You want to step and repeat a brochure to an imposition plan. To accomplish this, you need to use the Range window in the Assign Pages to Page Set Position dialog box to position pages as two-up.

Note: If you didn't complete Scenario 1, complete Tasks 1 and 2, before completing the following. Tasks 1 and 2 (of Scenario 1) contain preparatory steps required for all scenarios in this activity.

The following procedures describe how to complete this activity.
Note: Your instructor, service representative, or your system administrator will supply a user name and password, and tell you which server and Prinergy volume to use.

Add and refine an 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/ Unified Workflow.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. 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.

Import an imposition plan

  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 / 8pWT_8.5x11_25x38.jdf.
  5. In the bottom left hand corner of the dialog box, select Create New Page Set.
  6. Click Import.
  7. In the Start Process dialog box, click OK.

Step and repeat PDF pages to the imposition plan

  1. In the Pages pane (unassigned section), right-click Unified Workflow.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:
    1. Select the Range option.
    2. In the Range window enter: (1,3), (2,4), (5,7), (6,8)
  4. Click OK.
    Note: This will step and repeat the pdf pages to position them as 2-up. For more information, see Prinergy Workshop Help: About Assigning Specific Positions to Pages.

Proof the imposed imposition

  1. In the Imposition Plans pane, right-click the imposition plan, and choose the process template: 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 plan, and choose Open VPS files.
  4. At the completion of the proof process, quit Prinergy VPS.
  5. Close XX_Page_Set_Imposition Job Manager.