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You need to manually create a page set and assign multiple PDF pages to it.

Create a job

  1. If it is not already open, start Prinergy Workshop.
  2. In Job Finder, right-click your main group, and choose New Job.
  3. Type the job name XX_Page_Set_Advanced (where <XX> represents your initials).
  4. Click Create.
  5. Minimize the Job Manager window.

Copy input files and imposition plans to the jobs folder

  1. From your workstation, locate: Prinergy Activity Practice Files / Act_14_Assign Pages Advanced
  2. Copy the Input File and Imposition folders.
  3. Restore Job Manager.
  4. Right-click the XX_Page_Set_Advanced job folder icon in the lower left corner of Job Manager. Select Open Job Folder in File Browser.
  5. In the XX_Page_Set_Advanced folder, open UserDefinedFolders.
  6. Paste the Input File and Imposition folders into UserDefinedFolders.
  7. Close the job folder.

Add and refine the input file

  1. Right-click the Input Files pane and choose Add Input Files.
  2. In the Add Input Files dialog box, click the Job Folder button and locate: UserDefinedFolders/Input Files/ Hearthstone / Hearthstone.pdf.
  3. Click the Add Selected button to add the file to the Files to Add list.
  4. In the Options section of the Add Input Files dialog box, select the Process Selected Files Using Process Template check box. and use the process template: Refine > Refine > 1stRef-Normz.
  5. In the Add Input Files dialog box, click OK.
  6. In the Start Process dialog box, click OK.

Create a page set

  1. From the File menu, choose Add Page Set.
  2. In the Add Page Set dialog box, enter the following:
    • New Page Set Name: XXPageSet (where <XX> represents your initials).
    • Page Start: 1
    • Page Count: 8
  3. Click Add. View the addition of an empty page set in the Page Sets pane.

Assign PDF pages to the page set

  1. In the Pages pane, right-click Hearthstone.p1.pdf and choose Select All Pages.
  2. Right-click any selected PDF page and select Assign Page to Position.
  3. In the Assign Pages to Page Set Position dialog box, verify that:
    • Positions is …Starting at 1
    • Page Position (p1) matches the PDF page number (p1.pdf) and that all other page positions are correctly assigned to the correct PDF page number.
  4. Click OK.

Import an imposition plan and use the existing page set

  1. Select the Signatures view.
  2. From the View menu, choose as Thumbnails.
  3. From the File menu, choose Import Imposition.
  4. In the Import Imposition dialog box, click the Job Folder button and locate: UserDefinedFolders / Imposition / Hearthstone.jdf.
  5. In the lower right hand corner of the dialog box, select the Use Existing Page Set option.
  6. Click Import.
  7. In the Start Process dialog box, click OK.

Proof imposed imposition using prinergy VPS software

  1. In the Imposition Plans pane, right-click the imposition plan and choose: Imposition Output > Virtual Proof > Virtual Proof.Imposed.600.
  2. In the Start Process dialog box, click OK.
  3. In the Imposition Plans pane, right-click the imposition and choose Open VPS files.
    Note: To view both sides of the virtual press sheet, from the Sheet menu, choose Flip Sheet.
  4. At the completion of the proof process, close Prinergy VPS.

Destroy the imposition

  1. In the Imposition Plans pane, right-click the imposed imposition plan (Hearthstone) and choose Destroy Imposition.
  2. In the Destroy Imposition dialog box, enter a user name and password.
  3. Click Destroy.
    Note: Destroy will permanently delete the selected imposition plan and all associated input files, pages, and page sets from the system. Once you destroy an imposition, you cannot retrieve it or its associated files. If you want to retain the associated files, use the Remove Imposition menu item instead.
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