If you select the Apogee System in the Hardware pane, you will see the Imposition icon in the Resources pane. By double-clicking the Imposition icon, you can access the Imposition settings. This allows you to specify some general and “split for proof” settings.

This tab allows you to enable the clipping and define the Sheet Prefixes.

Select this check box to clip marks when they run out of the press sheet.

You can add a margin on the outside of the press sheet. Outer margin must be greater than or equal to zero.

The sheet prefixes are used to distinguish between press and fold sheets of different parts. You can control the grouping and numbering of the sheets with the Sheet prefix. This is a string of one or more characters to provide:

Default prefix: When you create production sets from the parts, the prefix is set according to the part type. In case a production set contains pages from multiple parts, the lowest page number determines the part type to use.

When you create a new part manually, the prefix from the production set previously holding the sheets is copied (i.e., after filling in the sheets/sides). The prefix is left unchanged when you remove the sheets from a production set.

You can configure the prefixes for every part type in the Sheet Prefix configuration with the following parameters:

Split for Proof disassembles the main imposition layout and reassembles it so the product can be proofed on a small (e.g. an A3) laser printer, maintaining the reader order of pages and the layout of the marks of the main imposition scheme. Split for Proof re-arranges the product as a set of 2-up saddle-stitch sheets. This arrangement allows for easy gathering and folding, with no cutting needed. Alternatively, you can have a 1-up arrangement. The following proofing modes are available:

You can limit the number of sheets that you need to fold together. The bigger the stack, the harder it is to fold. This option limits the number of sheets in a stack to the specified amount, making the folding easier. Note that this modifies the page arrangement: You need to stack and fold the correct number of sheets, otherwise the pages will not be in the correct reader order.

You can limit the page area to be proofed to the page itself and a zone that contains the marks (except for the spine in case of 2-up). The area is thus the pages trim box expanded with the specified amount. If you switch it off, the boundaries of the page area are determined only by the output size.

This option is especially useful for preventing pages from being scaled down too much when using an imposition with large sheet or plate margins.

You can add filler pages to the Soft for proof result to obtain the same page distribution as the Folding Schemes and Web Production Schemes produce.

Defines the location of the folder containing the Imposition marks.

Defines the location of a folder containing extra PJTF files.

Select which marks to print, and how to print them.

Print crop marks at the bounds of the bleed area.

Print center marks for each side.

Print a punch mark.

Print fold marks with a white knock-out. This makes the marks more visible when the underlying content is dark.

Print crop with a white knock-out.

Move the crop marks together with the pages when using shingling. When you deselect it, the crop marks keep their original position, as if no shingling was applied.

These options determine in which layer Apogee prints crop and fold marks.

Set the default font for text marks.

Set the default line width for marks.

Sets the distance outside the press sheet to clip marks.

Defines how Apogee replaces the $SIDE variable, found as marks on imposition templates

Select this option for the traditional imposition replacement (A, B, and so on). This system assigns a unique identifier to each side, even on multi-web presses.

Select this option for the Apogee convention: Front for front sides, Back for back sides.

Compares the Imposition settings against the default values.

Restores all settings to their factory defaults.