Imposition Software

[Award Bundall]

Need some advice about imposition software. We are a medium size commercial offset outfit and currently just use InDesign to do all our impositions but is becoming quite time consuming. Basically most our jobs are simple layouts like 2 up A4's, 6 up DL's etc on a 323x453mm sheet.
I have seen Imposition Wizard from Press no stress and it looks ok and is only a user fee of $15 per month for the license. Has anybody used this or can suggest something similar we could purchase that is very cost effective as don't want to spend big bucks on it. Want something really simple to use.

 

[prepressdork]

You could try Quite Imposing Plus, a plugin for Acrobat. It's pretty easy to use. Does step and repeat, n-up, and booklets (saddle-stitch or perfect bound). They offer a free demo to try the software.

Quite Imposing: home page

pd

 

[almaink]

Time consuming? Make templates, then all you have to do is relink PDF's in InDesign and print. The cheap layout programs are confusing to use, take just as much time to set up as doing it in InDesign, and have unexpected results most of the time, I've found.
I guess it's like anything else, you get what you pay for.

 

[cosmo]

another vote for quite imposing plus, it works good, not great, try it and see if you like it, its a free demo. Pity the imposition wizard full version is $500 and its OSX only, funny how they have a konica digital press on there site, all those machines come with rips that do impo anyway.

 

[Keith]

For most of my stuff I use the imposition tools in FusionPro, my variable data software. Sometimes I use CutePDF. It'll do n-up, step and repeat and booklets. It's cheap at $50.00 but it's PC only. The only complaint I have with it is that while it saves your templates, they are in no particular order. Makes it hard to find a specific template. The nice thing about it is the n-up. My much more expensive FusionPro cannot do it. And it does good at resizing PDFs which Acrobat, a much more expensive program, has a hard time doing.

 

[DeltaE]

Give me your email, and I will send you a link to download a imposition software!

Need some advice about imposition software. We are a medium size commercial offset outfit and currently just use InDesign to do all our impositions but is becoming quite time consuming. Basically most our jobs are simple layouts like 2 up A4's, 6 up DL's etc on a 323x453mm sheet.
I have seen Imposition Wizard from Press no stress and it looks ok and is only a user fee of $15 per month for the license. Has anybody used this or can suggest something similar we could purchase that is very cost effective as don't want to spend big bucks on it. Want something really simple to use.

 

[Award Bundall]

Hi Delta E. My email is [email protected]. Many thanks.

 

[DeltaE]

Send you an email already! Check it and have fun! )

 

[nelsonba]

There is a free InDesign script that will impose for saddle-stitching - MakeBooklet.jsxbin. Just one click creates a new imposed file. Original file needs to be in picas for measurement for it to work properly.

 

[printing656]

Another vote for Quite Imposing Plus. It takes just seconds to impose with sequences and seems to get it right every time. Responsive support out of England I believe.

 

[prepressdork]

The link for the script nelsonba mentions can be downloaded here: http://pdsassoc.com/downloads/MakeBooklet.zip

Best regards,
pd

 

[wonderings]

I use croptima, it is for indesign, works great and can do a lot for a pretty low price.
Adobe InDesign imposition plug in, InDesign CS5 imposition plug in and InDesign CS4 imposition plug in and InDesign CS3 imposition plug in. Read the FAQ or get high-quality support for all Croptima plug ins like InPlate, the InDesign professionals' c

 

[Stephen Marsh]

I personally favour PDF imposition than native layout software options.

There are many solutions out there, I like the following one for basic requirements, as it is affordable, stand alone and does not require Acrobat Pro:

Devalipi Imposition Studio


Stephen Marsh

 

[pamarcu]

Another cheap ($18.99) option, but only for mac users, is FitPlot -> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fitplot/id507242938?mt=12&ign-mpt=uo=4

It has an easy imposition tool together with many other features such as packing / nesting, pagination, last minute photo retouching, duplications, resizing, trimming etc.
There is a trial version named FitPlot free, too, also on the Mac App Store

 

[Alisa]

Need some advice about imposition software. We are a medium size commercial offset outfit and currently just use InDesign to do all our impositions but is becoming quite time consuming. Basically most our jobs are simple layouts like 2 up A4's, 6 up DL's etc on a 323x453mm sheet.
I have seen Imposition Wizard from Press no stress and it looks ok and is only a user fee of $15 per month for the license. Has anybody used this or can suggest something similar we could purchase that is very cost effective as don't want to spend big bucks on it. Want something really simple to use.

You can download HP smartstream. It comes in a free version of impostion software that you use inside of indesign.
GREAT software.

 

[yefei]

Try FlyingPages PDF Imposition software. Professional, affordable, what-you-see-is-what-you-get, and including a list of extra very helpful PDF tools like splitting pages, combine files, rearrange pages, change page size, remove white margins, etc. Download a 30 days free version from here. You can also take a look at these YouTube videos.

 

[gig0]

Try FlyingPages PDF Imposition software. Professional, affordable, what-you-see-is-what-you-get, and including a list of extra very helpful PDF tools like splitting pages, combine files, rearrange pages, change page size, remove white margins, etc. Download a 30 days free version from here. You can also take a look at these YouTube videos.

CAREFUL!

Google Chrome warns me about the download from your Chinese website. Not only that, two different websites show the .zip file is infected with a trojan:

http://i.imgur.com/9J6l4Re.png
http://i.imgur.com/6NRRLuL.png

 

[yefei]

Thanks. Scanned with latest Macfee, but did not find any issue. Will use more tools to check it.

 

[gig0]

gee yefei, why is your awesome imposition website no longer online anymore? And why is someone trying to access my accounts from a Chinese IP? Btw, my password is: Ch1n4SuCk5

 

[abooks]

I have been using Imposition Studio until 2 months ago. The software was powerful for a variety of book projects (cut and stack, sewn sections, perfect bound, etc). The price was reasonable but I see their site Bizland is now down (3/10/2015). I am hoping that is a temporary situation.

We recently had our imposition workstation crash and after getting a new one we were unable to re-install the application. It uses an annoying copy protection scheme that senses hardware changes and requires an activation key every time there is a change. We received several activation keys in the last month to reinstall the application but none worked. We have a standard HP Z class workstation with Win 7 - nothing unusual. Has anyone had similar experiences with this application?

I am visiting this board today looking for a replacement imposition software. I do so reluctantly as the version we paid for actually met our needs. Imposition Studio was a fine solution with an arcane protection system that rendered useless for us...