Imposition
Step in the prepress printing process / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the printing term. For the historical British taxes, see Impositions.
Imposition is one of the fundamental steps in the prepress printing process. It consists of the arrangement of the printed product's pages on the printer's sheet, in order to obtain faster printing, simplify binding and reduce paper waste.
This article appears to contradict the article Letterpress#Imposition. (June 2014) |
Correct imposition minimizes printing time by maximizing the number of pages per impression, reducing cost of press time and materials. To achieve this, the printed sheet must be filled as fully as possible.