Imposition wizard automation manual#

We used to do that too, but we wanted to eliminate as much human errors as possible.

Imposition wizard automation manual#

Most are still using imposition software that requires manual steps. “It never extends to the level of covering prepress automation where imposition is hands-free. “Many printers, when talking about automation, talk about automating job tracking using an MIS or automating pre-flighting” continues Steve. This is why I can truly say that 99% of our work is processed using only 5 hot folders. Like wise on 8.5 x 11 sheet hot folder set up, I can place any 2-up page sizes I want. I use it to impose 7 x 10, 6.5 x 10.5 etc. We also dedicate one Impostrip hot folder for the DocuTech 14 ⅛ x 14. “Same for the all the other presses, for example for the Docutech 9.5 x13 sheet size into which I drop books of various formats: 6 x 8.75, 6 x 8.5 or 5.5 x 8.25 etc. Impostrip prints out the files to the Nuvera and it is extremely fast. I can drop books with varying trim sizes (5 x 8, 4 x 6) and up to a 6 X 9 trim and they can all be imposed automatically with the same hot folder. I have one hot folder for the Nuvera 18.5 x 12.5 where I can produce all my 4 ups. “I set my imposition folders not based on page sizes but on sheet sizes. In our case this means that 5 hot folders handle 99% of our work totally hands-off.” What I like about Impostrip is that pages are imposed dynamically where 100 different page sizes can be handled by very few hot folders. We exploit Impostrip On-Demand Digital to automate our book production. “Books are an important aspect of our production. The beauty of it is, at the end of the year, when the State asks to bind all the Bills in one single book, we do not need to do anything, Impostrip assembles all the Bills with all blanks in one book to be bound. We use Impostrip On-Demand Digital’s dynamic hot folder and what used to literally take hours to prepare, is now completed in 8-12 minutes. “To give an example, we get hundreds of Legislative Bills per day from New York State.

This makes a big difference in speed and efficiency.’ Once we have decided, we then drop the files in the Impostrip On-Demand Digital Hot Folder dedicated to the device on the network and Impostrip automatically aligns all the imposition dynamically with the upper left corner respecting the presetting of the hot folder. taking the time to look at a job and deciding which press, at that specific moment, will print the job. “We don’t do any imposition any more except for job planning, i.e. That’s a tall order, yet Ultimate delivered: ‘Impostrip On-Demand Hot Folder is extremely fast,” says Stephen Pratt, Director of Technology. IBT was instrumental in working with Ultimate Technographics R&D team to develop the best possible approach to a total hands-off prepress production. The IBT plant hosts one Xeikon, 2 Xerox Docutech, 61, and 3 Nuvera 120s, one HP-Indigo, OCE and Presstek DI for offset, all are driven by one imposition solution: Impostrip On-Demand Digital. The load of work is taken over by Impostrip’s Hot Folder manager that takes files and arranges them intelligently according to the printer and the particular finishing requirements. IBT succeeded to reduce its prepress processes to making few judgment calls a day. IBT has reached impressive production records thanks to the dynamic imposition technology that makes Impostrip On-Demand unrivaled. Because a book run can be as short as one, prepress imposition must be automated at its extreme. From publisher file approval to a bound case or paper book completed in as little as a one day turn around, there is one thing that keeps it all together-Impostrip On-Demand Digital. IBT is known to set the bar high for its production, quality control and service teams. Integrated Book Technology is at the forefront of On-Demand short run book manufacturing, one of the most demanding printing specializations today.

An interview with Stephen Pratt, Director of Technology, IBT, Troy, NY.