Who should complete this activity

• Prepress operators
• Prepress managers
• System administrators

Why you should complete this activity

Dynamic settings allow you to select multiple signatures to create a multiple signature imposition.

Recommended reading

Prinergy Evo Workflow Client user guide for your version of Prinergy Evo Workflow software. Search for: 

• About creating imposition plans in Prinergy Evo
• Output from Imposition Options

Preps user guide for your version of Preps

Time required to complete this activity

15 minutes

What you'll learn

How to use dynamic settings to select multiple signatures to create a multiple signature imposition

What you'll need

• An installed and configured Prinergy Evo system licensed to automatically create imposition files
• In the location to which you extracted the activity files, find the Activity 33 folder and these files:
  • CreateImpo.tpl
  • 36pgAuction_Evo.pdf

What you'll do

You will start with a 36-page document that has been previously refined. For finishing you must use dynamic settings to create the following list of custom list of signatures:

• Signature 1: 8-page work & turn
• Signature 2: 8-page work & turn
• Signature 3: 4-page work & turn
• Signature 4: 16-sheetwise

Prinergy Evo will create a populated imposition JDF file using the Create Imposition feature which uses Preps templates. To do this, you will:

• Copy a Preps template to the folder where Prinergy Evo looks for Preps templates.
• Apply dynamic settings to an existing create imposition process template to build a signature list for creating impositions.
• Output virtual proofs from the imposition JDF and check the signatures.

By the end of the activity, you can analyse the advantages of using dynamic settings rather than Autoselect to build the signature list.