:Apogee Impose
An Integrated Module of :Apogee Prepress 7
Tutorial
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:Apogee Impose Tutorial
Contents
About This Tutorial ................................................................................................................. 5
 To view and print the icon, shortcut and variable overviews ..................... 7
Lesson 1 Creating a Basic :Apogee Impose Job
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How to create the Job and Product ......................................................................
How to edit the imposition ......................................................................................
How to define the Press for an imposition job .................................................
How to browse the Press Sheet View ..................................................................
How to use the View Options palette ..................................................................
How to use the Inspector .........................................................................................
How to save your changes to the imposition ...................................................
How to complete the job set-up ............................................................................
How to process documents for your job .............................................................
Lesson 2 Introduction to Marks
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How to place a Mark Set manually ......................................................................
How to add the Text Mark to a Mark Set ............................................................
How to add a Page Text Mark to all pages ........................................................
How to edit a colorbar File Mark in Press Sheet View ..................................
Lesson 3 Creating a Job with Several Press Sheets
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How to create the Job and Product ......................................................................
How to define the imposition and Marks for the first signature ...............
How to repeat the imposition for multiple Press Sheets .............................
How to complete the job set-up ............................................................................
How to input documents for your job ..................................................................
Lesson 4 Making Custom Folding Schemes
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 How to duplicate and customize a Folding Scheme (System Overview) 36
 How to apply a Folding Scheme to a job. .......................................................... 38
 How to create and customize a Folding Scheme (in Product View) ........ 40
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Lesson 5 Press Sheet Layout Rules and Binding Options
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How to specify Binding Options in System Overview ....................................
How to specify Press Sheet Layout Rules in System Overview .................
How to create the Job and Product ......................................................................
How to complete the job set-up ............................................................................
How to input documents for your job ..................................................................
Lesson 6 Multiple Fold Sheets on a Press Sheet
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 How to create a job with a Partial Book Signature ......................................... 56
 How to repeat the same Fold Sheet on a Press Sheet .................................. 58
 How to reduce the number of plates with Work & Turn ............................... 60
Lesson 7 More about Marks
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How to create the More about Marks Job ..........................................................
How to change the knock-out and color of a mark ........................................
How to define pens and using them to create marks ....................................
How to place marks on the front and back of a Press Sheet ......................
How to clip marks ........................................................................................................
How to handle mark conflicts (Snag List) ...........................................................
How to use layers to solve conflicts .....................................................................
How to place registration marks ............................................................................
How to place collation marks .................................................................................
How to place Fold Sheet cut marks ......................................................................
How to manage marks with the Mark Sets Inspector ....................................
How to reset a manually modified mark ............................................................
How to re-apply modified Mark Sets ....................................................................
How to re-apply Mark Sets and keep/reset on/off states ...........................
Lesson 8 Setting Folding Schemes for Auto Impose
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 How to set your Folding Scheme as top pick ................................................... 98
 How to apply Folding Schemes with Auto Impose ......................................... 99
Lesson 9 Setting Auto Impose Rules
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 How to set your Auto Impose Rules .....................................................................106
 How to apply your Auto Impose Rule ..................................................................108
:APOGEE IMPOSE Tutorial
About This Tutorial
In this Tutorial you learn how to create a variety of basic imposition jobs with
:Apogee Impose, first in interactive mode and subsequently in automatic mode
with the Auto Impose feature.
Tutorial Objectives
This Tutorial is divided into a series of lessons. In these lessons, you will learn
how to:
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create basic imposition jobs with the default resources
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edit and place text marks and a colorbar
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create custom Folding Schemes
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review Press Sheet Layout Rules and Binding Options
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assign multiple Fold Sheets to a Press Sheet
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place marks using layers
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use the Auto Impose feature to apply impositions automatically
Who Should Follow this Tutorial
These tutorials have been prepared for Administrators and Operators who want
to learn about the :Apogee Impose module by performing step-by-step
procedures.
Before You Begin
You will need the following sample files which are provided with your :APOGEE
Prepress installation:
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Apogee Automate 4Pages.pdf
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Apogee Control 4Pages.pdf
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Apogee Manage 4Pages.pdf
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Apogee Render 4Pages.pdf
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ApogeePrepress Brochure.pdf
NOTE: While working through the lessons in this Tutorial, do not forget to
replace studentname with your own name in the Administration tab.
Open the Preferences and change the display units to mm and set the access
level to Administrator.
Duration
You will need approximately 30 minutes to complete each lesson in this Tutorial.
Contact Us
Agfa welcomes your suggestions, questions or comments about this documentation. You can send e-mail feedback to: [email protected].
Using the Online Help
:APOGEE Prepress includes context-sensitive Online Help. This is a reference
that offers you both theoretical information on all topics and links to relevant
procedures.
When :APOGEE Prepress is running, you can access the Online Help by doing
one of the following:
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Press F1
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Choose Help > :APOGEE Prepress Help
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Context-click the icon or pane in the interface for which you want information and select Help from the context menu. The relevant Online Help page
for this item appears.
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Some dialog boxes have a question mark button (?) to open the Online Help.
The :APOGEE Prepress Online Help also contains overviews of all icons, shortcuts and variables that are used throughout the application.
 To view and print the icon, shortcut and variable overviews
1 Choose Help > Icons.
A new Help window opens, containing an overview of all icons.
2 Click the Print button in the top right corner.
You can use the printed version of the Icon Overview as a Quick Reference
Card. It is recommended to print the overview on a color printer.
You can use this same procedure to view and print the Keyboard Shortcuts
and Variables overviews.
NOTE: Some Tutorials are also available in HTML format. Choose
Help > Tutorial.
Keyboard Conventions
All key names are shown in capital letters. For example, the Control key is shown
as CTRL.
Keys are frequently used in combinations or sequences as shortcut keys. For
example, SHIFT+F3 means to hold down the SHIFT key while pressing F3.
Mouse Conventions
To...
Do this...
Click
Point to an item, and then quickly press and release the mouse
button without moving the mouse.
Double-click
Point to an item, and then quickly press and release the mouse
button twice.
Context-click on Windows
Click the right mouse button.
Drag
Point to an item. Press and hold down the mouse button as you
move the mouse to a new location, then release the mouse button.
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Related Documentation
The following documents can be referred to for more information:
:Apogee Impose Tutorial
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:APOGEE Prepress Online Help
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:Apogee Impose Reference Guide
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:APOGEE Prepress Tutorials
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:APOGEE Prepress Installation Guide
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:APOGEE Prepress Licensing Guide
LESSON
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Creating a Basic :Apogee
Impose Job
In this lesson you create a basic :Apogee Impose job using the resources and rules
installed by default.
First you will make a new job with a Product consisting of one part and then edit
the imposition in the main imposition windows: the Product View and Press
Sheet View.
The following job will be created:
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16 A 4 pages
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nested for saddle-stitching
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Product with 1 Part
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1 Press Sheet
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 How to create the Job and Product
1 Create a new Job Ticket by choosing File > New from Templates and then
the Apogee Impose template from the Tutorial category.
2 In the Quick Fill pane, enter:
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Order number: studentname-impose-0001
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Job Name: basic
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Number of Pages: 16
3 Click Open.
The Job Ticket opens in the Product tab because the Impose Task Processor
is set to Apogee Impose.
At this stage you will see an error notification indicating that there are 2
problems with the Job Ticket.
4 Click the error icon to open the Problem Report.
The Product Definition and the Press Sheet Layout are both incomplete.These errors will be resolved after the Product has been defined in the
following steps.
5 Close the Problem Report and go to the Product tab to complete the Product
for this job.
Some fields are in red because they are required in :Apogee Impose mode
and this template job is set for :Apogee Impose. If the job is in another mode,
these fields would be blue because the Product has not been defined.
6 Click in the Product drop-down list and select Bound Nested Matt Coated
A4.
This is a predefined Product definition for a bound, saddle-stitched product
whose final size will be A4 and which is to be printed on matt coated paper.
In the Product pane, the settings for the Part are now changed to those of the
predefined Product definition and they are now displayed in black and no
longer in red.
7 In the Imposition pane, choose Center Bottom from the Press Sheet Layout
drop-down list.
This option positions the Fold Sheet in the center of the Press Sheet and
aligned along the bottom.
The error icon is no longer displayed.
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 How to edit the imposition
1 Now that the Product is defined, click the Edit Imposition button.
The main imposition window, or Product View, is displayed.
In the Assembly pane at the top you can see that the Product consists of 1
Fold Sheet:
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FS1
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16 pages
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nested assembly indicated by the nested icon
In the Product pane below you see the other settings for the Product:
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in the Product node: bound, nested, A4
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in the Part node: Body part, stock, weight, printing colors
The Fold Sheet node has a red outline, indicating that no folding scheme has
been chosen yet.
2 Click in the Folding Scheme drop-down list in the top right corner of the Fold
Sheet node and choose F16-6 (4x2) which is for 4 by 2 pages.
The outline of the Fold Scheme node is now blue indicating that a scheme has
been selected and you see the following information in this node:
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Fold Sheet name: FS1
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Folding Scheme: 4 x 2 - F16-6
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Number of pages: 16
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Folding Sequence: up 1/2 + up 1/2 + up 1/4
The node also indicates:
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the lowest page number on the Fold Sheet
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the Fold Sheet Lay (red corner icon)
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3 Click once in the Press Sheet node which is next to the Fold Sheet node.
Here you see how the Fold Sheet is positioned on the Press Sheet and the size
of the Press Sheet (1000 x 650 mm).
NOTE: The smallest press sheet size on which the Fold Sheet fits is selected
automatically by :Apogee Impose.
The node also indicates:
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the Sheetwise workstyle
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Front and Back of the Press Sheet with page numbers
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the Fold Sheet Lay (red corner icon)
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the Press Sheet Lay (green corner icon)
The Press Sheet also contains an error.
4 Click the red error icon in the bottom right corner to open the Snag List.
The error indicates that a Press has not been assigned.
5 Close the Snag List.
 How to define the Press for an imposition job
 In the Product View, click in the Press Sheet node title bar (PS 1) and drag the
Press Sheet to the Large Press to assign the Press Sheet to this press.
The Press Sheet turns blue with a Parameter Set automatically selected. Now
that the Press Sheet has been assigned, all the nodes, from Product to Press,
are connected with a grey line and error indication is no longer displayed.
You will now open the Press Sheet View to examine the Press Sheet in more
detail.
 How to browse the Press Sheet View
1 In the Product View, double-click the title bar of the Press Sheet node PS1 or
one of the two sides.
The Press Sheet View is displayed.
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2 Click in the outer, white area to select the Press Sheet.
The whole Press Sheet is highlighted in light blue.
3 Click the next inner box and then choose FS1 on PS1 to select the Fold Sheet.
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TIP: Click any of the red
balloons to select a
component that may be on
top or under the selected
component.
The Fold Sheet is highlighted in light blue and you see that it is centered
along the bottom edge of the Press Sheet, as specified in the Press Sheet
Layout rules in the Product tab.
4 Click an individual page to select a Page.
The Page is highlighted in light blue.
5 Now increase the zoom factor so the Press Sheet fills your screen and you can
take a closer look at the various elements on the Press Sheet:
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TIP: Zoom in or out of the
Press Sheet using the zoom
tool in the Toolbar.
Alternatively, if you have a
mouse with a wheel, Press
CTRL and roll the wheel.
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colorbars
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Page Crop Marks for individual Pages
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Fold Line Marks that indicate where the Signature will be folded
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A Text Mark which has been added automatically and resolved as much
as possible
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Fold Sheet Lay: the red triangle in the bottom left corner
 How to use the View Options palette
TIP: The Press Sheet View
palettes can be switched on
and off with buttons in the
toolbar or from the View
menu.
You can use this palette to check the Press Sheet rule-ups in more detail and
to resolve conflicts.
1 Click the Show/Hide View Options button in the Toolbar or choose
Window > View Options to show the View palette.
The View palette is displayed.
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2 Double-click the color patch for the Gripper and change the color to yellow
by selecting the yellow color patch.
3 Click OK.
The Gripper is now yellow and more visible.
NOTE: These colors will be used for all :Apogee Impose jobs that you open
with this Client.
4 Close the View palette and click the Product button in the Toolbar to return
to the Product View.
 How to use the Inspector
1 Click in the Large Press node and show the Inspector by clicking the i button
in the Toolbar.
TIP: Use CTRL+I to open the
Inspector or click the button
in the Toolbar.
You can see the Gripper is 11 mm.
2 Now click in the title bar of Press Sheet 1 (PS 1) and see how the settings are
displayed for PS 1.
It’s recommended to have the Inspector visible when working in the Imposition windows. It allows you to inspect and change the settings for the
selected node.
3 Click the Fold Sheet in the PS 1 node.
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The Inspector shows the setting for the Fold Sheet on PS 1. Notice how the
selected pages are indicated in grey in the Product node.
4 Click a Press Sheet side (outer most box) in the PS 1 node.
The Inspector shows the setting for the Front Side on PS 1.
5 Click the FS1 in the Fold Sheet node.
The Inspector shows the setting for the Fold Sheet.
6 In the Inspector, click the grey arrow next to the node name to highlight the
selected node.
 How to save your changes to the imposition
 In the Product View, save your changes to an imposition by clicking the Close
button and then Yes in the confirmation window.
You return to the Product tab of the Job Ticket Editor and 1 Production Set
has been added in the Imposition pane.
NOTE: If you click the Submit Job button, you submit the job and go to the
Jobs Window.
 How to complete the job set-up
A few more settings are required before submitting the job.
1 Select the Plan tab.
In the Production Plan, the Large Press has been selected for the Generic
Press. This is the result of the imposition set-up performed with :Apogee
Impose.
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2 In the Generic Press settings, select the Type tab and you see the following
settings as defined with :Apogee Impose:
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Sheet lay: right
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Gripper width: 11 mm
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Distance plate to sheet edge: 20 mm
You don’t need to change anything here.
3 Select the correct plate size and imaging size for the TIFF Platesetter Output and Imaging:
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Parameter set: 1130 x 907
4 Submit the Job Ticket.
 How to process documents for your job
1 Drag and drop the following PDF files onto the job you just created in the Jobs
List or in the Page Store in the Pages tab:
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Apogee Automate 4Pages.pdf
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Apogee Control 4Pages.pdf
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Apogee Manage 4Pages.pdf
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Apogee Render 4Pages.pdf
2 In the Pages tab, wait until the documents are uploaded and drag them to the
Run List.
3 Submit the Job and check how the files are rendered in the Results tab.
4 Open PS 1 Front in Raster Preview.
5 Open the Rules Ups palette (Window > Palettes) and select the Expected
Page Size and Press Sheet Size.
You see the following:
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The Press Sheet width is less than the available plate width.
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At the bottom, the Press Sheet is offset 20 mm from the edge of the plate
as defined by the ‘Distance plate to sheet edge’ setting.
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6 Close Raster Preview.
Congratulations, you have completed this tutorial lesson.
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LESSON
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Introduction to Marks
In this lesson you learn how to place a Text Mark manually on a Press Sheet and
edit the setting for a colorbar File Mark. You will briefly look at the Mark
Engraver resource and see how Marks are organized in Mark Sets.
You will create/edit the following Marks:
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a Run List page number as Text Mark
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a colorbar File Mark
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 How to place a Mark Set manually
1 In the Jobs List, context-click the Basic job that we created in a previous
lesson.
2 Select Edit Imposition to open the Product View imposition window.
TIP: Select a job and press
CTRL+SHIFT+Enter to jump
to the imposition Product
View.
3 Double-click the PS 1 Press Sheet to open the Press Sheet View.
4 Zoom into the bottom left corner of the Press Sheet.
5 Open the Marks palette by clicking the button in the toolbar.
The Marks palette is displayed with three categories of marks:
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Page
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Fold Sheet
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Press Sheet
6 Select the Page Text Mark icon and drag it onto the bottom of Page 6.
The Inspector opens, displaying the settings for the mark.
You can now enter the actual text for your Mark, which will be the page
number generated by a variable.
7 In the Attributes tab, delete ‘Text Mark’ and type ‘page’ in the Text box:
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As you type, all the available variables that contain ‘page’ appear in the dropdown list.
TIP: The variables in :Apogee
Impose have a different
structure than the other
:APOGEE Prepress variables.
Refer to the Online Help for a
list of the variables.
8 Scroll down to the bottom of the list using the arrow and select:
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$page.rlpage
This variable is added to the Text box and will generate the Run List page
number.
9 Change the font size to 8 pt. Do not change the other options in the Attributes
tab and select the Position tab to set the position of the Mark relative to a
Page.
10 As Anchor Point, choose the top centre position (T) and for Target choose:
TIP: Page Mark settings are
similar to the Mark settings
in the Border resource.
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Reference: Page
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Horizontal: 0 mm, Right of Center
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Vertical: 2 mm Below Bottom Edge
The position of the mark changes immediately as you modify these settings.
NOTE: The initial values for Vertical and Horizontal depend on where you
dragged and placed the mark on the Press Sheet.
11 Zoom into the mark to see the actual content of the mark.
12 Zoom out of the Press Sheet so it fits into the window again by clicking the
button to the left of the slider or pressing CTRL+0.
13 Click the Conflicts tab to see the other settings for this mark.
This tab defines what will happen in the event of conflicts with other marks
or rule-ups. Leave the settings as is for this exercise.
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 How to add the Text Mark to a Mark Set
The Inspector indicates that the mark has been Placed Manually in the
bottom right corner. This means it is not part of a Mark Set and it cannot be
used for other jobs.
1 Click the cog wheel in the bottom left corner and choose Add to Mark Set >
New, and type PageInfo as Name for the new Mark Set.
The Mark Engraver opens and a new Mark Set with the default name
PageInfo is created in the Name column. Note that this Mark Set has 1 Mark
at the moment, i.e. the Page Mark you created earlier.
TIP: In this lesson we place
the marks manually,
however, you can set
conditions here to let
:Apogee Impose place mark
sets automatically.
2 Select the PageInfo Mark Set.
In the bottom pane you can see the conditions for placing this Mark Set: it will
only be placed manually. This is also indicated by the maroon Mark Set icon.
The green Mark Set icon indicates the Mark Set will always be placed.
3 Close the Mark Engraver and you see that the Inspector now indicates that the
mark is placed by a Mark Set.
4 Close the Inspector and zoom out of the Press Sheet so it fits into the window
again (CTRL+0).
 How to add a Page Text Mark to all pages
1 Open the Mark Sets Inspector by clicking the button in the toolbar.
The Mark Sets Inspector is displayed and you see the PageInfo Mark Set is
selected but greyed out. This means that it is not applied on all pages.
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2 Clear the PageInfo box and re-select it to apply this Mark Set to all pages on
the press sheet.
3 Close the Mark Sets inspector.
 How to edit a colorbar File Mark in Press Sheet View
Let’s take a closer look at the colorbar on this Press Sheet.
1 Zoom into top right corner of the Press Sheet.
2 Open the Inspector and select the colorbar.
3 In the Position tab, check the following:
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Target Reference: Fold sheets block
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TIP: A Fold Sheet Block is
the area surrounding
multiple Fold Sheets
positioned on a single Press
Sheet. If there is only one
Fold Sheet, the Fold Sheet
Block is equal to the Fold
Sheet.
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Target Vertical: 5 mm Above Top Edge
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Clip Horizontally Margin 5 mm
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Clip Vertically Margin 0 mm
This means the colorbar is clipped exactly 5 mm from the edge of the Press
Sheet as indicated by the red shaded area.
4 Click outside the colorbar or Press Sheet to deselect the colorbar and make
this clipped area more visible.
5 To see how the colorbar will be printed on the Press Sheet, open the View
Options palette and clear the Hidden marks check box.
NOTE: If you select the colorbar, the entire bar is displayed with clipped areas,
regardless of the View Options.
6 Go back to the Inspector Attributes tab and clear Clip at cell boundaries.
In this case the colorbar is clipped exactly 5 mm from the edge, and not at the
nearest color patch boundary within the colorbar.
7 Undo the last action (CTRL+Z) to select Clip at cell boundaries again and
submit the job.
Congratulations, you have completed this tutorial lesson.
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LESSON
3
Creating a Job with
Several Press Sheets
In this lesson you create the imposition for a Press Sheet and then reuse the
settings for other Press Sheets in the job with the Repeat Imposition feature.
The following job will be created:
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48 A 4 pages
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3 x 16-page perfect bound signatures
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Product with 1 Part
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3 Press Sheets with the same imposition settings
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 How to create the Job and Product
1 Create a new Job Ticket by choosing File > New from Templates and then
the Apogee Impose template from the Tutorial category.
2 In the Quick Fill pane, enter the admin information:
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Order number: studentname-impose-0002
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Job Name: Multiple Press Sheets
3 We can also define the Product in the Quick Fill pane:
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Bound stacked matt coated A4
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Number of Pages: 48
This is a predefined Product definition for a perfect bound A4 product that is
to be printed on matt coated paper.
4 Click Open.
The Job Ticket opens in the Product tab because the plan has an Impose Task
Processor. In addition, this TP is set to Apogee Impose.
In the Product pane, the settings for the Part as defined in the Quick Fill pane
are displayed in the first row of the table. There is one Part called Body.
We still need to complete the Product for this job and resolve the problem
indicated by the Problem Report.
5 In the Imposition pane, choose Center Bottom from the Press Sheet Layout
drop-down list on the right.
This option positions the Fold Sheet in the center of the Press Sheet and
aligned along the bottom.
The error is no longer displayed.
6 Now that the Product is defined, click the Edit Imposition button.
The main imposition window, or Product View, is displayed.
In the Assembly pane at the top you can see that the Product consists of 1
Fold Sheet:
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stacked assembly
7 For this job you want 3 signatures of 16 pages. Select the Split Assembly
button in the toolbar to divide the 48 pages.
8 Hover over the 48-page signature with the tool and click first to split into 2
signatures (16/32) and then again to create a third signature.
TIP: Press and hold the ALT
key to activate the Split
Assembly tool temporarily.
Notice that the Fold Sheets in the Product pane below have also been split and
you now have 3 blocks:
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FS1
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FS2
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FS3
The Assembly blocks and the Fold Sheet nodes have a red outline, indicating
that a folding scheme still has to be chosen.
9 Click the Select button to switch off the Split Signatures tool.
 How to define the imposition and Marks for the first signature
1 For the first Fold Sheet, FS1, choose the following scheme from the list:
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F16-6 (4x2)
2 :Apogee Impose can choose a sheet size, however, we will make a new Press
Sheet size for this job. In the Press Sheet size drop-down list, choose the New
option to create a new Press Sheet size.
TIP: Press Sheet Sizes are a
resource of the :APOGEE
Prepress system.
The Sheet Size window is displayed.
3 Enter the following Name:
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1050 x 675
4 Enter the following Size:
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1050 mm x 675 mm
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5 Click OK.
The new size is added to the list and selected.
6 Again in the PS 1 Press Sheet node, change the workstyle from the default
Sheetwise to Perfecting so that the Back of Press Sheet 1 is rotated 180
degrees for printing in perfecting style.
The different workstyle means the Press Sheet Lay (green corner icon) and
the Fold Sheet Lay (red corner icon) change position.
7 Drag PS 1 Press Sheet to the Large Press.
Notice how the red outline of the PS node has turned blue and the nodes for
PS 1 are all connected with a grey line.
8 Double-click the PS 1 Press Sheet to open the Press Sheet View and complete
the imposition settings for this sheet.
9 Open the Mark Sets Inspector by clicking the button in the Toolbar.
The Mark Sets Inspector is displayed with all the available Mark Sets for each
Category:
The default Marks used for this job have the check box selected.
10 Select the following additional Mark Sets:
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This Mark Set adds the mark to all the pages, on the front and the back of the
Press Sheet.
11 Locate all the marks placed by this Marks Set by selecting one of the marks
and then clicking the arrow next to the mark name. You need to choose Same
positions in the Expand selection drop-down list.
If the marks are not visible, check that Mark Preview is selected in the View
palette.
12 Return to the Product View by clicking the Product button in the bottom left
corner.
 How to repeat the imposition for multiple Press Sheets
:Apogee Impose has a feature that enables you to reuse the imposition settings of
the first Press Sheet for other Press Sheets in the job.
1 In the Product View, choose Edit > Repeat Imposition to apply the same
imposition to the other signatures.
The Repeat Imposed Press Sheet dialog box opens.
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2 Choose PS 1 to ‘Body’ Part to reuse the settings of PS 1 for PS 2 and PS 3 and
click Repeat.
The settings that will be repeated are:

Press Sheet Size

Workstyle

Folding Scheme

Press Assignment

Mark Sets
Now that the 3 Press Sheets have been assigned, all the nodes, from Product
to Press, are connected with a grey line to the Large Press.
3 Save your changes to an imposition by clicking the Close button.
You return to the Product tab of the Job Ticket Editor and 1 Production Set
with 3 signatures has been added in the Imposition pane.
 How to complete the job set-up
A few more settings are required before submitting the job.
1 Select the Plan tab.
In the Production Plan, the Large Press has been selected for the Generic
Press. This is the result of the imposition set-up performed with :Apogee
Impose.
2 Select the correct plate size and imaging size for the TIFF Platesetter Output and Image:

Parameter set: 1130 x 907
3 Unlock the PDF Render - Separate settings and choose Convert to Process
Colors. Save this set as CMYK.
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NOTE: Setting CMYK in the Part Editor does not imply that spot colors will be
converted. This has to be set here.
4 Submit the Job Ticket.
 How to input documents for your job
1 Drag and drop the following PDF files onto the job you just created in the Jobs
List or in the Page Store in the Pages tab:

Apogee Automate 4Pages.pdf

Apogee Control 4Pages.pdf

Apogee Manage 4Pages.pdf

Apogee Render 4Pages.pdf

ApogeePrepress Brochure.pdf
2 In the Pages tab, wait until the documents are uploaded and drag them to the
Run List.
3 Submit the Job and check how the files are rendered in the Results tab.
All 3 signatures are processed using the same imposition arrangement and
marks.
Congratulations, you have completed this tutorial lesson.
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LESSON
4
Making Custom Folding
Schemes
In this lesson you create custom Folding Schemes and apply these schemes to a
previously created job. Folding Schemes are created in the Folding Schemes
resource of the Impose Task Processor in System Overview or in the main
:Apogee Impose windows.
The following Folding Schemes will be reviewed in this lesson:
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a 16-6 Folding Scheme with Head to Head page arrangement and standard
folding sequence

a 16-6 Folding Scheme with Foot to Foot page arrangement and standard
folding sequence

a new 16-6 Folding Scheme with non-standard folding sequence
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 How to duplicate and customize a Folding Scheme (System Overview)
1 In the System Overview window, click the Impose Task Processor and then
the Folding Schemes resource.
Every :APOGEE Prepress installation has a default set of folding schemes that
you can see in this resource. The Default Schemes Set contains the standard
CIP4 Fold Catalogs which are classified for the different number of pages (2,
4, 6, 8, 10, etc.). The default page arrangement for each scheme is Head to
Head.
2 Click the Folding Schemes for 16 pages in the middle column and select the
F16-6 Folding Scheme in the list on the right.
TIP: F16-6 is the standard
designation of the CIP4 Fold
Catalog for 16 pages
arranged in a grid with 2
rows and 4 columns.
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The arrangement of the pages is shown in the grid in the Page Arrangement
pane below the list, together with the Folding Sequence, i.e. the sequence
that is to be followed to physically fold the Fold Sheet.
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3 A special notation and colors are used to describe the folding sequence. For
this particular folding scheme, the following folding actions are performed if
we look at the Top of the sheet:
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f1: first fold across and upward, along the green line (half the width of the
sheet)
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f2: second fold up and upward, along the full red line (half the height of
the sheet)
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f3: third fold is across and upward, along the full blue line (a quarter of the
original width)
The top page after folding is page 16, as indicated by the blue triangle, and
the bottom page is page 1 as indicated by the yellow color of the page in the
page arrangement grid.
The binding edge is on the left side and the default page arrangement is ‘Head
to Head’. This means the signature will be jogged to the heads of the pages on
the binding machine.
4 Unlock the Folding Schemes, duplicate the F16-6 scheme and with the F166_ Copy scheme selected, click the edit button to change the name to F16-6
F2F.
At the bottom of the dialog box, change the default page arrangement to Foot
to Foot.
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The page arrangement changes and the heads of the pages are no longer
against the red folding lines. Now you see the foot of the pages against the red
folding lines and the lowest page (p. 1) is now on top of the folded signature.
The Binding Edge and the location of the pages have changed. In other words,
you can have 2 different Folding Schemes with the same Folding Sequence.
5 Click the Save button to save your changes to the new Folding Scheme.
Your new Folding Scheme is added to the end of the list.
6 Close the Folding Scheme resource.
 How to apply a Folding Scheme to a job.
1 In the Jobs window, duplicate the Multiple Press Sheets job you created
in a previous lesson, change the order number and rename the job name to
Custom Folding Schemes and submit the job.
2 Context-click the new job in the Job List and choose Edit Imposition.
The Product View opens and you see that all the Press Sheets have the same
Folding Scheme selected: F16-6, with a ‘Head to Head’ page arrangement.
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
The top page of the folded signature (blue triangle) is on the Back of the
Press Sheet

The lowest page number (bright yellow) is also on the Back

In the Fold Sheet node, the lowest page is wrong-reading, again indicating
that the lowest page number is on the Back of the Press Sheet
This means that after printing the Back of the Press Sheet, the lowest page is
on the top of the sheet and you need to turn the sheets before starting the
folding process.
3 In the first Fold Sheet node (FS1), choose the F16-6 F2F Folding Scheme you
created previously, from the drop-down list.
Notice how the page arrangement changes to Foot to Foot with the page that
is on top after folding and the lowest page number on the Back of the press
sheet.
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 How to create and customize a Folding Scheme (in Product View)
Folding Schemes can also be created in the main :Apogee Impose windows. We
will now create a custom scheme with a custom folding sequence that is not
available in the standard CIP4 Fold Catalogs.
1 With your job opened in Product View, click the Folding Scheme drop-down
list in the FS1 Fold Sheet node, and choose New at the bottom of the list.
2 In the Folding Scheme dialog box, enter a name for your new scheme, e.g.
F16-CustomFoldingSequence.
In the Page Arrangement pane, you have two buttons that can be used to
arrange your pages on the Fold Sheet:

click the left cursor button to enter the page numbers in the grid using
your keyboard

click the right pointer button to hover over the grid and click to enter a
number
For this exercise, we will use the second method.
3 Click the right Page Arrangement button and you see the cursor now has a
hash sign (#) indicating that the tool is active.
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4 Hover over the bottom right cell of the Top grid to place the first page.
Page number “1” is displayed on the Top and page number “2” is automatically placed on the Bottom.
5 Click to confirm.
6 Hover over the bottom left cell of the Top grid to place pages 3 and 4, and
click to confirm.
7 Repeat until all the pages are placed as indicated below:
When the last page is assigned, the folding sequence is automatically
displayed next to the grid in the Page Arrangement pane, and also in the
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Folding Scheme pane together with the default Head to Head page
arrangement.
So you now have a Folding Scheme with:

the highest page as the top page of the signature after folding (blue
triangle)

the lowest page on the Front of the Press Sheet (bright yellow)

the pages are Head to Head
8 Click Save to add this scheme to your list of Folding Schemes
The new Folding Scheme is automatically applied to FS1.
9 To apply the same scheme to all Fold Sheet nodes, press CTRL+A to select all
the FS nodes; open the Inspector with CTRL+I; and choose your new scheme
F16-CustomFoldingSequence from the Folding Scheme drop-down list.
10 Click the Submit Job button and check how the new Folding Scheme is
applied to the rendered Press Sheets in the Results tab.
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All 3 signatures are processed using the new Folding Scheme F16CustomFoldingSequence.Compare the page arrangement with your results
from the previous lesson.
Congratulations, you have completed this tutorial lesson.
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LESSON
5
Press Sheet Layout Rules
and Binding Options
In this lesson you take a closer look at how the Fold Sheet and the individual
pages are positioned on the Press Sheet. This is specified in the Press Sheet
Layout Rules and the Binding Options which are both resources of the Impose
Task Processor.
You will review the following:

the Binding Options and Press Sheet Layout Rules resources

modify the Press Sheet Layout Rules to place the Fold Sheet at a fixed
distance from the Leading Edge

change the gutter dimensions in the :Apogee Impose windows

apply your changes to all the Press Sheets of a job
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 How to specify Binding Options in System Overview
1 In the System Overview window, click the Impose Task Processor and then
the Binding Options resource.
Every :APOGEE Prepress installation has a default set of options that you can
see in this resource. Two default sets are provided: one for stacked jobs (e.g.
perfect bound) and one for nested jobs (e.g. saddle-stitched).
2 For this lesson, choose the Nested Binding Options, the first in the list,
because we are going to create a saddle-stitched job.
3 Unlock the settings and take a closer look:

Overfold: The overfold is a small area of the folded sheet that sticks out so
it can be grabbed by a gripper; for this lesson, the overfold is 3 mm located
on the side of the lowest folios so it can be put on the saddle of the binding
machine.

Page trim margins: the margins that are cut away when the pages are
trimmed. The margin for this lesson is 8 mm, so the gutter between pages
with trim margins is equal to 16 mm.
4 Leave the settings as they were and close the Binding Options dialog box.
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 How to specify Press Sheet Layout Rules in System Overview
1 In the System Overview window, click the Impose Task Processor and then
the Press Sheet Layout Rules resource.
Up to now we used the default Center Bottom rule which aligns the edge of
the Fold Sheet with the gripper area on the Press Sheet. This is not always
desirable.
We are now going to create a new rule which sets a fixed distance between
the edge of the page and the Leading Edge of the Press Sheet.
2 Unlock the settings, duplicate the Center Bottom rule and rename it
Trim2PressSheetEdge21.
3 In the Vertical Alignment drop-down lists, choose Page Trim to Leading
Edge.
4 Leave the Offset as 21 mm and the other settings as they were, and close the
Press Sheet Layout Rules resource.
 How to create the Job and Product
1 Create a new Job Ticket by choosing File > New from Templates and then
the Apogee Impose template from the Tutorial category.
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2 In the Quick Fill pane, enter the admin information:

Order number: studentname-impose-0005

Job Name: Fold Sheet Positioning
3 We can also define the Product in the Quick Fill pane:

Bound Nested Matt coated A4

Number of Pages: 48
This is a predefined Product definition for a saddle-stitched bound A4
product that is to be printed on matt coated paper.
4 Click Open.
The Job Ticket opens in the Product tab because the plan has an Impose Task
Processor. In addition, this TP is set to Apogee Impose.
In the Product pane, the settings for the Part as defined in the Quick Fill pane
are displayed in the first row of the table. There is one Part called Body.
We still need to complete the Product for this job and resolve the problem
indicated by the Problem Report.
5 In the Imposition pane, choose the Press Sheet Layout Rule you just created,
Trim2PressSheetEdge21, from the Press Sheet Layout drop-down list on
the right.
The notification is no longer displayed.
6 Now that the Product is defined, click the Edit Imposition button.
The main imposition window, or Product View, is displayed.
In the Assembly pane at the top you can see that the Product consists of 1
Fold Sheet:
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FS1:
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48 pages

nested assembly
7 For this job you want 3 signatures of 16 pages. Select the Split Assembly
button in the toolbar to divide the 48 pages.
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8 Hover over the 48-page block with the tool and click first to split the block
into 2 signatures (16/32) and then again to create a third signature.
TIP: Press and hold the ALT
key to activate the Split
Assembly tool, or ALT+CTRL
to split the assembly in
equal blocks.
Notice that the Fold Sheets in the Product pane below have also been split and
you now have 3 Fold Sheets:

FS1

FS2

FS3
The Assembly blocks and the Fold Sheet nodes have a red outline, indicating
that a folding scheme still has to be chosen.
9 Click the Select button to switch off the Split Signatures tool.
1 For the first Fold Sheet, FS1, choose the following scheme from the list:

F16-6 (4x2)
2 In the Press Sheet size drop-down list, choose the following Press Sheet size:

1000 x 650
3 Drag the Press Sheet on to the Large Press.
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4 Double-click PS1 to open it in Press Sheet View so we can see how the Fold
Sheet is positioned in more detail and make some measurements.
5 In the Press Sheet View, click the measurement tool in the toolbar, and then
click in one of the pages of the Fold Sheet.
6 Now click in the Leading Edge for a second reference point for the
measurement.
The distance from the Page Trim to the edge of the Press Sheet is 21 mm as
specified by the Offset in the Press Sheet Layout Rule.
NOTE: The Leading Edge is the bottom edge of the Press Sheet on the Front
side.
TIP: To reset the
measurements tool, click
the Clear Measurements
button in the toolbar or press
ALT+CTRL+M.
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7 To check the Overfold, zoom in to the left edge of the Fold Sheet.
8 Hover over the edge of the Fold Sheet to fix the first measurement point.
9 Hover over the Overfold area which is indicated in light red, and click to
specify the second measurement point.
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The distance i s 3 mm as specified in the Binding Options.
10 Now click in two adjacent pages with a Page Trim to check the gutter.
The gutter is 16 mm or 2 x 8 mm
11 If you need to change the gutter size, select the Head Trim or Face Trim with
the Selection tool.
12 Open the Inspector and change the Face Trim size between pages 43 and 42
to 20 mm for this lesson.
The gutter automatically changes to 40 mm.
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13 Return to the Product View.
14 In the Product View, choose Edit > Repeat Imposition to apply the same
imposition to the other signatures.
The Repeat Imposed Press Sheet dialog box opens.
15 Choose ‘Body’ Part in the To drop-down list to reuse PS 1 settings for PS 2
and PS 3.
16 Double-click the PS2 Press Sheet to check the gutter in the Product View.
17 Click the Close button.
You return to the Product tab of the Job Ticket Editor and 1 Production Set
with 3 signatures has been added in the Imposition pane.
 How to complete the job set-up
A few more settings are required before submitting the job.
1 Select the Plan tab.
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2 Select the correct plate size and imaging size for the TIFF Platesetter Output and Image:

1130 x 907
3 For the PDF Render - Separate settings, choose the CMYK parameter set.
4 Submit the Job Ticket.
 How to input documents for your job
1 Drag and drop the following PDF files onto the job you just created in the Jobs
List or in the Page Store in the Pages tab:

Apogee Automate 4Pages.pdf

Apogee Control 4Pages.pdf

Apogee Manage 4Pages.pdf

Apogee Render 4Pages.pdf

ApogeePrepress Brochure.pdf
2 In the Pages tab, wait until the documents are uploaded and drag them to the
Run List.
3 Submit the Job and check how the files are rendered in the Results tab.
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All 3 signatures are processed using the same imposition arrangement and
with the modified gutter size.
Congratulations, you have completed this tutorial lesson.
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LESSON
6
Multiple Fold Sheets on a
Press Sheet
In this lesson you create a job which requires the same Fold Sheet to be repeated
on a Press Sheet in order to maximize the available space on the Press Sheet and
reduce the press run length.These kinds of jobs are also referred to as Multiple
Section, Multiple Delivery, Multiple Book Signatures or N-up jobs. You subsequently change the workstyle to reduce the number of plates.
You will review the following:

create a job with a so-called Partial Book Signature

reduce the press run length by repeating a Fold Sheet on a Press Sheet

reduce the number of plates by changing the workstyle
NOTE: It is also possible to place different Fold Sheets on a single Press Sheet,
however, this is not discussed in this lesson.
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 How to create a job with a Partial Book Signature
1 In the Jobs window, duplicate the Fold Sheet Positioning job you
created in a previous lesson, change the order number and rename the job to
Multiple Fold Sheets.
2 In the Product tab, change the number of pages for the job to 40.
3 Click the Edit Imposition button and click Yes in the dialog box that is
displayed to warn you that you have reduced the number of positions in the
Run List.
The main imposition window, or Product View, is displayed.
In the Assembly pane at the top you can see that the Product consists of 3
Fold Sheets:

FS1: 16 pages

FS2: 16 pages

FS3: 8 pages
The first 2 Fold Sheets have been assigned the F16-6 Folding Scheme and are
assigned to their respective Press Sheets.
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The FS3 Assembly block and Fold Sheet node have a red outline, indicating
that a folding scheme still has to be assigned. This smaller Fold Sheet is
referred to as a Partial Book Signature.
4 It’s not desirable to have the Partial Book Signature at the end of the assembly
so move FS3 between FS1 and FS3 by dragging the FS3 block and releasing
the mouse button when you see the insertion bar between the other two
blocks.
FS3 is now FS2 and the Fold Sheet nodes are rearranged accordingly.
5 For the 8-page Fold Sheet, FS2, choose the following scheme from the list:

F8-7 (2x2)
:Apogee Impose automatically changes the Press Sheet size to fit a smaller
Fold Sheet
However, we want to use the same Press Sheet size for the Large Press.
6 In the Press Sheet node, choose the following size:

1000 x 650 mm
7 Drag the Press Sheet on to the Large Press
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The Fold Sheet is now assigned to a large Press Sheet and to the Large Press
but we are not using the maximum available space on the Press Sheet. This
will be remedied by repeating the same Fold Sheet on the Press Sheet and
consequently reducing the press run length for this signature by 50%.
 How to repeat the same Fold Sheet on a Press Sheet
Repeating the same Fold Sheet on a larger Press Sheets reduces the press run
length.
1 Click FS2 in the PS2 Press Sheet node and then click the Rotate
Counterclockwise button in the toolbar to rotate the Fold Sheet on the Press
Sheet.
NOTE: The Rotate buttons are only activated when you select a Fold Sheet on
a Press Sheet.
2 Drag the FS2 Fold Sheet from the FS node on to the PS2 Press Sheet.
The Fold Sheet does not have the correct orientation to be placed next to the
Fold Sheet which is already on the Press Sheet.
3 To rotate the Fold Sheet while dragging it on the Press Sheet, press the space
bar.
You can release the mouse button and the second instance of FS2 is placed
next to the first instance of FS2 on PS.
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Alternatively, you can use the Repeat Tool to achieve the same results.
4 Press CTRL+Z to undo the previous actions so you only have one instance of
the FS2 Fold Sheet on the Press Sheet.
5 Select the Repeat Tool in the toolbar ...
... and select the FS2 Fold Sheet on the PS2 Press Sheet.
6 Hover over the blue border to reveal a blue arrow.
7 Drag the arrow to the right until you see x2, indicating that two instances of
the Fold Sheet will be placed on the Press Sheet.
8 Release the mouse button.
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The Press Sheet now has the same Fold Sheet twice and we have maximized
the use of the available space.
9 Click the Submit Job button.
In the Results tab you’ll see that PS2 has 2 identical Fold Sheets, corresponding with the Partial Book Signature of 8 pages.
The other two Press Sheets have 16 pages each.
 How to reduce the number of plates with Work & Turn
1 In the Jobs window, duplicate the Multiple Fold Sheets. job you created
in a previous lesson, and rename the job name to Multiple Fold Sheets
W&T.
2 In the Aministration tab, press CTRL+SHIFT+Enter to open the :Apogee
Impose module. This is the same as clicking the Edit Imposition button in the
Product tab.
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TIP: When editing a job,
Press CTRL+SHIFT+Enter to
jump to the imposition
Product View from any of the
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The main imposition window, or Product View, is displayed.
3 In the PS2 node, change the workstyle from Sheetwise to Work & Turn.
The Work & Turn workstyle puts the front and the back of the Fold Sheet
together on each side of the Press Sheet so it’s not possible to repeat the Fold
Sheet.
4 Delete one of the Fold Sheets from the Press Sheet as follows:
Select the FS2 Fold Sheet on the Press Sheet and press the Delete button.
OR
Drag the FS2 Fold Sheet outside the Press Sheet node.
You now have a single Fold Sheet on the Work & Turn Press Sheet.
The maximum available area on the PS2 Press Sheet is used and the front and
back of this signature are identical. This Partial Book Signature can be printed
with 50% fewer plates.
5 Click the Submit Job button.
In the Results tab you’ll see that PS2 requires 1 set of plates while PS1 and PS3
each require 2 sets of plates.
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Congratulations, you have completed this tutorial lesson.
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LESSON
7
More about Marks
:Apogee Impose organizes marks in Mark Sets. These are collections of marks
that can be used for all jobs. They allow you to place marks on the various Press
Sheet components, automatically using conditions, or manually. You can also
create and place marks for individual jobs or Press Sheets.
You will review the following:

use the Marks Inspector to change a mark placed by a Mark Set and place new
marks

handle mark conflicts using the Snag List and create new layers

work with the Mark Sets Inspector
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 How to create the More about Marks Job
1 Create a new Job Ticket by choosing File > New from Templates and then
the Apogee Impose template from the Tutorial category.
2 In the Quick Fill pane, enter the admin information:

Order number: studentname-impose-0007

Job Name: More about Marks
3 We can also define the Product in the Quick Fill pane:

Bound nested matt coated A4

Number of Pages: 20
This is a predefined Product definition for a perfect bound A4 product that is
to be printed on matt coated paper.
4 Click Open.
The Job Ticket opens in the Product tab because the plan has an Impose Task
Processor. In addition, this TP is set to Apogee Impose.
5 In the Imposition pane, choose Center Bottom from the Press Sheet Layout
drop-down list on the right.
The notification is no longer displayed.
6 Now that the Product is defined, click the Edit Imposition button.
The main imposition window, or Product View, is displayed.
In the Assembly pane at the top you can see that the Product consists of 1
Fold Sheet:
7 For this job you want 1 signature of 4 pages and 2 signatures of 8 pages. Select
the Split Assembly button in the toolbar to divide the 20 pages.
TIP: Press and hold the ALT
key to activate the Split
Assembly tool.
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The Assembly blocks and the Fold Sheet nodes have a red outline, indicating
that a folding scheme still has to be chosen. The workstyle also has to be
selected.
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8 Complete the product set-up as follows:

FS1: F4-1 Folding Scheme and Work & Turn workstyle, Small Press

FS2: F8-7 Folding Scheme and Perfecting workstyle, Small Press
9 To apply the PageInfo Marks Set to PS1 and PS2, open the Mark Sets
Inspector and with both Press Sheet nodes selected, choose PageInfo in the
Page category.
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10 Repeat the set-up for PS3 using the Repeat Imposition command
(CTRL+ALT+R):
Select PS 3 and repeat the imposition of PS 2.
11 Click the Close button to close the Product View.
12 In the Plan tab, select the correct plate size and imaging size for the TIFF
Platesetter - Output and Image:

Parameter set: 750 x 600
13 Submit the Job and drag and drop the following PDF file onto the job you just
created in the Jobs List or in the Page Store in the Pages tab:

ApogeePrepress Brochure.pdf
14 In the Pages tab, wait until the documents are uploaded and drag the
following pages to the corresponding positions in the Run List:
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Page 6
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Page 15
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These are the pages for the back of PS2.
15 Submit the Job and check how the files are rendered in the Results tab.
16 Open PS2 Back in Raster Preview and zoom into the bottom of page 15 with
only Cyan ink visible.
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The PageInfo mark is knocked out and rendered at 100% in all process colors.
 How to change the knock-out and color of a mark
Now you will change the mark settings to print the PageInfo mark in all process
colors at 40%, with the intention of saving ink.
1 Select the More about Marks job in the Job List and press
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to open the job in :Apogee Impose.
2 Open PS2 in the Press Sheet view and also open the Inspector.
3 Click in the PageInfo mark at the bottom of page 15 to display its settings in
the Inspector.
4 In the Attributes tab of the Inspector, change the following settings:

Color: *:40 (shorthand for all colors at 40% coverage)
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Extend: Left/Right and Top/Bottom: 2mm (a border of 2mm is created
around the mark content
5 Close the Marks Inspector and submit the job.
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6 When the job is processed, open PS2 Back again in Raster Preview and zoom
in to check how the mark has been rendered.
Leave all inks visible and you see how the mark is now rendered using 40% of
all four process colors, with an extended knock-out area.
 How to define pens and using them to create marks
All marks that consist of lines, e.g. crop marks and line marks, can use a variety
of pens to draw different styles of lines (dashed, dotted, etc.). First you create
some new pens in the Mark Engraver and then you apply these new pens to
marks and place them on the Press Sheet.
1 In the System Overview, choose the Impose TP and then the Mark Engraver
resource.
2 Click the cog wheel button and choose Manage Pens from the drop-down
list.
The Mark Engraver Preferences dialog box is displayed with a list of the available pens.
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3 Click the + button to start creating a new 1 pts solid line pen and choose the
following settings:
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Name: 1 pts solid line
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Width: 1 pts
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Color: *
4 Click the + button to start creating a new 1 pts dashed line pen and choose
the following settings:

Name: 1 pts dashed line

Width: 1 pts

Color: *

Dashed line (selected): dash: 6 pts and gap: 2 pts
A preview of each line is displayed below the settings.
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Your new pens are now also included in the list of pens on the left.
5 Close the Preferences and the Mark Engraver and return to the job you
created earlier to work with these new pens.
TIP: Select the job you
created earlier in the Run
List and then PS2 Back in the
Results tab, and press
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to open
it directly in Press Sheet
View.
We will now place three new Press Sheet Line Marks manually and these
marks will use the available pens.
6 Open the Marks palette by clicking the button in the toolbar or pressing
CTRL+M and make sure the Inspector is open (CTRL+M).
7 Place the new marks by dragging the Line Mark icon from the Press Sheet
category in the Marks palette onto the Press Sheet, between the colorbar and
the Gripper area.
8 Apply the following settings in the Inspector for the first line mark:
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Attributes tab:
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Length: 650 mm (equal to the width of the Press Sheet)

Pen: 1 pts solid line
Position tab:

Anchor position: bottom left

Horizontal: 0 mm

Right of Left Edge (to align the mark with the left side of the sheet)

Vertical: 30 mm Below Top Edge
NOTE: Remember that you are working on the Back of a Press Sheet so the Top
Edge is actually displayed at the bottom of your screen.
You now have a solid line along the entire width of the Press Sheet.
9 Drag the Line Mark icon under the first line and apply the following settings
in the Inspector for the second line mark:
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Position tab:

Anchor position: bottom left

Horizontal: 0 mm

Right of Left Edge (to align the mark with the left side of the sheet)

Vertical: 20 mm Below Top Edge
You now have a second solid line along the entire width of the Press Sheet.
10 Drag the Line Mark icon under the first line and apply the following settings
in the Inspector for the third line mark:
TIP: Refer to Mark Engraver
in the Online Help for more
details about these settings
for the different marks.


Attributes tab:

Length: 650 mm (equal to the width of the Press Sheet)

Pen: 1 pts dashed line
Position tab:

Anchor position: bottom left

Horizontal: 0 mm

Right of Left Edge (to align the mark with the left side of the sheet)

Vertical: 15 mm Below Top Edge
You now have three lines in different styles along the entire width of the Press
Sheet, between the colorbar and the Gripper.
11 In the View palette, clear the Mark Box and then zoom into the area, for
example 8x, to see the different lines.
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2
3
Solid line pen
Register line pen
Dashed line pen
NOTE: The Register line pen is only 0.25 pts so you need to zoom in at least 8x
to see it without the mark box selected.
 How to place marks on the front and back of a Press Sheet
Most marks need to be printed on both sides of a Press Sheet. Let’s take a look at
the options for mirroring the position and/or the content.
1 Select the dashed line mark on the Press Sheet PS2 Back you edited earlier
and open the Inspector.
2 Choose the following settings in the Position tab:
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These settings put the line mark along the same edge of the Press Sheet on
both sides, in this case along the Top edge.
3 Click the Turn Sheet button in the toolbar ...
... and check that the line mark appears along the Top edge on the other side
of the Press Sheet.
TIP: Print on Both Sides and
Mirror Position on Back are
the default settings.
4 Now clear the Mirror Position on back check box and you see the line mark
jumps to the Bottom edge of the Press Sheet.
Remember that you are viewing the Back of Press Sheet 2. Clearing the
Mirror Position on back check box places the mark along the opposite edge
of the Press Sheet. Use the Turn Sheet button to check that the mark is still
along the Top edge on the Front of the Press Sheet.
5 Select the Mirror Position on back check box again to put the mark back
along the Top edge.
6 Now select the colorbar so we can see the effect of mirroring the content of a
mark (this is not possible with a line).
7 In the Position tab of the Inspector, set as follows:

Mirror Position on back check box is selected

Mirror Content on back check box is not selected.
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Inspect the other side of the Press Sheet with the Light Table tool and you see
that the color patches change position because the content of the mark is not
mirrored.
8 Now select the Mirror Content on back check box.
Inspect the other side of the Press Sheet with the Light Table tool and you see
that the color patches no longer change position which means the content of
this mark has been mirrored on the other side of the Press Sheet.
9 Clear the Mirror Content on back check box again to reset the mark.
 How to clip marks
You may want to clip a mark, for example so it does not run off the Press Sheet.
We’ll look at the line marks you created earlier to explain this.
1 Select the solid line and review the settings in the Position tab of the
Inspector.
The default reference for clipping is the Target Reference used to position
the mark, in this case the Press Sheet. The Horizontal Margin is set to 0 mm.
2 Select another component, e.g. a Page, to see the clipping margin.
The solid line aligns with the edge of the Press Sheet because it is set to 0 mm.
3 In the Clip Mark To drop-down list, choose Fold sheets block to change the
reference point for clipping the mark.
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NOTE: The area of the Fold Sheets Block is the same as the area of the Fold
Sheet if you only have a single Fold Sheet on your Press Sheet.
4 Select another component, e.g. a Page, to see how the clipping margin has
changed
The solid line now aligns with the Fold Sheet Block.
TIP: Show/hide Hidden
Marks in the View palette to
better view the clippings.
5 Change the reference for clipping and the horizontal margin for the other two
line marks:
for the register line mark:

Clip Horizontally with Margin 10 mm and in the Clip Mark To drop-down
list, choose Fold sheets block: this means the mark is clipped 10 mm from
the edge of the Fold Sheets Block.
for the dashed line mark:

Clip Horizontally with Margin -10 mm and in the Clip Mark To dropdown list, choose Fold sheets block: this means the mark extends 10 mm
beyond the width of the Fold Sheet Block.
This is how the three lines should be displayed:
1
2
3
Solid line with horizontal margin
set to 0 mm
Register line with horizontal
margin set to 10 mm
Dashed line with horizontal
margin set to -10 mm
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NOTE: :APOGEE Prepress has an additional clipping setting in the Imposition
resource of the :APOGEE Prepress System. This setting is referred to as trimming
and affects all imposition jobs and not only :Apogee Impose.
 How to handle mark conflicts (Snag List)
The placing of marks on the Press Sheet may result in conflicts with the other
content. Marks that are set for clipping will be clipped and printed by default
while marks that overlap the content of the Press Sheet will generate an error that
needs to be remedied before proceeding.
You can choose how you want these conflicts to be resolved as discussed below.
1 Select the solid line mark on the job you created earlier and open the
Conflicts tab in the Inspector.
The default setting for clipped marks is that the mark is clipped and printed:
Print clipped.
2 Select the Notify check box for clipping.
The Snag List icon is displayed in the bottom right corner.
3 Open the Snag List to review the clipping conflicts. Click the grey arrows to
locate the Line Marks that created the conflicts on the Press Sheet.
4 Choose Do Not Print from the drop-down list and note that the Snag List
notification now states that the mark will not be printed.
5 Choose Fail from the drop-down list and the Snag List now adds 2 errors
stating that the conflict has to be resolved before submitting the job.
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6 Reset to Print clipped and clear the Notify check box to continue this
exercise.
7 To see what happens when a mark overlaps the Press Sheet content, drag the
solid line you created earlier onto the pages.
The Snag List immediately displays 4 errors to indicate that the mark now
runs into the content of 4 pages, 2 on the Front and 2 on the Back of the Press
Sheet.
8 To continue the exercise, drag the same line into the bleed area, just below
the pages. Set Page bleed to Print and Notify in the Conflicts tab of the
Inspector.
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The Snag List immediately displays 4 notifications to indicate that the mark
now runs into the bleed of 4 pages, 2 on the Front and 2 on the Back of the
Press Sheet. However, this time the mark will be printed.
9 Submit the job and open PS2 Back in Raster Preview to check that the line is
rendered in the bleed area.
The line mark has been rendered on top of the actual content, as expected.
 How to use layers to solve conflicts
Now let’s set the line to be printed under the overlapping content. This can be
done by putting the mark on a different layer.
1 Return to the Press Sheet view of PS 2 Back and select the solid line again.
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2 In the Position tab of the Inspector, choose Bottom Marks in the Layers dropdown list.
3 Submit the job and open PS2 Back in Raster Preview to check that the line is
rendered under the bleed area, on a different layer.
The line is only rendered in the bleed area where there is no other overlapping content.
Now let’s create some additional layers to put our marks on.
4 In the System Overview, choose the Impose TP and then the Mark Engraver
resource.
5 Click the cog wheel button and choose Manage Layers from the drop-down
list.
The Mark Engraver Preferences dialog box is displayed with the 3 default
layers.

Top marks: a layer for marks that you want to put on top of the page
content

(Page content): the reference layer with the actual content; you cannot
put marks on this layer

Bottom marks: a layer for marks that you want to put under the content
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6 Click the + button and then double-click the name to create the following
new layers for rendering your marks:
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BelowTopButOnTopOfContent
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OnTopOfBottomButBelowContent
7 Use the arrow buttons to sort the marks so you have the following order:
This sequence defines the printing order of the layers.
The layers are now available in the Mark Engraver to be used to place marks
automatically, or for the manual marks you created earlier.
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 How to place registration marks
Registration marks are typically placed on the Press Sheet but can also be put on
the Fold Sheet if you want.
1 Return to the job you created earlier and open PS1 in Press Sheet view, open
the Marks palette by clicking the button in the toolbar or pressing CTRL+M,
and make sure the Inspector is open (CTRL+I).
TIP: Select the job you
created earlier and then
press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER
with PS1 Front selected in
the Results tab, to open it
directly in Press Sheet View.
We will now place Registration Marks manually.
2 Drag the Registration Mark icon from the Press Sheet category in the Marks
palette onto the Press Sheet, along the left edge. In fact, you can drop the
mark anywhere on the Press Sheet as we will subsequently position the mark
using the Inspector.
3 With the Registration Mark still selected, make the following settings in the
Attributes tab of the Inspector:

Mark: RegMark_Square_Outline.pdf
NOTE: Registration mark files can be added to the default list. Click the
Open File Marks button to open the Marks resource where you can import
additional marks (PDFs are recommended).

Position: in all corners and in the middle of the left and right edges

6 mm from left/right

60 mm from top/bottom
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As you complete these settings, the marks are placed accordingly on the Press
Sheets and you now have 3 registration marks along each side of the Press
Sheet. Press the grey button at the top of the Inspector to locate the position
of these 6 marks.
4 We can now save this Mark for use on other Press Sheets by clicking the
cogwheel and choosing Add to New Mark Set > New; name the Mark Set
Registration Mark.
5 To apply this Mark Set to the other Press Sheets, go to the Product View by
clicking the Product button in the bottom left corner, and open the Mark Sets
Inspector (CTRL+SHIFT+I).
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6 Select the PS2 and PS3 nodes and then select the Registration Mark check box
in the Press Sheet category of the Mark Sets Inspector.
7 Check that the newly created registration marks have been duplicated as
expected and for example open PS2 Back in Press Sheet view.
8 Submit the job and check the rendered result.
 How to place collation marks
Collation marks are used to provide visual inspection for the correct assembly of
publications consisting of more than one signature. In this exercise we will place
an existing Collation Mark Set on the Fold Sheets.
1 Return to the job you created earlier and open it in Product View with the
Mark Sets Inspector also open (CTRL+SHIFT+I).
2 Select the three Press Sheet nodes and select the Collation Mark check box
in the Fold Sheet category of the Mark Sets Inspector.
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This is the Collation Mark Set provided with :Apogee Impose; you can create
additional ones as required.
3 Open for example PS2 Back in Press Sheet view to inspect the collation mark.
Take a closer look at the settings in the Inspector:

Attributes tab: settings for how the stepped block or shuttle is displayed,
with or without an index number; the index number corresponds with the
Fold Sheet number

Position tab: if the target is set to Automatically, the mark is positioned in
the spine for Stacked Assemblies and in the jog (one but last fold) for
Nested Assemblies. You can also set the target to Overfold to print the
mark in the overfold area, and choose a layer.
4 Close the :Apogee Impose windows and go to the Pages tab in the Job Ticket
Editor to add pages and complete the Run List.
5 In the Plan tab, unlock the PDF Render - Separate settings and choose
Convert to Process and save this set as CMYK.
6 Submit the job.
7 After processing, inspect the collation marks in Raster Preview. Open the
three Press Sheets to check the index number and stepped position of the
collation mark.
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Note that the mark is only on the back of Press Sheets PS2 and PS3.
 How to place Fold Sheet cut marks
In this exercise you will add the default Fold Sheet cut marks manually to PS1.
These marks indicate the boundaries of the Fold Sheet(s) on the Press Sheet.
1 Return to the job you created earlier and open PS1 in Press Sheet view, open
the Mark Sets Inspector by clicking the button in the toolbar or pressing
CTRL+SHIFT+I, and make sure the View palette is open.
2 Zoom into the bottom left corner and in the View palette, clear the Fold Sheet
Block check box and the Fold Sheet check box so it’s easier to see the Cut
Marks you will add.
At this stage, you only see the Page Crop Marks.
3 In the Mark Sets Inspector, select Cut Marks in the Fold Sheet category.
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4 With the Cut Mark still selected, zoom back out so you can see the entire Press
Sheet.
TIP: Press CTRL+0 to zoom
in or out and make the Press
Sheet fit in the current
window.
On this particular Press Sheet, you will see Cut Marks in the 4 corners of FS1
which is assigned twice to the Press Sheet; in other words, a total of 8 Cut
Marks are placed.
5 Submit the job.
6 After processing, inspect the cut marks in Raster Preview. Open PS1 to check
the presence of the marks. Remember that you only put the Cut Marks on
PS1.
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 How to manage marks with the Mark Sets Inspector
Various marks can be placed automatically and/or manually on the different
Press Sheets of your job. You can use the Mark Sets Inspector to obtain an
overview for the entire job.
1 Return to the job you created earlier and open it in Product View with the
Mark Sets Inspector also open (CTRL+SHIFT+I).
2 Select the three Press Sheet nodes and review the Mark Sets Inspector.
Figure 7.1: Explanation of Mark Sets Inspector with multiple Press Sheets selected
Page:
• Crop Marks: applied always (green
icon) to all pages
• PageInfo: can only be applied manually (maroon icon)
Fold Sheet:
• Collation Mark: can only be applied
manually
• Cut Mark: can only be applied manually; the check box has a mixed state
(grey selector) because it is not
applied to all the selected Press
Sheets
• Fold Marks: applied always (green
icon) but only to PS 1
Press Sheet:
• 650x500: applied conditionally (grey
icon), only if Small Press is assigned
• 1000x650: applied conditionally
(grey icon), only if Large Press is
assigned
• Registration Mark: can only be
applied manually (maroon icon)
3 Mark Sets that were applied conditionally or always can be removed
manually. For example, select the PS2 node and clear the 650x500 check box
in the Press Sheet category. Select all three Press Sheet nodes again and this
mark now has a mixed state: it is only applied to two of the three Press Sheets.
4 Submit the job.
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 How to reset a manually modified mark
Marks placed by Mark Sets can be modified and you may want to revert to the
original settings.
1 Return to the job you created earlier and open PS2 Front in Press Sheet view
and make sure the Inspector is open (CTRL+I).
2 Locate and select the Page Mark at the bottom of page 5.
This mark was placed by the PageInfo Mark Set.
3 Now turn the Press Sheet (CTRL+T) and locate the same mark under
page 15.
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In the Inspector you see that the settings are different because we changed
the Knock-out settings in an earlier exercise.
NOTE: If you change the settings of a mark placed by a Mark Set, there is no
visual indication of this.
4 Click the cogwheel and choose Reset.
The settings have now reverted to the original settings of the Mark Set.
5 To continue the exercise, undo the last action (CTRL+Z) so you have the
PageInfo mark with knock-out again.
6 Close the job.
 How to re-apply modified Mark Sets
If you modify a Mark Set, the changes are not applied to marks that have already
been placed by the Mark Set, even when you close and re-open :Apogee Impose,
or submit the job. This safety mechanism can be overridden with the Re-apply
Mark Sets feature.
NOTE: This feature only affects marks which are placed automatically by a Mark
Set, and not manually placed marks.
In this exercise you will:
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create a new Mark Set with a condition for applying it to all jobs
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create a new job and check the mark is applied

modify the Mark Set and review the behavior on the Press Sheet
1 In the System Overview, choose the Impose TP, then the Mark Engraver
resource, and create a new Mark Set in the Press Sheet Marks category with
the following settings:
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Name: Rectangular Mark
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Condition: Always
2 In this Mark Set, create a new Mark with the following settings:
Attributes:

Name: Rectangle Mark
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Width: 4 mm
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Height: 4 mm

leave other settings as is
Position:

Target Reference: Press Sheet

Target Horizontal: 4 mm Right of Left Edge

Target Vertical: 50 mm Above Bottom Edge

leave other settings as is
3 Close the Mark Engraver.
You have now created a Mark Set that will always place a Rectangle Mark of
4 mm by 4 mm on all Press Sheets for all jobs.
4 Create a new Job Ticket by choosing File > New from Templates and then
the Apogee Impose template from the Tutorial category.
5 In the Quick Fill pane, define the job as follows:
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Job Name: Re-apply Mark Sets
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6 Click Open.
7 In the Imposition pane, choose Center Bottom from the Press Sheet Layout
drop-down list on the right.
8 Edit the imposition as follows:

2 assembly blocks of 8 pages

FS1: F8-7 (2x2), assign to Small Press
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FS2: use Repeat Imposed Press Sheet feature
9 Open PS1 Front in Press Sheet view and zoom into the bottom left corner to
check that the Rectangle Mark has been applied.
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The Rectangle Mark has been placed by the Mark Set as expected because the
condition was set to Always. This mark is on all the Press Sheets.
10 Now return to the Mark Engraver resource in System Overview.
TIP: With the mark selected,
click the cog wheel in the
Inspector and select Open in
the Mark Engraver.
11 Modify the Rectangle Mark as follows:
Attributes:

Width: 10 mm

Height: 10 mm

leave other settings as is
Position:

Target Horizontal: 1 mm Right of Left Edge
12 Close the Mark Engraver.
You have now changed the position of the Rectangle Mark and made it larger:
10 mm by 10 mm.
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13 Go back to the Press Sheet view and you see that the settings for the Rectangle
Mark have not been updated.
14 Submit the job and re-open it in Press Sheet view and you see that settings
still haven’t been updated.
:Apogee Impose does not update marks which have already been placed by a
Mark Set.
You now have two options to update the mark.
15 With the mark selected, click the cogwheel in the Inspector and choose Reset.
This option will reset the mark you have selected but only on PS1. Click Next
Sheet and you see that the small mark is still applied.
OR
16 Choose Edit > Re-apply all Mark Sets (CTRL+SHIFT+M) to update all the
marks placed by all Mark Sets on all Press Sheets.
The mark is now larger and placed closer to the edge of the sheet as expected.
 How to re-apply Mark Sets and keep/reset on/off states
If you remove a Mark Set for a particular Press Sheet using the Mark Sets
Inspector, :Apogee Impose asks whether you want to reset of keep this state
when re-applying Marks Sets with the Re-apply Mark Sets feature.
1 Go back to the Mark Engraver resource, and modify the Rectangle Mark as
follows to move it higher along the edge:
Position:

Target Vertical: 240 mm Above Bottom Edge
2 In the job you just created, open PS2 Front in Product view.
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3 Before re-applying the Mark Set, clear the Rectangle Mark check box in the
Marks Sets Inspector.
This will remove the mark on PS2 only.
4 Choose Edit > Re-apply All Mark Sets (CTRL+SHIFT+M).
This command normally updates all the marks placed by all Mark Sets
immediately on all Press Sheets. However, :Apogee Impose detects that a
Mark Set has been set to off and the Re-apply Mark Sets dialog box is
displayed with two options:

Reset States: will put back the mark you removed earlier on PS2

Keep States: leaves the states unchanged
5 Click Keep States and review both of your Press Sheets using the Previous
Sheet and Next Sheet buttons.

PS1: the mark is still applied and updated

PS2: the mark has not be applied
6 Choose Edit > Re-apply All Mark Sets (CTRL+SHIFT+M) again, and now
click Reset States and review both of your Press Sheets again.

PS1: the mark is still applied

PS2: the mark has been re-applied
7 Submit the job to finish the exercise.
Congratulations, you have completed this tutorial lesson.
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Setting Folding Schemes
for Auto Impose
In a previous lesson you created a custom Folding Scheme that you applied interactively to all the Press Sheets of a 48-page job. You will now set up :Apogee
Impose so that this custom Folding Scheme is applied automatically, effectively
saving you time to create the imposition.
In this lesson you will:

set the custom Folding Scheme as the preferred Folding Scheme for your jobs
(top pick) in System Overview

use the Auto Impose feature in the Job Ticket Editor to apply the same
Folding Scheme to all the Press Sheets of the job
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 How to set your Folding Scheme as top pick
1 In the System Overview window, click the Impose Task Processor and then
the Folding Schemes resource.
2 In the Default Set, select the schemes for 16 pages.
The folding scheme listed in the right column are variations for putting 16
pages on a Fold Sheet.
3 Select the F16-CustomFoldingSequence you created in a previous lesson and
use the Up arrow or Move to Top arrow to move this scheme to the top of the
list.
By moving this scheme to the top of the list, you have effectively made this the
top pick for 16-page Fold Sheets and this is indicated in the middle column.
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NOTE: Make sure your top pick scheme is enabled for use in the right column
(check box selected), otherwise it will not appear in the middle column.
4 Close the Folding Schemes resource.
 How to apply Folding Schemes with Auto Impose
1 Create a new Job Ticket by choosing File > New from Templates and then
the Apogee Impose template from the Tutorial category.
2 In the Quick Fill pane, define the job as follows:
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Order number: studentname-impose-0008
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Job Name: Auto Impose
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Bound stacked matt coated A4
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Number of Pages: 48
3 Click Open.
4 In the Imposition pane, choose Center Bottom from the Press Sheet Layout
drop-down list on the right.
5 Now start the automatic imposition feature by clicking the Auto Impose
button.
The Auto Impose dialog box is displayed with a summary of the Product that
consists of one part.
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An essential parameter for Auto Impose is the Press that will be used to print
the Product. It’s essential because the imposition to be created depends on the
size of the Press Sheet which in turn depends on the size of the Press.
6 In the Print on pane, choose the following:
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Press: Large Press
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Sheet Size: 1000 x 650
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Main Workstyle: Perfecting
7 In the Folding scheme selection pane, leave the Default Set as is. This is the
set we want to use and the one we modified earlier.
8 Leave the Largest First Auto Impose Rule as is. The effect of this parameter
is explained in a following lesson.
9 Click Impose to start the automatic imposition.
The Product View is opened showing the imposition for all the Press Sheets.
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Let’s review what :Apogee Impose has done for us:

the assembly has been split into 3 blocks of 16 pages: this is because
16xA4 pages is the maximum number of pages to fit on the chosen Press
Sheet size.

the F-16 CustomFoldingSequence is used as Folding Scheme because this
is what we set as top pick for 16 page blocks in the Folding Schemes
resource.

each Press Sheet has the Perfecting workstyle

all Press Sheets are assigned to the Large Press
:Apogee Impose has automatically generated the same imposition as the one
you created interactively in a previous exercise.
10 Click the Close button to confirm the imposition and close the Product View.
NOTE: You could submit the job here but we want to complete the job set-up
first.
11 Now complete the set-up with the same settings as in the job you created
earlier.
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
plate size and imaging size for the TIFF Platesetter - Output and Image:
1130 x 907 parameter set

PDF Render - Separate: CMYK parameter set.
12 Submit the Job Ticket.
13 Drag and drop the following PDF files onto the job you just created in the Jobs
List or in the Page Store in the Pages tab:

Apogee Automate 4Pages.pdf

Apogee Control 4Pages.pdf

Apogee Manage 4Pages.pdf

Apogee Render 4Pages.pdf

ApogeePrepress Brochure.pdf
14 In the Pages tab, wait until the documents are uploaded and drag them to the
Run List.
15 Submit the Job and compare how the files are rendered in the Results tab
with the results from the job your imposed interactively.
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The job is rendered with the same imposition arrangement as the job you
created interactively.
Congratulations, you have completed this tutorial lesson.
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LESSON
9
Setting Auto Impose
Rules
In a previous lesson you applied different workstyles to a 40-page job interactively, first to reduce the press run length and subsequently to reduce the number
of plates to be imaged.
This was a job with a partial signature, i.e. a signature which is smaller than the
other signatures. You will now set up :Apogee Impose so that each Press Sheet is
assigned the desired workstyle automatically and you save time creating the
imposition.
In this lesson you will:

review how the Auto Impose Rules resource works

create Auto Impose Rules to make :Apogee Impose process a partial signature
using the desired workstyle
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 How to set your Auto Impose Rules
1 In the System Overview window, click the Impose Task Processor and then
the Auto Impose Rules resource.
The Auto Impose Rules dialog box is displayed with the default rules.
The rules you set here relate to:
TIP: Refer to Auto Impose
Rules Overview in the Online
Help for more details about
these settings.

how the Fold Sheets are placed on Press Sheets: you can set priorities and
a strictness for following the placement rules

whether an Alternative workstyle is preferred if the job contains N-up or
partial signatures
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the order of the signatures in the Assembly and where to put partial
signatures
2 For example, select the Largest First, W&T rule and unlock the settings to
review the options.
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The name of this rule indicates that the Largest Signature will be the first in
the Assembly and Work & Turn workstyle is to be used if possible for partial
signatures.
3 In the Placing fold sheets pane, click the Lowest Folio rule in the list on the
left and then click in the strictness drop-down list to review the options.
The strictness is set to Do not consider.
4 With Lowest Folio still selected, choose Must be met in the strictness list.
The Lowest Folio rule jumps to the top of the Priority list and now has the
Meet priority.
This setting means that the first priority of :Apogee Impose will be to place the
Fold Sheets so the lowest folio page is on the Back.
5 Reset this rule to Do not consider and the Lowest folio rule jumps back to the
bottom of the list.
6 Leave this rule as is.
Now let’s create a new Auto Impose Rule.
7 Click the + button to create a new rule in the list.
8 Change the default name of the rule to Partial Sig last but one.
9 Leave the strictness setting for the placement rules on Do not consider.
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10 For this exercise, we do not want an alternative workstyle for partial signatures so clear the If possible, print N-up or partial signatures using check
box.
11 However, we do have a preference for the order of the signatures in the
assembly, so in the Assembly pane, set the following parameters:

Signature order: Largest First

Partial signatures: Keep away from edge by 1 full signature
12 Close the Auto Impose Rules resource.
 How to apply your Auto Impose Rule
For this exercise you will create a 40 page job with 2 full signatures and 1 partial
signature.
1 Create a new Job Ticket by choosing File > New from Templates and then
the Apogee Impose template from the Tutorial category.
2 In the Quick Fill pane, define the job as follows:
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Order number: studentname-impose-0009
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Job Name: Auto Impose Rules

Bound nested matt coated A4
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Number of Pages: 40
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3 Click Open.
4 In the Imposition pane, choose Trim2PressSheetEdge21 from the Press
Sheet Layout drop-down list on the right.
5 Now start the automatic imposition feature by clicking the Auto Impose
button.
The Auto Impose dialog box is displayed with a summary of the Product that
consists of one part.
6 In the Print on pane, choose the following:

Press: Large Press

Sheet Size: 1000 x 650

Main Workstyle: Sheetwise
7 In the Folding scheme selection pane, leave the Default Set as is. This is the
set we want to use and the one we modified in a previous lesson.
8 In the Auto Impose Rule drop-down list, choose the rule you just created:
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Partial Sig last but one
9 Click Impose to start the automatic imposition.
The Product View is opened showing the imposition for all the Press Sheets.
Let’s review what :Apogee Impose has done for us:
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the assembly has been split into 2 blocks of 16 pages and one smaller block
of 8 pages (partial signature); the partial signature is the last but one
signature.

the F-16 CustomFoldingSequence is used as Folding Scheme for the two
full signatures because this is what we set as top pick for 16-page blocks in
the Folding Schemes resource (see previous lesson).

the F-8-7 scheme is used as Folding Scheme for the partial signature to fit
the Fold Sheet twice on the Press Sheet with Sheetwise workstyle.

each Press Sheet, including the partial signature, has the Sheetwise
workstyle because we cleared the Alternative workstyle option in the Auto
Impose Rule

all Press Sheets are assigned to the Large Press; each Press Sheet has a
Front and Back which means a total of 6 x 4 plates need to be imaged.
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:Apogee Impose has automatically generated the same imposition as the one
you created interactively in a previous exercise.
10 Click the Close button to confirm the imposition and close the Product View.
11 Now complete the set-up with the same settings as in the job you created
interactively.

plate size and imaging size for the TIFF Platesetter - Output and Image:
1130 x 907 parameter set

PDF Render - Separate: CMYK parameter set.
12 Submit the Job Ticket.
13 Drag and drop the following PDF files onto the job you just created in the Jobs
List or in the Page Store in the Pages tab:

Apogee Automate 4Pages.pdf

Apogee Render 4Pages.pdf

ApogeePrepress Brochure.pdf
14 In the Pages tab, wait until the documents are uploaded and drag them to the
Run List.
15 Submit the Job and compare how the files are rendered in the Results tab
with the results from the job your imposed interactively.
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The job is rendered with the same imposition arrangement as the job you
created interactively:
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you have 6 Press Sheet sides.

the partial signature is placed twice on PS2 so the press run length for this
Press Sheet is reduced by 50%.
16 Go back to the Auto Impose Rules resource, duplicate the Partial Sig last but
one rule and create a rule called Partial Sig W&T last but one and now select
Work &Turn as alternative workstyle for partial signatures by selecting the If
possible, print N-up or partial signatures using check box.
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This will reduce the number of Press Sheets and plates required to print the
job.
17 Duplicate the job you just processed and in the Administration tab, enter:

Order number: studentname-impose-0099

Job Name: Auto Impose Rules W&T
18 In the Product tab, click the Auto Impose button and choose your new rule,
Partial Sig W&T last but one in the Auto Impose dialog box.
19 Submit the job.
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The job is rendered with the same imposition arrangement as the job you
created interactively:

you have 5 Press Sheet sides.

the partial signature is placed once on PS 2 so the press run length for this
Press Sheet will be the same as for the other sheets but the number of plates
for this signature is reduced by 50%.
Congratulations, you have completed this tutorial lesson.
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