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Imposition template reference

Fiery Impose Plus provides predefined templates. The settings that a template covers depend on the specific template.

1-up full bleed template

The 1-up full bleed layout prints one page per sheet. Marks indicates where to cut the paper so that the color content extends to the edge of the paper. The following settings apply for this layout:

  • Bleed: Apply Both checked

  • Trim Marks: Black, Solid 1/2 pt. wide, 0.2222 inch long Standard style marks

  • Fold Marks: Black, Dotted 1/2 pt. wide, 0.2222 inch long marks

  • Job Label: Horizontal, Name, Sheet Info, and Date & Time in the Upper Left corner

  • Scaling: Scale to fit

  • Normal template setting

The 1-up full bleed layout has no page number restrictions.

2-up perfect template

The 2-up perfect template creates signatures for a perfect-bound book, with each sheet folded once and stacked on top of one another. The following settings apply for this layout:

  • Duplex

  • Bleed: Apply Both checked

  • Trim Marks: Black, Solid 1/2 pt. wide, 0.2222 inch long Standard style marks

  • Fold Marks: Black, Dotted 1/2 pt. wide, 0.2222 inch long marks

  • Job Label: Horizontal, Name, Sheet Info, and Date & Time in the Upper Left corner

  • Scaling: Scale to fit

  • Perfect binding

The 2-Up perfect layout is for jobs that have multiples of four pages, but you can use it with jobs that have any number of pages. Fiery Impose Plus adds additional blank pages as necessary. Pages are ordered in groups of four so that, when folded, each sheet has four sequential pages.

Note: The Creep adjustment is not available in this template.

2-up saddle template

The 2-up saddle layout creates sheets for a saddle bound book. All of the sheets are folded together, one inside the other. The following settings apply for this layout:

  • Duplex

  • Bleed: Apply Both checked

  • Trim Marks: Black, Solid 1/2 pt. wide, 0.2222 inch long Standard style marks

  • Fold Marks: Black, Dotted 1/2 pt. wide, 0.2222 inch long marks

  • Job Label: Horizontal, Name, Sheet Info, and Date & Time in the Upper Left corner

  • Scaling: Scale to fit

  • Saddle stitch binding

The 2-up saddle layout is for jobs that have multiples of four pages, but it can be used with jobs that have any number of pages. Fiery Impose Plus adds additional blank pages as necessary. Pages are ordered so that, when sheets are folded and stitched together, the pages are sequential.

3-up trifold brochure template

The 3-up trifold brochure layout consists of a single sheet folded into three sections. Although the three sections are the same width, the space between each section varies so that the leftmost panel can be folded over the other two panels. The following settings apply for this layout:

  • Duplex

  • Trim Marks: Gray, Solid 1/2 pt. wide, 0.2222 inch long Standard style marks

  • Job Label: Horizontal, Name, Sheet Info, and Date & Time in the Upper Left corner

  • Scaling: Scale to fit

  • Gangup Unique

The 3-up trifold brochure layout is for jobs that have six pages or multiples of six pages, but you can use it with jobs that have any number of pages. Fiery Impose Plus adds additional blank pages as necessary.

The 3-up trifold brochure is usually folded as shown in the following illustration.

4-up gate fold template

The 4-up gate fold layout is used most often for a four-panel brochure. The finished brochure unfolds to double, then four times the original size. The following settings apply for this layout:

  • Duplex

  • Bleed: Apply Both checked

  • Trim Marks: Gray, Solid 1/2 pt. wide, 0.2222 inch long Standard style marks

  • Job Label: Horizontal, Name, Sheet Info, and Date & Time in the Upper Left corner

  • Scaling: Scale to fit

  • Gangup Unique

The 4-up gate fold layout is for jobs that have multiples of eight pages, but you can use it with jobs that have any number of pages. Impose adds additional blank pages as necessary.

The 4-up gate fold is usually folded as shown in the following illustration.

4-up head to head template

The 4-up head to head layout is for booklets created from a layout of four pages on each side of the printed sheet. Rotating the two topmost pages lets you fold the signature both horizontally and vertically, and trimmed. The finished booklet has all pages in the correct order and rotation.

The following settings apply for this layout:

  • Duplex

  • Bleed: Apply Both checked

  • Gutters

  • Trim Marks: Black, Solid 1/2 pt. wide, 0.2222 inch long Standard style marks

  • Fold Marks: Black, Dotted 1/2 pt. wide, 0.2222 inch long marks

  • Job Label: Horizontal, Name, Sheet Info, and Date & Time in the Upper Left corner

  • Scaling: Scale to fit

  • Saddle stitch binding

The 4-up head to head layout is for jobs that have multiples of eight pages, but you can use it for jobs that have any number of pages. Fiery Impose Plus adds additional blank pages as necessary. Pages are ordered so that, when sheets are folded with two folds at 90 degrees, trimmed, and stitched together into signatures, the pages are sequential.

Note: Although this layout requires two folds, the template applies a fold mark on the spine fold only. For example:

The 4-up head to head is usually folded as shown in the following illustration. If you are folding more than one sheet, you must stack all the sheets and fold them together.

4-up z-fold template

The 4-up z-fold layout lets you fold many panels on top of one another without stressing the folded spine. A common example is a road map. The following settings apply for this layout:

  • Duplex

  • Trim Marks: Gray, Solid 1/2 pt. wide, 0.2222 inch long Standard style marks

  • Job Label: Horizontal, Name, Sheet Info, and Date & Time in the Upper Left corner

  • Scaling: Scale to fit

  • Gangup Unique

The 4-up z-fold layout is for jobs that have eight pages, but you can use it with jobs that have any number of pages. Fiery Impose Plus adds additional blank pages as necessary.

The 4-up z-fold is usually folded as shown in the following illustration.