Subject: Re: Quirks of the printing industry. From: Daniel Speck <dspeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:00:40 -0500 |
Mitch C. Amiano wrote: > 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. > A while back I worked for a company that needed this sort of functionality. I wrote a series of programs that read conforming PostScript files and manipulated them in various ways (e.g., reverse the order of pages, construct "printer pairs", construct "reader pairs", produce n-up pages, etc.) There is commercial software that will read PostScript and do this imposition stuff for you. I wouldn't try to do it in DSSSL. -dan -- Daniel Speck e-mail: dspeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx Research Engineer voice: +1 301.548.7818 Thomson Technology Services Group fax: +1 301.527.4094 1375 Piccard Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 WWW: www.thomtech.com
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