Preplanning For Bindery (Dummies And impostion)

Question 1

What should be considered to ensure a smooth process of pre-planning?

Answer 1

Job/print size, number of pages, proofing, colour matching, binding type

Question 2

What is preplanning?

Answer 2

The planning that begins at the design stage and goes all the way through the workflow

Question 3

Who is responsible for setting up your imposition?

Answer 3

Pre press people

Question 4

Imposition definition

Answer 4

Imposition is the arrangement of pages for a press sheet

Question 5

What is dummy?

Answer 5

plain paper mock-up of a print

Question 6

Where are dummy used?

Answer 6

Give a visual to create imposition

Question 7

what are the things that we would identify on dummies?

Answer 7

placement of page heads, binding edges, gripper and side guide edges, page sequence, arrangement of signatures

Question 8

What are the 5 imposition styles?

Answer 8

Sheetwise, work and turn, work and tumble, multiple up/gang up, combination layout

Question 9

what is the benefit of maintaining the gripper?

Answer 9

maintaining the same gripper allows for more consistency in registration

Question 10

which position style requires you to change the grip or edge?

Answer 10

Work and tumble