Ganging with page aliases

Page aliases are automatically created when you assemble with Preps and import a ganged job into Prinergy using these steps.

Requirements:

For this procedure, using Preps 6.0 imposition software or later is preferred. Preps versions 5 and earlier are no longer tested or supported.
Important: Do not gang pages until the content is stable. If you rerefine a page after it has already been ganged in Preps, the ganged layout is not imported into Prinergy.

1. Start Preps.
2. Place refined pages into Preps. All refined pages contain a hidden identification tag inserted on refine. You can place pages using any of the following methods:
   • Drag the pages from Workshop Job Manager to Preps.
   • Drag the files from the System\Subpages folder for the job to Preps.
   • Copy the files from the System\Subpages folder for the job to another location on the job volume (for example, a staging folder for gang jobs), either manually or using RBA. In Preps, locate and add the files.
3. After you finish placing pages in the ganged imposition, print the imposition to PJTF.
4. Import the populated imposition into a Prinergy job.
   You can create a job specifically for the ganged imposition or use an existing Prinergy job. If you use an existing Prinergy job, the pages must have been refined in Prinergy 5 or later.
   The import process template must have the Set Initial Separations option selected, so that the separations are properly assigned to the incoming imposition.
   A page alias is created in the ganged layout for each tag that matches that of an existing page.