"Imposition" option
In "Imposition", you specify how you would like your booklet PDF output, in other words, splitting up the contents into different documents, the dimensions of the target format, etc.
"PDF Output" group
Note: Some options are dimmed in this group- Only the options that can be used will be described below.
"PDF Output" list box
•"Entire Layout in One File"
This option is always enabled in the "SendBookletPDF" sequence. The entire layout is saved to one (booklet) PDF file if you enable this option.
Note: "Entire Layout in One File" must be enabled if the "Imposition" option is used in a "SendBookletPDF" sequence in conjunction with Portal Services, for example, for approval of versioned jobs.
"Folding Sheets, Double Pages, Single Pages, Readers Spread" list box
In this list box, you can set the page layout in the output PDF documents.
•Folding Sheet
The pages are imposed as single-page folding sheets.
•Double Pages
The pages in the output PDF document will automatically be imposed as double pages if you select this option.
Example: You are editing a 16-page A4 layout, for example, and will output it double-sided to an A3 proofer. After output, you want the document to be folded and stacked so that you have a brochure, for example, as an advance copy, where front and back are assigned correctly.
•Single Pages
The pages in the edited documents will be imposed as single-page PDF files if you enable this option. For example, you can check the reader's spread as the single-page PDF files are sorted after they are arranged in the sheet layout.
Note: "Single Pages" must be enabled if the "Imposition" option is used in a "SendBookletPDF" sequence in conjunction with Portal Services, for example, for approval of versioned jobs.
•Reader's Spread
You can use the "Clip to" and "Bleed" parameters if you enable this option. The output files are created so that the layout pages display as single and double pages in the reader's spread in the PDF file, for example, pages 1, 2- 3, 4- 5, 6- 7, 8.
"Clip to" list box
•Trimmed size
The page size of the output PDF files is clipped to the size of the trim box. In other words, the pages are output without the trim in their net final size. This clipping can be made bigger by the "bleed margins".
•Imposition Clip Box
The page size of the output PDF files is clipped to the size of the bleed box. The pages are output in the size of the trim box plus the trim. This clipping can be made bigger by the "bleed margins".
•Trimmed Size with Creeping
Prerequisite: This option affects single pages only. This means it is available only if the "Single Pages" option is enabled.
Creeping: If, for example, a saddlestitched magazine has a great number of folded pages that are nested and then bound in a printing unit, the paper thickness causes the inner pages to shift outwards, in other words away from the spine. If the magazine is trimmed after binding, the inner pages will have narrower outer margins than the outside pages. This effect can be counteracted by setting "creeping" in the layout definition. The creeping value causes the inner pages to move towards the spine (back margin) and compensate the effect caused by the paper thickness.
The pages are output without a trim if you select "Trimmed Size with Creeping". The page contents move towards the back margin by the amount set for the creeping value. This can result in part of the page next to the layout becoming visible in the back margin, depending on the creeping value defined in the layout.
Note: For more information regarding creeping, please refer to: Layout settings > Booklet settings > Creeping.
"Bleed Top/Bottom/Left/Right" boxes
In these boxes, you can define additional bleed areas which will extend the output size of the PDF files. This allows you to check, for example, whether punches or marks fit or whether the adjacent page abuts properly. The pages are output without any additional bleed if you enter "0.0" in each of the boxes.
"Target size" option
Use this option to define the paper size you will use for output. You can select the paper size either using the format name (e.g. "A4") or its default dimensions (width x height) in the selected unit of measure (e.g. 21.0 x 29.7 cm). The dimensions are matched automatically if you select a different unit of measure.
Type in the dimensions you want in the box for page dimensions if you need a size that deviates from the suggested dimensions. The input in the list box with the format names switches to "Custom Size" if you now change your input focus, e.g. by hitting the Tab key.
In the list box for scaling or alignment you can choose from the following settings:
•Scaling
The document pages are fit to the target size by scaling them to the full target size. This can result in distortions if the width-to-height ratio of the target size does not match the width-to-height ratio of the original pages.
•Proportional Scaling
The document pages are fit to the target size by scaling them proportionally to the target size, that is by keeping the width-to-height ratio. You can define the position of the documents in the target documents using the "Align" and "Shift Front/Back" parameters.
•Align
The document pages are not scaled but placed in the document in their original size. You can define the position of the documents in the target documents using the "Align" and "Shift Front/Back" parameters.
Use "Align" to define how the document pages will be positioned on the target size: Bottom/Left, Center, Top/Right.
Use the values for Shift Front/Back to define an offset in vertical and horizontal direction for the front and back pages on the target size. The reference point in each case is the bottom left corner of the target size. In other words, an input of 0.0 x 0.0 will place the pages in the bottom left corner.
"Add Report as PDF Comment" option
A list of all the settings in the "SendBookletPDF" sequence is added as a PDF annotation (comment) to the edited documents if you check this option.
"If layers have transparency elements" parameter
Use this setting to define how job processing will run if the edited documents have layers with transparency elements. There may be a difference between your proof and your final output (imagesetter > press) if transparency elements are present.
You can select the following settings in the list box:
| Cancel with error: Further processing of the document is aborted and an error message issued. |
| Continue with warning: Processing continues; an alert message displays. |
| Ignore and continue: Processing continues without any message, and the check criterion is ignored. Accordingly, any existing additional settings cannot be used if "Ignore" is selected. |
"Maximum Size per File" parameter
In this box, you define the maximum size of a file that will be sent as an e-mail attachment. The PDF file compiled with "SendBookletPDF" is split up into a number of smaller files, with each file not exceeding the set size, if the maximum size is exceeded and if "Warning" is set as a rule. Each of these files is sent in a separate e-mail. To find out the maximum file size, you can, for example, ask the customer concerned which is the maximum size for an attached file that their mail server can handle.
It is advisable to specify a maximum file size if you are working with the standard approval because the files are attached as e-mails.
Note: You should not set a maximum file size if you are working with Prinect Portal Services. In this case, select "Ignore" in the "When Maximum Size is Exceeded" list box. In a Portal Services workflow, splitting files is not desired except maybe for extremely large files. This would only complicate the approval process. It is also not necessary to restrict the file size because the assembled PDF files can be downloaded from the "PTJobs" section of the Prinect server using Portal Services. Only the URL address (Uniform Resource Locator) of the file on the FTP server is sent by e-mail to notify the customer.
"When Maximum Size is Exceeded" list box
A file is split if the maximum size is exceeded. Whenever it is not possible to downsize to the maximum size because, for example, there is a large image on the page, an error mechanism with the following rules becomes active:
| Cancel with error: The job is canceled and an error message issued. In this case it is always canceled when the set maximum file size is exceeded. |
| Continue with warning: The assembled documents are split up into a number of smaller documents when the maximum file size is exceeded; a warning is issued in this case. Pages with very large, high-resolution images may be larger than the set maximum size. In this case, either a file is created and processing continues after a warning or processing is canceled with an error. |
| Ignore and continue: The maximum file size is not checked. All documents are processed regardless of the file size. |
An e-mail is sent for each file. Remember: If the e-mail attachment is bigger than the mail server of the recipient allows, sending the e-mail is canceled by the mail service of the recipient.
"Acceptance Form" option
A special "Acceptance Form" is attached as a PDF document to each e-mail to make it possible for customers to send comments in a structured form to the operator of the Prinect Cockpit about documents they checked. The customer fills out this form and sends it back to the mail service of the Prinect system. Select one of the shipped documents "Abnahmeformular.pdf" (German) or "AcceptanceForm.pdf" or your own text document. You can open the documents with "Browse".
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