Herojas93 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Hi guys, I don't know if it is called Imposition in English but I would like to know if Pulblisher can do this. In other words I have a design with several pages and I would like to print it out doing the correct position of them like a BOOK. Cover, back, etc... like the attached image. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 12, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 12, 2018 Hi Herojas93, No, currently Affinity Publisher doesn't do imposition. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reset Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 On 9/12/2018 at 5:32 PM, MEB said: Hi Herojas93, No, currently Affinity Publisher doesn't do imposition. Hi, and will it be added the ability to do imposition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 You can impose during print output (and create a PDF from there, if you are on a Mac): tmarq 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 49 minutes ago, mac_heibu said: You can impose during print output (and create a PDF from there, if you are on a Mac): I think those mode selections are dependent of printer model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reset Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 56 minutes ago, mac_heibu said: You can impose during print output (and create a PDF from there, if you are on a Mac): thank you mac heibu, will check this out TomJr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 21 minutes ago, Fixx said: I think those mode selections are dependent of printer model. I assume not. All of my (Postscript/network) printers allow this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Print as booklet does work (kind of) also save as pdf from the print dialog but pretty useless for me without bleed support - single pages show bleed but click on booklet or book and the bleed disappears Quote Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Triple boot via OCLP 1.4.3 - Mac OS Monterey 12.7.3, Sonoma 14.1.1 and Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.4.0 Betas 2.5.0(2430) www.bingercreative.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 1 hour ago, mac_heibu said: I assume not. All of my (Postscript/network) printers allow this. You are right. Seems to be Publisher feature (I guess I do not know which parts are app supplied and which are driver features). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I don‘t know either. The print dialog allows applications to link in app specific options. So, it is worthwhile to always have a close look into this dialog. Do the Windows user see the same options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gough Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Nice in theory, but although it seems to work for 4 pages, I couldn't get it to be in order for documents of 6 or 8 pages. It always put page 4 at the back. I first tried it with 6 & 4 pages and then I spotted that your screenshot has 8, so I tried that in case it somehow worked for multiples of 4, but to no avail. Am I doing something wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobmann Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Why do you want to impose your project? The printing company that prints the product has professional software for it. In most cases, the customer does not know how the printer will impose the product. There are also other factors to consider such as paper thickness and bleed allowance. The printing company generally prefers to work with single pages. mac_heibu and tmatason 2 Quote www.wobmann.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Works fine here, when you choose „Booklet“ in the „Print“ Dialog under „Document Layout" choosing „Model: Booklet". Just have a look at the 2 attached (quick & dirty) documents Impose.afpub Impose.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaing Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I agree with @Wobmann, and if you just want to print a local copy, Adobe Reader has Booklet option too for desktop printing from the pdf. wobmann 1 Quote MacBook Pro M1 Max, macOS 12.6.1 Monterey Affinity Designer : 2.0 Affinity Photo: 2.0, Affinity Publisher: 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gough Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I downloaded your impose.afpub, mac_heibu and it works fine. Now try deleting a couple of pages to make 6. Not so good now is it? Booklet printing really needs a multiple of 4 to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum MacLeod (pangur) Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I use imposition to make a 20 page A5 booklet. You need to make sure you select A4 (rather than Letter default). You need to pick Booklet, and short side duplex printing. I check properties, etc., to make sure nothing is changing my settings elsewhere. I then save the print configuration with a name like A5booklet. All works fine. I do not need bleed. This does not require to be sent to a professional printers. I tried QuarkXpress, and I could not get it to do imposition like Affinity Publisher beta. QX recommend an expensive imposition package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gajrey1042 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Most digital printers like to receive PDFs of Booklets in printers pairs ready to print. It is not the case that they will always impose pages for you. Especially not for short run production. It would be great if Affinity Publisher included the simple intuitive way this is done in Page Plus. It doesn't have to be complicated. Please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, gajrey1042 said: Most digital printers like to receive PDFs of Booklets in printers pairs ready to print. It is not the case that they will always impose pages for you. Especially not for short run production... Not in my experience. There are few times I have ever imposed for a print establishment of any kind. (I do impose for my own purposes as I have begun making books by hand as a fun hobby.) In fact, the only time I have imposed for a print establishment was for a place that ran inexpensive two-color jobs (black + spot color) that had zero facility to impose themselves, except film by hand. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gajrey1042 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 On 10/2/2018 at 3:29 PM, MikeW said: Not in my experience. There are few times I have ever imposed for a print establishment of any kind. (I do impose for my own purposes as I have begun making books by hand as a fun hobby.) In fact, the only time I have imposed for a print establishment was for a place that ran inexpensive two-color jobs (black + spot color) that had zero facility to impose themselves, except film by hand. Mike Well for some reason the Optical disc business has since CD booklets arrived ask for imposed pages. That's the business we are in. Gerald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gajrey1042 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 What we really need is a Document setting option for side fold booklets like Page Plus. That makes it so simple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gough Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I have a Mac and I can print out booklet style documents from the native print function. I can export a spread file as PDF and it comes out as single pages, but I can have different right and left pages. I have Readdle PDF Expert, but Preview works just as well. However, printing straight from Affinity Publisher gives problems if the total page number is not a multiple of 4. So I don't really have a real-world problem. It's just irritating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 16 minutes ago, gajrey1042 said: Well for some reason the Optical disc business has since CD booklets arrived ask for imposed pages. That's the business we are in. Gerald. Hi, Gerald. I have only done a dozen or so CD booklets. None since the late 2000s. We still did single page pdfs that were imposed by the print establishment. If this is a requirement I would recommend either a dedicated imposition software, or, whilst awaiting for Serif to build it in, to make templates for your typical page counts that link to individual pages of a pdf. Once created you should be able to swap out the pdfs for the current/last used pdf and update the link. I do the same procedure for yearly calendars for several clients where the calendar is made in an excel file, exported to pdf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Jervis Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I've just made my first project in Publisher, a four page brochure A4 folded to A5. Much to my surprise it did not show me the spreads I expected to see; e.g. I expected to be looking at pages 4 & 1, 2 & 3. Instead I got page 1 A5, pages 2 & 3 on A4 landscape, and page 4 A5. They can't be printed out like that as only the centre pages will be correct. I could work around it but surely if the program is to used by printers it should show us what we are used to looking at? By the way, Herojas 93 seems to have his imposition wrong, with all the even pages on the right instead of the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 40 minutes ago, Eric Jervis said: By the way, Herojas 93 seems to have his imposition wrong, with all the even pages on the right instead of the left. No. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 8 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: No. Yes. At least for a two-sided, single sheet set for a booklet impo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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