Importing a raw imposition file manually

1. In Prinergy Workshop, from the File menu, select Import Imposition.
2. In the Import Imposition dialog box, browse to find the Preps .job file, Preps JDF file, or the JDF-MIS stripping parameters file to use for the imposition.
3. Select the Preps .job file that you want to import.
4. Open the Options section.
5. In the Imposition Name box, type a new name or leave the Preps job name as the default.
6. Take one of the following actions:
   
   1. • Select Create New Page Set, enter a name for the page set, change the page set prefix (if required), and enter the number of pages in the new page set.
      • Select Use Existing Page Set and select a matching page set from the list of existing page sets.

   Important: These settings in the Import Imposition dialog box override similar settings in the import process template.

7. Click Import.
8. In the Start Process dialog box, click Edit Process Template.
9. Select settings in the import process template for the results you want.
   For example, if you are using an existing page set when importing the imposition, you may also want to select Set Initial Separations after Imposition Import to automatically create separations by resetting the output separations to the colors that are defined in the assigned pages.
10. In the Import Raw Imposition Files section in the import process template, for Profile, select Default.
    The PrepsPrinergy profile is used only by Preps integrated with Prinergy Workshop.
11. In the Device list, select an available device that supports your imposition plan.
12. For Output Signatures, click All.
13. Click OK.

When a Preps job file is imported, the integrated Preps software creates the PJTF and marks files and Prinergy automatically starts the import imposition task. The PJTF is imported and the imposition plan and page set are added to the job. The Preps job is saved in the <job folder>\System\ImpositionPlans folder.
When importing a JDF-MIS stripping parameters file, Preps attempts to associate a matching signature to the job, based on signature information contained in the JDF-MIS stripping parameter file. When a JDF-MIS stripping parameters file is imported, the Preps JDF software creates the Preps job, finds a matching signature, and outputs PJTF and marks files that are automatically imported into the Prinergy job. If a matching signature is found, the PJTF and marks file is created and an imposition plan is imported. The page set is created and the Preps job is saved in the <job folder>\System\ImpositionPlans folder.

If no suitable signature can be found due to insufficient information contained in the job file, no imposition plan will be imported into the Prinergy job: the Preps job is created and a page set is created from the JDF-MIS stripping parameter file but no imposition is created. To assign the correct signatures to the Preps job, you must then use the Create New Imposition menu item and the Use Existing Page Set option to assign the required signatures manually.