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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.

Parent topic: Gangup printing in Fiery Impose

Set gangup style

You can set a gangup style.

  1. Select Gangup in the Template menu.
  2. Select one of the following in the template style menu:
    • Unique
    • Repeat
    • Unique-Collate Cut
    • Duplo - Short Edge Feed
    • Duplo - Long Edge Feed

Set Page Order

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

Note: The Page Order options are available only for the Unique gangup style.
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 to provide room for grinding off the spines and gluing signatures together when the book is bound.

  1. Click Define for the Gutter option.
  2. In the Gutter window, set the gutter measurement by typing in the available text fields for each gutter in your layout.
  3. (Optional) Click Apply All to apply the same measurement to all gutters.
  4. (Optional) Select the "Scale to fit" uses gutter settings check box to control the placement of the page content.. 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.

    The "Scale to fit" uses gutter settings check box is available when you select Scale to fit for the Scale option in the Fiery Impose Settings pane before opening the Gutter window.

    • 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 which is a function of the number of rows and columns. The gutter setting defines the space between the imposition slots.

When you select Scale to fit, the Gutter window 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.
    Note: The selected "Scale to fit" uses gutter settings selection cannot be saved for Fiery Impose templates. If you do select the check box and save the settings as a Fiery Impose template, the check box selection is cleared.

When you select Scale to fit, changing the gutter size changes the scaling automatically. The document is resized so it continues to fit in the available area.

Note the following:
  • The Scale to Fit setting always fits the page within the available imposition slot, regardless of the gutter or sheet size.

  • Changing rows and columns or sheet size affects the scaled size. Changing the gutter size affects the scaled size. The Scale to fit setting scales down, not up.