Subject: Re: Quirks of the printing industry. From: "Mitch C. Amiano" <amiamc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:37:50 -0500 |
He is trying to achieve a function known as imposition, where groups of "finished" sheets are manipulated to get the most effective use of a different printable medium and/or a particular printing process, the medium itself then being cut/folded/stitched/stapled/glued etc. I looked at the issue once before a few years back. At that point, I didn't see any fundamental flaws that would prevent implementation extensions from addressing it using DSSSL features. But I don't think the flow objects defined in the standard were directly intended to deal with this degree of imposition. Frank A. Christoph wrote: > > Maybe I don't understand what you're getting at, but can't you achieve this > effect by just formatting and then manually (i.e., physically) reorienting > the opposite pages? Or is it impossible because you are counting on duplex > printing (i.e., on both sides of the page)? > > BTW, how does this arrangement > > ensure that the completed page can fit onto a master and be cropped within > > the physical limits of the page > ? > > --FC > > -----Original Message----- > $B:9=P?M(B : Pawson, David <DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx> > $B08@h(B : DSSSList@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <DSSSList@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > $BF|;~(B : 1998$BG/(B 1$B7n(B 23$BF|(B $B6bMKF|(B $B8a8e(B 07:59 > $B7oL>(B : Quirks of the printing industry. > > >I appreciate that DSSSL can lay out text right to left, but one of the > >local > >quirks I have come across is one whereby the text for two facing pages > >runs as follows: > > > >Left hand page > >top left > > to > > bottom right > > > >('normal') > > > >then the opposite page is rotated through 180 degrees, hence reads > >upside down, bottom right to top left. This to ensure that the completed > >page > >can fit onto a master and be cropped within the physical limits of the > >page. > > > ><question> Does DSSSL cope with such a twisted view of print? > ></question> > > > >regards, ~DaveP > > > > > > DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist > > > > DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist -- Mitch C. Amiano amiamc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technical Staff Member Advanced Design Process Group Alcatel Network Systems Opinions expressed are my own and are not a representation of Alcatel DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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