Xerox P8EX Spire CXP8000 Color Server - User Guide - Page 240

226 Chapter 6 - Production Printing Imposition Workflow Imposition is the process of positioning page images on sheets of paper in the printer or in a digital printing press. It is part of the process of producing finished documents. In addition to page images, you can add various marks to the sheets to aid the production process. These marks show where the paper should be folded or trimmed. Imposition does not affect the content of the individual page but rather the placement of the pages on a press sheet. Imposition is a combination of content and layout. The content is the pages that should be printed and the layout is the location of the page on the sheet and the printing marks, crop marks and fold marks. Whenever possible, you should define imposition settings before RIPing a job. Changing key imposition settings-for example, template settings- post RIP may result in inefficient re-RIPing of your job. In the Spire CXP8000 color server, imposition parameters are set in the Imposition tab, and page exceptions are set in the Exceptions tab. For more information about the Imposition tab and the Exception tab, see The Imposition Tab on page 227, and Setting Exceptions for Imposed Jobs on page 267. You can use a Spire CXP8000 color server virtual printer to predefine your imposition settings. When you create a new virtual printer or edit an existing one, define the imposition settings for that particular printer. These settings become the printer's default options and are applied to all jobs that use the printer. For more information about virtual printers, see Spire CXP8000 Color Server Network Printers on page 13, and Managing Virtual Printers on page 218.