Fastlmpose ES o Finished Page related tasks e Modify trimmed pages e Specify text box dimensions e Specify foldout dimensions 8 1 Modity trimmed page dimensions The Finished Page Properties window allows you to easily modify the dimensions of the trimmed page 1 In the Sheet View mode select the pages of which you want to modify the dimensions of the trim box 2 Click right and select Finished Page Properties from the pop up menu e Select Properties gt Finished Page from the Imposition menu 3 Enter the new values in the Width and Height input boxes Finished Page Properties Of this pa je X Width 210 000 Testbas Height 287 000 OF Cancel Apply Reset 8 2 Specify text box dimensions Click the Textbox button to specify the size of the text box The text box will help you later to adjust an incoming page in the Page View mode Enter the text width and height and the values for head and back Ix 1 Text Width 204 000 2 Text Height 287 000 3 Text Head 5 000 4 Text Back 3 000 ES 95 ESKO06 paap 83 3 Foldout Sizes The Foldout sizes dialog allows you to spec
119. plied to that specific page in the imposition job e Borders indicates the width and height of the original file e Bleed indicates the amount of bleed present in the file e nks shows a list of all inks as they appear in the file For each type of ink a color swatch appears as well as the name of the ink the lineature in lines per inch the angle in degrees and additional information on dots group and type of ink 9 10 2 Rotation and Scale tab The Rotation and Scale tab sheet is designed to check the position of an incoming page If the area is not correct you can easily change this by using the Area of Interest tool which you can find in the Interactive bar of the Page View Mode File Rotation and Scale Adjust Page Scaling Horizontal i 00 000 Vertical i 00 000 width 203 303 Height 287 038 Page Orientation FEE e Page Orientation indicates the current rotation of the page and allows you to rotate an incoming page that has not been oriented correctly e Page Scaling allows you to scale a page Indicate the scaling percentage and the equivalent in millimeters will automatically be adapted Tip Switch between millimeters and inches via Tools gt Options gt General gt Units and select the appropriate unit from the list 9 10 3 Adjust tab The Adjust tab contains the parameters for positioning the file in the job It allows you to define an area of interest and position the page cor
120. position and the size of it The content consists of a semi proportional view of the signatures on a sheet with an indication of page numbers page sizes etc The Sheet Reports bring two important benefits Firstly they allow an external check of the imposition parameters by somebody who has no access to Fastlmpose Errors such as wrong inks being used trims being too small or too large all sorts of sizes being wrong etc can be easily detected by a customer service representative Secondly the reports offer an easy way to communicate the same information from prepress to the press room and the finishing room in a human readable fashion Using report templates Fastlmpose comes with a number of report templates for both PDF and GRS modes An arbitrary single PDF GRS file can be used as a report template but you can also make your own templates by manually creating rectangles and other objects in PackEdge These special objects like e g Named Objects and Text marks can be created in the report template but will be searched and handled by Fastlmpose separately e The rectangle with annotation Object Name in PackEdge report area defines the rectangle area where the sheet schematic diagram directly generated by Fastlmpose will be placed and scaled too It is possible to have both sides of one sheet at one side of a printed report To achieve this simply create two rectangles instead of one and name them report area f for front side
121. r Bar Side Guide Sheet rest CP C A zL linkg FC AR zLb rechtz sizez P LatelDi 1 FP arelbI z2 FlatelD New E dit Paper Sizes Work Style b width 800 000 7 Height 753 000 Sheetwise Single Sided Flatwork Report Template same for all sheets pr_templdynamic_text pdt ka Browse POF repart template 2374210 with amp dynamic objects New Edit Cancel Back Mes Finish Click the Edit button to find more properties of the selected template plate size the way of backing up marks attatched to the plate type of press to be used sheet fed or web fed paper size and position MC EE ox ue c xem position of the gripper Dimensions Marks e Sheetfed eet fe ay C web ted Gripper 5 Marain fi 2 000 Paper Position 5 3 Offset 31 O00 4 Offset a 0 000 Plate Sizes Er 1 1 width f 030 000 2 Height 790 000 Paper Sizes wid 0 000 7 Height 0 000 Save in template Backing up 2 e Fac Uy 31 ESKO oss Press the Reload button if you want to return to the plate template s original features and values that are stored on the hard disk of your computer Select a report template from the dropdown list A Sheet Report shows an imposition sheet by sheet in a customizable schematic view For more information please refer to the chapter on Reports templates oave a
122. rameters You can use personalized parameters in the Montage Definition list after having entered their names and values in the parameters list Signature Properties O4pag 1 27H a X Mumbers Trim Fold Bleed Bottling Montage sides C Front C Use system defined montage definition r Bed C Use gutters Bath f Use my own montage definition V Shadow from front Master v Transparent view Montage Definition 1 VPAGEsHEAD FOOT 2 HPAGE BACK FRONT 3D T S HERDBLEED S BACKSACKBLEED T FOOTREED S FRONTBLEED E Cancel 1 Click the Parameters button to enter the Parameters window This window is designed to set your own parameters but now you will only see the standard parameters TT x HEAD oo H FOOT ron A BACK roo zd FRONT 4 000 E BLEED 2 000 EX BALEBLEED 2 000 Ex Add Remove OF Cancel 63 ESKO oss 2 Click Add and enter a new parameter name x Name Add Cancel Perform this action as many times as you need parameters You will see that the new parameters are added to the parameters list Their values are still set to zero 3 In the Parameters window enter the correct values for the newly added parameters 4 Click OK You will now return to the Montage tab sheet 5 Replace the default parameters in the Montage Definition with your own parameters Montage Definition 1 VPAGE HEAD FOOT 2 HPAGE BACK FRONT
123. re 00000 00099 100 numbers e fthelast2 digits in the manufacturer s number are 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 or 90 the valid product code numbers are 00000 00009 10 numbers e f the manufacturer s number does not end in zero the valid product code numbers are 00005 00009 5 numbers 425261 4 To build the correct UPC E bar code use the following model e l O l 6 digits check character 0 XXXXXX C e 0O 10 digits check character O XXXXXXXXXX C Only for codes that can be represented in UPC E Note The leading 0 can be omitted but only if the second is not a 0 However six digits only is always unambiguous and therefore allowed 12 14 8 UPC SCS 156 UPC SCS stands for UPC Shipping Container Symbol The UPC Shipping Container Symbol is a numerical bar code with a unique start character and a unique stop character The first digit is an assortment indicator and should always be 1 or O It is 1 when the UPC code on the case and on the individual items inside the case are the same It is 0 when the UPC code on the case and on the individual items inside the case are different astImpose To build the correct UPC SCS bar code use the following model e O or 1 0 11 digits check character 0 1 OXXXXXXXXXXX C 12 14 9 2 of 5 Standard 2 of 5 is a self checking numeric only bar code The sym
124. rectly in relation to the area of interest 109 I eskoc oss File Rotation and Scale Adjust Area OF Interest Borders C This area inside the borders Top o V ith o Left fo Height o Place the area of interest in the unfinished page Horizontal 0 000 rnm From TrimBos Center Vertical o oo mm From TrimBos Center Anchor Area of Interest To define the area of interest either e select Borders if you want to use the borders of the file or e specify an area of interest in relation to the borders of the file Position place the area of interest in the un finished page in relation to object selected from the From lists Anchor indicate which point of the object will function as reference point for the items selected from the From lists If you select the top left anchor and enter 0 mm horizontally from TextBox Left and 0 mm vertically from TextBox Head then the signature will be positioned exactly along the top left edge of the text box you defined 9 11 Adjust pages 9 11 1 Adjust a single page 110 Two possible workflows can be followed to position a page correctly 1 create guidelines and use them to position the frame on the contents of the file 2 determine an area of interest and position the area in relation to the unfinished page Guidelines workflow 1 Go to the Page View mode 2 Use the guidelines tool to create guidelines that are attached to the trimbox Select o
125. reep offset but has an impact on the scale factor Enter the width and height of the Finished page Click Foldouts to open the Foldout Sizes window and specify the width of the foldouts used in your imposition job The default size of a foldout equals the size of the page the foldout is attached to minus two millimeters For more information on foldouts we refer to the following chapters Add foldouts to a signature Add or Remove foldouts and Change foldout sizes Foldout Sizes l X Specify page widths in case of Foldauts IF You only use foldouts consisting of two panels then you only have to specify beo widths ral hovel OF Cancel 6 Click the Textbox button to open the Textbox window and specify the text width and height and the values for head and back that should be taken into consideration The textbox may help you to adjust an incoming page in the Page View mode Ix L bS 1 Test width 10 000 2 Text Height 0 000 3 Text Head 0 000 4 Text Back 0 000 d Press Next to go to the fourth step of the Imposition Wizard Fastlmpose otep 4 Plate Properties window In this window you can set the sheet properties for the Master level of the imposition Select a plate plate template from the dropdown list and all settings will be adapted automatically Imposition Wizard Step 4 of 4 x Plate Template ost O2 4C Tumble Browse W30 0e730 0 PTarks colo
126. rom the dropdown list are those that are in the templates folder specified in the Configuration dialog e New Hit the New button to create a new signature e Edit Hit Edit to make adaptations to an existing signature e Reload Even after having modified a signature it remains possible to return to the signature s original features and values that are stored on the hard disk of your computer Click the Reload button e Signature sides e Front the front of the signature is displayed on the front of the sheet e Back the front of the signature is displayed on the back of the sheet e Both single sided both sides of the signature are displayed on the front of the sheet Note Selecting Both implies that you cannot allocate extra signatures to the back of the sheet Once you enabled the option Both no signatures with the option Front or Back can be added to the sheet Conversely it is also impossible to add a signature with the option Both to a sheet that already contains a signature for which the Front or Back option is enabled of ESKO oss Note Selecting Both is only possible when the Sheet Properties are set to Single Sided or Flatwork e Rotate allows you to rotate an incoming page that has not been oriented correctly The Position tab offers you the possibility to position the signature in relation to the object selected from the dropdown list Signature Position Horiz
127. rove its functionality when composing e g a flip over book This is a book that contains two major separate parts e g stories When flipping over the book you will find the back cover being the front cover of the second part Perform these steps to reverse the pages 1 Select a file in the Page Gallery 2 Gain access to the separate pages by selecting the file and clicking the split pages th icon e right clicking the file and selecting Split 3 In the Page Gallery window select the pages of which you want to invert the range and click Range The pages will be listed anew starting with the highest page number and finishing with the lowest page number selected Note It is also possible to sort on Name or Layout by clicking the column s head Let s apply this to our flip over book Suppose the book consists of 120 pages The first story covers 50 pages the second 70 In the Page Gallery the pages of the first story will be ranged from 1 to 50 The pages of the second story will be ranged from 70 to 1 and will cover the pages 51 to 120 in the Page List 107 I eskoc oss 9 10 Modify Page Properties If you select one or multiple unfinished pages you can view and modify the properties of the page in the Page Properties window You can open the window in two ways e nthe Imposition menu select Properties Page e Right click a page In the pop up menu select Page Properties You will see three tab sheets Fil
128. s k 3 E Assembly Properties Save as assembly template Exceptions k 4 1 Comments k Creep Bottling Fastlmpose 10 4 Rename book Books can be renamed by double clicking the book tab in the Assembly Details pane If no name is given the default book name Book x will be taken EXMEESI Book 3 Rename book 2 xj Book name inset OF Cancel The Rename book dialog will also appear in Sheet List View Select a book gt click right Rename book Sheet List View Double click the book tab 10 5 Linked books By linking books you can create a master slave relationship between two or more books A master book can have one or more slave linked books which will automatically inherit all relevant changes done to the master book So by propagating all changes performed on master level the slave books will remain synchronized However linked books slaves can have exceptions This type of link exception is bound to specific parameters and means that the value of the parameter is different for slave and master which implies that the value for the slave is not modified when the master s value is changed Asymmetric Coming and Going uses the concept of linked books The wizard automatically creates and links two books which offers you the possibility to work transparently on master level and makes sure all relevant changes are propagated to the auxiliary second book Linking and u
129. s principle is called Multisignature By default FASTIMPOSE positions a signature in the middle of a sheet horizontally as well as vertically You can adjust this any time by simply modifying the signature properties or by repositioning the signature interactively 1 4 4 Sheet A sheet is a piece of paper with a front and a back It is possible to apply a single sided signature to a sheet which implies that the front and back of the signature will appear on the same side of the sheet 1 4 5 Plate Whenever you create an imposition job you will be asked to indicate the type of press you work with Depending on the kind of press sheet fed or web fed the sheets will be positioned on the plate In the case of a web fed press the sheets are by default centered in the middle of the plate If you indicated sheet fed press you will be asked to enter the distance from the border of the sheet to the border of the plate By default this distance is set to 50 mm It goes without saying that you can always modify these settings both for sheet fed and web fed presses Note For sheet fed presses offset Y indicates the distance between the border of the paper and the border of the plate For web fed presses offset Y indicates the distance between the border of the plate and the center of the paper If you enter offset Y 0 then the center of the paper will be positioned on the border of the plate 1 4 6 Print group 12 A print group is the s
130. s template 2 2 Create an oriental imposition Creating an oriental imposition is almost identical to creating a western imposition Two things however are different First of all the oriental signature will have to be created and seconaly the page list has to be made oriental Two simple actions that are explained in the following chapters e Create a signature e Modify the stitching position 2 3 Start from a Blank Imposition If you have a small job of a large circulation you might want to put several copies on one single sheet The best option is to start from a blank imposition and use the Step and Repeat tool to help you to multiply the job in an easy way This chapter explains how to create a blank imposition and provides you with some additional information on how to proceed e Create a blank imposition e Add an unfinished page e Step and repeat 2 3 1 Create a blank imposition 32 1 Activate the New Imposition window by clicking the New Imposition e icon e selecting New from the File menu e using the shortcut Ctrl n 5 Enter a Job Name Mew Imposition Create a new imposition using C Imposition Wizard il C Template Select the Blank Imposition radio button Select the Job Folder in which you want to store the imposition Fastlmpose When you select a Job Folder without specifying a Job Name the name of the Job Folder will be taken as Job Name You will immedia
131. sig E 12pag 3V2H sig 12pag 3V2H 1 sig l2pag 3v2H 2 5ig El 12pag 3V2H 3 sig E 12pag 3v4H Double sig metadata C Impositie Marks _jtmpars Ixlnew sig D2pag 1V1H sig 225 519 esi 2xBenlop sig D4pag 1V2H sig D4pag 1V4H sig esi O4paqg 1 4H Double sig esi O4pag 2 2H_Double sig O4pag 2 4H 2xDouble sig D6pag 1V3H sig E O6pag 1V3H_1 sig It D amp pag 1V3H 2 sig D4pag 1 4H sig File name X EF m E 12pag 3V4H E 16cg4sec sig 1 amp cg sig 16pag 2V4H 2 16pag 2V4H s 16pag 2V4H 1 16pag 2V4H 2 E 16pag 2v4H 16pag 4V1H 2 16pag 4V2H s Ed 16pag 4V2H 1 16pag 4V2H z E 16pag 4V2H 16x16 sig E 24pag 2v amp H 2 H FastImpose ipu Save as type Signature Templates sig Cancel Job Folder None Search Central Directory Templates Save az Default e Save as default When you click Save as default the settings of the template will be used as default settings in the Imposition Wizard e Go to Select the JobFolder for Fastlmpose Server or Folder for Fastlmpose Standalone in which you want to store the template e Templates Clicking the Templates button brings you back to the central templates directory The Save as signature template dialog will also appear in Sheet List View Sheet List View Sheet List View Sheet List View Sheet View oelect one or more sheets in the Preview pane File Save as signature templat
132. ssmueipsesi 5 4 ssecmumispasesp E basic multibdpages p 4 4 Dropping a page on position 1 inserts a page before page 1 new page 1 2 inserts a page between page 1 and 2 new page 2 3 inserts a page between page 1 and 2 new page 2 4 inserts a page between page 2 and 3 new page 3 9 inserts a page between page 2 and 3 new page 3 118 Fastlmpose 1O Assembly related tasks In this chapter you will find how to select the appropriate assembly style This chapter contains the following topics e Change the assembly method e Mixed binding e Add or remove books e Rename books e Linked books 10 1 Change the assembly method At each moment you can change the way the sheets in the imposition job will be assembled It is possible to change the assembly style during the creation of an imposition FASTIMPOSE will then automatically reallocate the page numbers In the Assembly Details pane of the Sheet List View mode you can see how your job will be assembled e g saddle stitched as shown below The Assembly window offers you the possibility to opt for another method of assembly 119 JU eskoo Fastlmpose Bank 1 E E Perfect Bound T2ap Saddle Stitch SerctiiaonE No Binding Advanced Total number of sections 5 Perform the following steps to change the assembly method 1 Go to the Imposition menu and select Properties gt Assembly gt Of all books On this book
133. ste Fig FCI Capabilities Brochure p14 f FCLC X Delete F 16 FCI Capabilities Brochure p 16 Edit L Page Properties d s Finished Page Properties List Marks OF all books ESSET GF this page Make Pages Blank Insert Blank Page Make Pages Empty Split Readerspreads Comments k Folios Adjust Stitching Position k e Select List Marks from the Imposition menu 3 Select on which level you want the mark to appear e The options Of all books On this book On this page appear if you selected one or more pages e Of all books is the only option if you didn t select pages The Page Marks window will appear 138 astImpose List Marks Df all books x Duplicate ree Remove Remove ve OF Apply to all pages Reset Cancel 4 Click Add to open the Marks window which contains an enumeration of all marks that you can add st istration l IG iler ette ease eed oe S Cancel 5 Select the desired mark 6 Click OK in the Marks window The selected mark will now appear in the Plate Marks window 7 Click OK in the Page Marks window 12 5 2 In the Page View mode In the Page View mode two methods can be applied to add page marks e via the Marks window e via the Marks toolbar Note The position of the mark can be adjusted by e left clicking the mark and dragging it to its correct position e changing the position in its Properties window For more informa
134. sure that the background layer is always the bottom layer This to avoid incorrect output when working with variants in Automation Engine 3 8 Copy or Remove a layer Follow this procedure to copy a layer 1 Fa Open the Layer Gallery by clicking the icon in the Selector toolbar 2 Select the layer you want to copy 3 Click the copy icon ir to add a new layer as a copy of the selected layer The copied layer will appear on top of the original layer Layer Gallery X Note e Anew pages layer automatically creates a new page list e The new layer appears on top of the copied layer It is not possible to copy the trimboxes or marks layer The order of all underlying layers can be changed by dragging them to their correct position Follow this procedure to remove a layer 1 Open the Layer Gallery by clicking the icon in the Selector toolbar 2 Select the layer you want to remove 43 ESKO oss 3 Click the recycle bin 44 Fastlmpose UN A Signature related tasks In this chapter explains all possible signature related actions that you can perform Important in this chapter is the principle of multisignature which allows you to position several signatures on one sheet It is explained in the chapter Add and Remove a Signature This chapter contains the following topics e Apply a signature to a sheet e Create a signature e Replace a signature e Reposition a signature e Group signatures e Ro
135. t Hit Edit to make adaptations to the selected signature e Reload Even after having modified a signature it remains possible to return to the signature s original features and values that are stored on the hard disk of your computer Click the Reload button e Reset When you hit the Reset button the settings of the nearest specified upper level will be applied to the sheet that is being modified If no other local changes have been made the settings of the Master will be applied The Apply Signature dialog also appears in Menu bar Click Imposition Apply Signature Sheet List View Hight click a selected sheet or the Master if you want to apply the new signature to all sheets in the Preview pane Apply Signature Sheet List View Right click the Sheet Details pane gt Signature Properties gt Template and select a new signature from the dropdown list Sheet View Right click gt Apply Signature 4 1 2 Edit unfinished pages The different tabs of the Signature Properties dialog offer you the possibility to modify individual pages of the signature Modify the unfinished pages as explained below 1 Indicate the rotation of the pages by clicking the arrows or the corners of the page e Modify the horizontal rotation of a column by clicking the arrow on top of the unfinished page e Modify the vertical rotation of a row by clicking the arrow on the left of the unfinished page e Modify a page individually by clicking one of its
136. t List w Master 1 ow sheet 3 sheet3 Av w Master 1 ow sheet 2 ow sheet 3 sheet3 4 ovy images 3 Click outside the box to apply the changes Note The Master sheet or print group cannot be renamed 84 Fastlmpose EN 6 6 Modify the sheet layout This section explains how to modify the layout of the sheet moving pages and marks moving signatures copying and pasting pages and marks and so on 6 6 1 Select and deselect design objects For more information on de selecting design objects we refer to the chapter Select or deselect an object 6 6 2 Manipulate objects This is an enumeration of what actions you can perform when manipulating objects e Move objects to another position Select the objects you want to move Place the cursor on one of the selected objects Click hold and drag the mouse to the desired location Release the mouse button The selected objects will move to the new position Note When the selected objects are part of a signature the whole signature moves e Move objects horizontally or vertically Select the objects you want to move Click left and press the Shift key Hold and drag the object to the desired location Release the mouse button The selected objects will then move horizontally or vertically Note When the selected objects are part of a signature the whole signature moves horizontally or vertically e Move objects over a specified distance Select the objects yo
137. tances of the guidelines in reference to the trim box ELI ESI KS Ball Ne Click the radio button under which you want to store the values and hold for at least three seconds You will see that the button turns purple and you will hear a beep indicating that your values are now stored under this button Caution The previous values for this button will be erased Fastlmpose EN To retrieve a set of guidelines click the radio button under which it is stored and the guidelines will appear automatically 9 19 Define an empty page Caution Defining an empty page is only possible if you work with personalized parameters See Use a personal montage definition Perform the following steps to define an empty page 1 Select the signature in which you want to define an empty page 2 Select Properties gt Signature from the Imposition menu e Click right and select Signature Properties from the pop up menu 3 Select the appropriate level The Signature Properties window pops up 4 Go to the Template tab The selected signature appears in the Name field General Position Template Sections D4pag 1 4H Browse Rows 1 Columns i Reload 5 Click Edit The Signature Properties window pops up 6 In the Numbers tab right click the page that you want to make empty and select Empty from the Numbers dialog The empty page will be marked by a cross 113 I eskoc oss Numbers Trim Fold Bleed
138. tate a signature e Add and remove a signature e Modify signature properties e Use a personal montage Definition e Use gutters e Modify the stitching position 4 1 Apply a signature to a sheet When making an imposition you can replace the signature used on a particular sheet by another signature This offers you the possibility to create an imposition consisting of different types of signatures Also see Add and remove a signature To apply a signature to a sheet or a number of sheets select the sheets in the Preview pane of the Sheet List View mode and activate the Apply signature window either by using the menu bar or by clicking the right mouse button 4 1 1 Apply Signature While creating an imposition it is easy to replace the signature used on a particular sheet by another signature This offers you the possibility to create an imposition consisting of different types of signatures The Apply signature dialog shows you a list of signature templates and offers you the possibility to browse to signature templates that are stored locally You can at any time edit existing signatures or create new ones x fi bpag zV 4H ka Browse Rows Columns 4 Edit OF Cancel Apply Heset 45 ESKO oss e Signature template Select an existing signature template from the list or use the Browse button to select a signature that is not stored locally e New Hit the New button to create a new signature e Edi
139. tely enter the Sheet List View mode In the Preview pane left you will see that your imposition job consists of one sheet only The Sheet Details pane top right doesn t show any details yet The Assembly Details pane bottom right shows the words No Binding Je ira m cmm th ie EB F7 n EE EI F p F rrr oa i No binding 33 ESKO oss 2 3 2 Add an Unfinished Page 34 One of the first things we are going to do is adding an unfinished page The unfinished page is the area that covers the trimmed page and the margins 1 Go to the Sheet View mode by e selecting View mode Sheet from the View menu clicking the Sheet View icon 23 in the Selector toolbar e using the shortcut Ctrl 2 default setting 2 Add an Unfinished Page by e selecting Add Unfinished Page from the Imposition menu e right clicking the sheet and selecting Add Unfinished Page from the pop up menu A blank page will pop up at the center of the sheet shert B 3 You can change the properties of the unfinished page by e right clicking the page and selecting Unfinished Page Properties from the pop up menu e selecting Properties gt Unfinished Page gt On the from the Imposition menu 4 Put the unfinished page in the correct position on the sheet e Click left to select and drag the page to its new position e Select the page click right and select Move from the pop up menu The Move window wi
140. template from the list e Browse to an imposition template that is not stored locally 23 ESKOS Esl D6pag 1V3H 2 sig DSpag 1V4H sig DBpag 1V4H 1 sig DOSpag 1V4H new sig DBpag 2V2H sig Look in E Templates amp t e EJ M y Recent Document E 12pag 3V4H E 12pag 3V4H E 1 amp cgdsec sig f 16cg sig 16pag 2V4H 2 Fastlmpose DZpag 1V1H sig DSpag 2V2H bot sig 16pag 2V4H s Desktop Zw2s sig DBpag 2V4H Double sig 16pag 2V4H 1 2xBenlop8 sig 12pag 1V6H sig l6pag 2V4H gt D4pag 1V2H sig 12pag 1V amp H 1 sig 16pag 2V4H 2 i 4pag 1V4H sig 12pag 2V3H sig 16pag 4V1H z My Documents D4pag 1V4H Double sig 12pag 2V3H 1 sig 16pag 4V2H s 4pag 2V2H Dauble sig 12pag 3V2H sig 16pag 4V2H 1 Wr 4pag 2V4H 2xDouble sig 12pag 3V2H 1 sig 16pag 4V2H 2 Mr pem D6pag 1V3H sig l2pag 3V2H 2 sig 16pag 4V2H x 6pag 1V3H 1 sig 12pag 3V2H 3 sig 16x16 sig T OLEUM Filename po Places Files of type Signature Templates sig Cancel Job Folder None Search Central Directory Templates e The Sheet List View mode You ll have an empty job to which you can add pages by selecting Add Unfinished Page or Apply Signature from the Imposition menu 2 1 2 Use the Imposition Wizard This chapter tells you how to create a basic imposition in four simple steps You can navigate through the different wizard dialogs steps by clicking the Back or Next buttons Click the Finish butto
141. ter a horizontal and or vertical offset CS 0x Horizontal 10 000 mm Vertical 5 000 mm UK Cancel Apply e Click Apply followed by OK or click Cancel to exit the Move window without making any changes 12 13 Stretch marks FASTIMPOSE offers you the possibility to attach marks to certain objects on the sheet or page and give them a certain begin and end point The marks are stretched and move along when the coordinates of the object on which they are attached change Note In case of text marks the text will not be scaled Only the size of the bounding box changes Text Properties X General Position Colors and Lines Test Horizontal Begin And End Point Offset 1 5 000 mm Fram Trimbos sigiF row Center Offset 2 E 0 000 mm From Trimbos siglF row Left Vertical Begin And End Point T Offset 1 5 000 mm From Bleed Box siglF call Center Offset 2 1 0 000 rm From Bleed Bos siglF cal Top DK Cancel Save as Default 151 12 ESKOOG Fastlmpose Place a mark and consult its properties window In the Position tab select Begin And End Point from the dropdown list s Select an object from the From list relative to which you want to position the mark Select the exact position relative to a signature column row or border side Give the appropriate offset 0O AOON 12 14 Create bar c
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143. that consist of multiple sections This chapter contains the following topics e Multisection e Modify section numbers e Shift sections 5 1 Multisection FASTIMPOSE offers you the possibility to create an imposition job in which you use signatures that contain multiple sections Before creating a similar imposition there are a number of questions you have to ask yourself e How many sections do want the signature to contain e How do I want the sections to be oriented Heads facing each other feet facing each other of heads facing feet e How do I want the assembly sections to be assigned to the signature See production styles below 5 1 1 Procedure One way of creating a multisection imposition is using the imposition wizard in which you select a mutisection signature from the list You can however also easily create a new signature with multiple sections Via the Imposition Wizard Follow this procedure to use a multisection signature 1 Select File gt New 2 Inthe New Imposition window enable Imposition Wizard toggle Enter a Job Name and click OK 3 In the first Window of the Imposition Wizard select a signature with different sections from the list or create a new signature as explained above in the section Create a signature 67 s Fastlmpose Imposition Wizard Step 1 of 4 A2 a3 Specify the number of sheets you re going to produce 2 a T Select the type of signature you want to use
144. the number of sections Decide on the type of signature you want to use e Select an existing signature from the list or click Browse to use a signature that is not stored locally e Click New to create a new signature The Create New Signature window will open Create Signature Em Browse Stitching 8 il Type Normal Flows Columns 1 Sechons 1 D x D x Webs e Click Modify to view or edit an existing signature 25 ESKO oss 26 O8pag 2 2H xX Mumbers Trim Fold Bleed Bottling Montage sides C Front Front r Back 4p 4 Shadow fram front E L Back z h JH w Transparent view ae E 3 f UV Optimize OF Cancel Note Although FASTIMPOSE offers the possibility to position multiple signatures on one sheet it is not possible to do so immediately via the Imposition Wizard You can add extra signatures afterwards via the Add Signatures window Note All signatures chosen will by default be positioned in the center of the sheet No rotation will be given Change the position and rotation of the signature via the Signature Properties window Note Signatures are automatically attributed a recto and a verso side If you want to obtain a single sided or flatwork imposition you can still change this afterwards via the Sheet Properties window 3 Click Next step 2 Assembly window Select an Assemb
145. thod of changing sections via the Assign Sections window is very simple 1 Select a sheet or print group in the Sheet Details pane Sheet List View Click right and select Assign Sections from the list 2 3 The Assign Sections window pops up indicating the selected section in blue 4 Select a new section which will turn blue 5 Click OK Assign Section xj Cancel 76 Fastlmpose Caution Make sure that you don t assign one section number to two signatures with a different number of pages If so a red cross will appear in Assembly Details pane of the Sheet List View mode next to the sheet that has not been assigned To avoid this select all sheets in the Preview pane click right and select Section Numbers from the pop up menu In the Sections window you immediately see which sections have been assigned twice and which have not been assigned yet 5 2 3 Via Section Numbers An example will help us to explain why the number of sections that FASTIMPOSE generates is sometimes incorrect and how we can change it Let s assume we want to make an 80 page job using a 32 page signature containing two sections This job will require three sheets But for creating an 80 page job we only need five sections and not six Suppose we d like to use the come and go method and decide that the third sheet should contain the third section twice we will encounter problems since FASTIMPOSE automatically generates six sections
146. tion 1 web lr 2c 1s 2w 1 web 1r zc 1s 2w 2 3 web lr 2c 1s 2w 4 web 1r 2c 1s zw For more information about changing sections we refer to the chapter on Section Numbers in the FASTIMPOSE Reference Manual astImpose 12 Mlark related tasks In this chapter you will find how to use page and plate marks apply alternative folios and create a unique ID on proof and plate This chapter contains the following topics e Add Trim Fold Bleed Marks e Add Plate Marks e Modify Plate Mark properties e Unique ID on proof and plate e Add Page Marks e Modify Page Mark properties e Add Assembly Marks e Modify Assembly Mark properties e Alternative Folios e Add inks to the color list e Apply Plate Marks on Master level e Reposition a mark e Stretch marks e Create bar code marks 12 1 Add Irim Fold Bleed Marks While creating an imposition via the Wizard you were able to indicate the width length and offset of the marks but you could not decide where exactly they had to appear This does not mean that you can t change their position anymore The next paragraph explains how to add or remove marks on a particular page Perform the following steps to add or remove marks on a particular page 1 In the Sheet View mode select the signature 2 Click right and select Signature Properties from the pop up menu 3 Go to the Template tab sheet General Position Template Sections D4pag 1 4H Browse Rowe
147. tion on how to access the Properties windows we refer to the Modify Page Mark Properties chapter Via the Marks window Perform the steps below to add a mark via the Marks window 1 Click right in the Page View mode e Go to the Imposition menu 2 Select List Marks from the pop up menu 139 IA ESKO Fastlmpose EA Paste Edit Ij Page Properties El Finished Page Properties k k List Marks d OF all books Comments OF this page Exceptions chocolate grs 3 Select on which level you want the mark to appear e Select Of all books if you want the mark to appear on all pages of all books Select On this book if you want the mark to appear on all pages of this book e Select On this page if you want the mark to appear only on this page The Page Marks window will appear List Marks Df all books x Duplicate ree Remove Remove OF Apply to all pages Reset Cancel 4 Click Add to open the Marks window which contains an enumeration of all marks that you can add neg istration Cancel 5 Select the desired mark 6 Click OK in the Add Marks window The selected mark will now appear in the Plate Marks window 140 12 6 astImpose 7 Click OK in the Plate Marks window Via the Marks toolbar Perform the steps below to add a mark using the Marks toolbar 1 Click the desired mark in the Marks toolbar 2 For the colored logo mark browse to
148. tlmpose Text Properties Collate General Position Colors and Lines Description Assembly Text Text Box width 3 000 mm Resize horizontally ta fit text Height 8 000 mm Resize vertically to fit text booklethnumber 0 0 Ok Cancel Save as default 12 9 Alternative folios In case the book consists of several separate sections like e g a preface epilogue glossary addendum etc it might be useful to work with different folios You can change folios e via Change folios e via SmartNames 12 9 1 Via Change folios On Master level Changing folios on Master level allows you to define folio ranges for the complete page list You can specify as many ranges as necessary You also have the possibility to enter inverse folio ranges typically used for flipovers 1 Right click the Page List and select Folios Of all books from the pop up menu 2 In the Folios window you can specify several folio ranges with prefixes and or suffixes if necessary The Auto extend last range option automatically assigns folios following the last range specified should there be more pages in the Page List than specified in the Folios dialog 145 1 2 S KO X Fastlmpose Folios Of all books X Pretix Range Suffix Add A x Remove E E Remove MW Auto extend last range OF Cancel Apply Heset 3 Click Apply followed by OK or click Cancel to exit the Folios window without ma
149. tlmpose Insert Smarthames q X Ink Lolar Job User Information Date Time Comments Counts Number af Sizes Output Parameter Typographic Back Stage job Mames BackStage Global M ames BackStage fileinfa M ames BackStage taskinto Names All book names Printgroup name Printgroup number Web number Side Signature name JDF Signature ame JD F Sheet ame Section number All section numbers SectionlD All SectionlIDs Booklet number All booklet numbers Page number All page numbers Folia All folios Layers i Insert the magic number 5martl L1 Options No Parameters required for this field 8 Click Insert Insert The ID automatically appears in the text box Test formid Advanced Editing 9 Click OK or click Save as default followed by OK 12 5 Add Page Marks See the Add Plate Marks chapter for more explanation Cancel 137 12 ESKOOG Fastlmpose 12 5 1 In the Page List View mode 1 Select one or several pages if you want to be able to add a mark to one or several pages of one or all books Select nothing if you want to add the selected mark to all pages of all books in the imposition 2 Click right and select List Marks from the pop up menu E FC Capabilities Brochure p 5 E FCI Capabilities Brochure p 8 FELE ab Cut M0 FCI Capabilities Brochure p10 FCL Big Copy m FCI Capabilities Brochure p12 FCLC gu Pa
150. to change in the Assembly Details pane Alternatively you can use the Assembly dialog 2 Type the new section number in the SectionID field x SectionlD tz OF Cancel 3 Repeat step 2 until you have renumbered all the sections in the imposition 5 3 2 Change collating mark properties to use the collating index To make sure the collating marks respect the section IDs you must edit the collating mark properties 1 Open the Standard Collating Mark Properties dialog For instructions see Modify Assembly Mark Properties 2 On the Position tab select the Stepping by lt collatingindex gt option in the Position and Pattern area Standard Collating Mark Properties l l xX General Position Colors and Lines Collate Location Dimensions Stepping on face or spine Stepping on head or foot C Fixed mark 1 From head joo 2 From foot o o 3 Step 13 0 oOo Cancel Save as Default 3 Click OK If you look at the imposition in Sheet View mode you ill see that the collating marks now respect your desired section numbers 19 ESKOOG Fastlmpose 80 Fastlmpose EN 6 Sheet related tasks In this chapter you will find how to adjust the layout of your imposition on sheet level This chapter contains the following topics e View sheets in detail Sheet View mode e Add and Remove sheets e Insert sheets e Copy and Paste sheets e Rename sheets e Modify the sheet layout
151. u want to move Open the Move window by e Going to the Edit menu and select Move e Right clicking one of the objects and selecting Move from the pop up menu Enter the horizontal and vertical move distances in the window Click OK Apply or Cancel e Cutor copy objects Select the objects you want to cut or copy Activate the cut or copy command in one of the following ways e Go to the Edit menu and select Cut or Copy e Use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl x or Ctr c e nthe Standard toolbar and hit the Cut or Copy icon e Right click an object and select Cut or Copy from the pop up menu 85 IN eskoc oss e Select an object hold and press the Control button Move the object Release the mouse and Control button to copy the object Caution You can only cut unfinished pages if they do not contain a signature manual mode e Paste objects You can paste objects from the clipboard in four ways e Go to the Edit menu and select Paste e Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl v e Go to the Standard toolbar and select Paste e Right click the sheet In the pop up menu select Paste e Apply signature You can apply another signature to a sheet in two ways e Go to the Imposition menu and select Apply Signature e Right click the sheet In the pop up menu select Apply Signature O Modity sheet properties Follow these steps to change the properties of one sheet 1 Right click the sheet you want to modify 2 In the pop up
152. ure window will open 3 Go to the General tab and indicate the appropriate rotation General Position Template Sections I Number 1 Rotate ral Es E E 4 f Add or Remove a signature In this chapter we explain how to add extra signatures to a sheet and how to remove them This is where multisignature joins in Multisignature makes it possible to apply several different signatures to one sheet This means that the signatures you add do not have to be identical to the signatures that were added previously 4 1 Remove a signature from a sheet Left click the signature to select it You can remove it by clicking the icon in the Standard toolbar e selecting Clear from the Edit menu e right clicking and selecting Delete from the pop up menu 56 Fastlmpose Caution Deleting a signature cannot be undone 4 7 2 Add Signature The Add Signature option implies that it is possible to create an imposition job of which the sheets contain different signatures This principle is called multisignature The Add Signature dialog contains two tab sheets Signature and Position Add Signature E Signature Position 08pac 2v2H Browse Rows 2 Columns New E dit Reload Signature Sides Front C Back C Both Single Sided Aotate AAE e Template Click the Browse button to go to the correct templates location or select a template from the dropdown list Templates f
153. v file may be defined sizes 250 0 172 0 208 0609 138 6101 15 0 12 0 default inner 24 8283 25 07076 208 0609 138 6101 defaulteven layer layer 1koenig1_001_008 grs 1koenig1_001_008 grs 2koenig1_001_008 grs 3koenig1 001 008 grs 4koenig1 001 008 grs okoenig1 001 008 grs Gkoenig1 001 008 grs 7koenig1 001 008 grs 8 layer layer 2 koenig title br grs 0 0 bottom outer text text 25 38571 25 57753 23 50766 64 27918koenig title cc grs O O center center text text 25 38571 25 3694 22 13896 58 92788 9 6 2 Changes compared to Impose 4 0 Changes in the CSV page list format compared to Impose 4 0 e defaulteven referred to default values that could be overridden for even pages This does no longer exist in Fastlmpose Its functionality is covered by more mirrored grids on page level If the csv file contains this keyword the following warning will be displayed defaulteven field in csv files is not supported in Fastlmpose Grids that can be used now are 104 Fastlmpose EN e Vertical 0 TopZone 1 CenterZone 2 BottomZone 3 TopZoneMargin 4 BottomZoneMargin 5 TopBleed 6 CenterBleed 7 BottomBleed 8 TopBleedMargin 9 BottomBleedMargin 10 TopFinish 11 CenterFinish 12 BottomFinish 13 TopText 14 CenterText 15 BottomText e Horizontal 0 LeftZone 1 InnerZone 2 CenterZone 3 OuterZone 4 R
154. w name in the Rename template dialog Browse to use an external file as a template This is an example of the Signature Templates dialog Fastlmpose Signature Templates x 128pag BVv8H 4sectians DpsgTVzH Browse E dit Copy Delete Rename Mew 1 5 2 Saving changes to a template The changes you make to a signature plate or assembly template are not saved on disk but are stored in the memory Click right and select Save as Signature template Save as Plate template or Save as Assembly template from the pop up menu if you want to save changes you made to an existing template The template will then be saved on disk Save as signature template d x Save in E Templates t EE EJ metadata fl OSpag 1V4H sig Ed 12pag 3V4H E Fe jImpositie Marks O8pag 1 4H_1 sig 16cg4sec sig Mu Recent jtmpagrs nSpag 1V4H new sig 15cg siq Documents ixinew sig DBpag 2V2H sig 15pag 2V4H 2 D2pag 1V1H sig DBpag 2V2H bot sig 16pag 2V4H s Deskto p 2wes sig DSpag 2w4H Double sig 16pag 2V4H 1 2x8enlop8 sig 12pag 1V6H sig 16pag 2V4H 2 D4pag 1V2H sig 12pag 1V6H L sig 16pag 2V4H D4pag 1V4H sig 12pag 2V3H sig 16pag 4V1H 2 4pag 1V4H Dauble sig 12pag 2V3H 1 sig 16pag 4V2H s 4pag 2V2H Dauble sig 12pag 2V2H sig 16pag 4V2H 1 4pag 2V4H 2xDouble sig 12pag 3V2H 1 sig 16pag 4V2H z D6pag 1V3H sig 12pag 3V2H 2 sig 16pag 4V2H 2 6pag 1V3H 1 sig 12pag 3V2H 3 sig 16x16 sig 6pag 1V3H
155. wizard to quickly configure the general settings of the imposition for the whole book allows the user to change settings in an interactive way Procedure 1 Open FASTIMPOSE by e Double clicking the startup icon FastImpose on the desktop e Clicking Start gt Programs gt Esko gt Fastlmpose gt Esko Fastlmpose The New Imposition window will appear Note When creating an imposition via the Imposition Wizard or when starting from a Blank Imposition the mode of Job folder in which the imposition is saved including subdirectories is used W Esko FastImpose 7 0 PDF Mode maxima sabot containers Deus July 20074 s mi x File Tools Help New Imposition x Create a new imposition using OF mposition Wizard Cancel dag C Template C Blank Imposition Job Folder Deus Caritas Est July 2007 Search Job M ame Deus Caritas Est July 200 imp m 270283 Fastlmpose EN 2 Select the tool you want to use for creating a new imposition job Mew Imposition a x Create a new imposition using Imposition Wizard e Select Imposition Wizard if you want to receive guidelines on how to create a basic imposition job e Select Template if you want to create a reoccurring job that follows a previously defined template e Select Blank Imposition for a flatwork job 3 Select a JobFolder for Fastlmpose Server or Folder for Fastlmpose StandAlone in which
156. y to Master button 12 12 Heposition a mark There are three possible ways to modify the position of a mark Note Not all marks can be moved The plate marks in the Other list Side Guide Vertical Ink Eaters and Ink Scan do not allow interactive placement 1 Numerically a Select the mark b Click right and select Mark Properties from the pop up menu e Select Properties gt Mark from the Imposition menu c Select the level on which you want to modify the properties The mark properties window appears Color Bar Properties xX General Position Colors and Lines Description Coler Bar Location Untitled Browse Orientation Quadding Horizontal Center Vertical Center Sides On paper Margin 0 000 Front On plate C Back On mark Both No Clip Auto backup Ok Cancel Save as default d In the Position tab select the appropriate anchor point which will function as reference point e Enter the desired horizontal or vertical offset in relation to the element selected in the From lists f Click OK or Cancel to exit the Signature Properties window without making any changes 2 Manually 150 Fastlmpose In the Sheet View mode for plate marks or Page View mode for page marks select the mark and drag it to the correct position 3 With the Move tool a Select the mark b Click right or go to the Edit menu c Select Move from the list d En

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