Quick Creo IC.304, v2.1 imposition question

[CathieH]

Hi there.

I imported a 4x6 postcard into my Creo so I could impose it 2-up on an 8.5x11 sheet. My experience has always been that when you do this, you input the number of total postcards you want to print, not the number of sheets because the Creo is thinking only of the 4x6 card, not in terms of sheets. But my Creo is thinking in terms of sheets printed, not number of postcards.

Isn't this unusual?

 

[Emtri]

Something about this rings a bell...but its been about 3 years since I've had any experience with the Creo rip
a setting perhaps?

 

[wmwilker]

Hi there.

I imported a 4x6 postcard into my Creo so I could impose it 2-up on an 8.5x11 sheet. My experience has always been that when you do this, you input the number of total postcards you want to print, not the number of sheets because the Creo is thinking only of the 4x6 card, not in terms of sheets. But my Creo is thinking in terms of sheets printed, not number of postcards.

Isn't this unusual?

The Creo used to do the math for you but with the new versions you have to do the math yourself.

 

[mac_man_luke]

The Creo used to do the math for you but with the new versions you have to do the math yourself.

There is a patch you can install to make it do the maths - i love it.

 

[gig0]

One of the earlier updates changed it for whatever reason.

 

[CathieH]

Thanks for the replies. I don't mind doing the math, but it just kinda freaked me out. Good thing I caught it before I ran 1500 pages instead of 1500 postcards.

 

[Ultimate]

You could use an external imposition solution like Absolutely Imposing. Our super easy to use plug-in for Acrobat will do all your impositions in seconds and it is device independent. You can try a demo for free. Simply send me an email request. AI is only $450.

Ray Duval
Ultimate Technographics Inc.
raymond @ imposition.com

 

[CathieH]

Thanks Ray. I really don't have much use for impositioning as our graphics department generally does it manually, but I'll keep this in mind if things start changing around here.

 

[Ultimate]

Cool. Thanks for the feedback Cathie.