Specify Gangup settings in Fiery Impose

You can specify gangup styles, page order, gutter size, and gangup method.

Make sure that the gangup style and method can be used together. For details about which you can combine, see Combining Gangup styles with Gangup methods.

Set Gangup style

You can set gangup style.

In the menu under the Template menu, click Unique, Repeat, Unique-Collate Cut, Duplo-Short Edge Feed, or Duplo - Long Edge Feed.

Set Page Order

The Page Order options allow you to specify the flow direction of pagination within the layout.

Click one of the following in the Page Order section of the Settings pane:

- Orders pages from left to right horizontally, by row, starting with the top row.
- Orders pages from right to left horizontally, by row, starting with the top row.
- Orders pages from top to bottom vertically, by column, starting with the furthest left column.
- Orders pages from top to bottom vertically, by column, starting the furthest right column.

Set Gutters

You can set gutters for gangup jobs. Gutters are extra margins that allow space for binding or other finishing options.

Fiery Impose defines the locations of gutters for you according to the layout and sheet size governing the imposition of the job. For example, perfect-bound jobs typically require larger gutters than saddle-stitched jobs, in order to provide room for grinding off the spines and gluing signatures together when the book is bound.

Click Define in the Gutter option.
In the Gutter dialog box, set the gutter measurement by typing in the available text entry fields for each gutter in your layout.
If you entered a value in one of the fields and want all gutters to have the same measurement, click Apply All.
If you selected Scale to Fit before setting gutters in the Gutter dialog box, use the "Scale to fit" uses gutter settings check box to control the placement of the page content.
- Not selecting the check box (default setting) - Scale to Fit does not include the gutter size in the calculation. Changing the gutter size does not scale the page content, and instead shifts the content.
- Selecting the check box - Scale to Fit includes the gutter size in the calculation. Changing the gutter size scales the page content to fit within the area defined by the rows and columns and gutter settings.

Scale to fit options with gutters

Fiery Impose offers two different Scale to Fit behaviors with gutters.

Scale to Fit is needed when the original page does not fit entirely within the available imposition slot on the sheet. The imposition slot size is defined by the sheet size and the number of imposition slots on the page (a function of the numbers of rows and columns). The gutter setting defines the space between the imposition slots.

If you have selected Scale to Fit, the Gutter dialog box offers a "Scale to fit" uses gutter settings check box. The behavior of the check box is as follows:

Not selecting the check box (default setting) - Scale to Fit does not include the gutter size in the calculation. Changing the gutter size does not scale the page content, and instead shifts the content.
Selecting the check box - Scale to Fit includes the gutter size in the calculation. Changing the gutter size scales the page content to fit within the area defined by the rows and columns and gutter settings.

If the user selected Scale to Fit, changing the gutter size automatically changed the scaling. The document was resized so it continued to fit in the available area. Note the following: The user selected Scale to Fit option so the page always fitted within the available imposition slot, no matter the gutter size or sheet size.Changing rows and columns or sheet size affected the scaled size.Changing gutter size affected the scaled size.Scale to Fit scaled down, not up.

Set Gang Up methods in Fiery Impose

You can set one of five Gang Up methods. Not all Gang Up methods and styles are compatible.

Click one of the following Gang Up methods in the Layout Style menu:

Standard
Head to Head
Foot to Foot
Reversal
Reversal-Alternate

Combining Gangup styles with Gangup methods

Which Gangup styles and methods you can use together depends on whether the job format is PostScript, PDF, or VDP.

The following table shows which Gangup styles and methods you can use together for normal jobs in PostScript or PDF format.

Gangup styles	Standard	Head to Head	Foot to Foot	Reversal	Reversal Alternate
Repeat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unique	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unique-Collate Cut	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

The following table shows which gangup styles and methods you can use together for VDP jobs.

Gangup styles	Standard	Head to Head	Foot to Foot	Reversal	Reversal Alternate
Repeat	Yes	No	No	No	No
Unique	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unique-Collate Cut	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multi-Record Collate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cut and Stack	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Duplo - Short Edge Feed	Yes	No	No	No	No
Duplo - Long Edge Feed	Yes	No	No	No	No

Standard style is the only layout style supported for variable data printing gangup repeat jobs. All layout styles are supported for non-variable data printing jobs in PostScript or PDF format submitted to Command WorkStation through the Import function or printer driver. For jobs submitted through Hot Folders, Fiery Impose cannot distinguish between variable data printing and non-variable data printing jobs, so Standard is the only Gangup repeat style supported for variable data printing and non-variable data printing jobs.

Specify Repeat Booklet finish feature

The Repeat Booklet, which is for off-line finishing, not in-line finishing, allows step-and-repeat printing of two identical booklets on one sheet. Repeat Booklet requires a layout of 2 rows by 2 columns.

Select Booklet for the product intent.
Select 2 X 2 Repeat booklet in the Row & Column option.

Styles available for edge-binding options

The following table shows which Style settings can be used with the edge binding options. These are applicable for PostScript or PDF jobs, but not for VDP jobs.

Note: For the Repeat Booklet binding layout, the Style setting modifies the orientation of the booklets. For Gang Up layouts, the Style setting modifies the orientation of the pages.

Binding Method	Standard	Head to Head	Foot to Foot	Reversal	Reversal Alternate
Left Edge Binding	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Right Edge Binding	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Top Edge Binding	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes