Imposition Plugin Discussion

Student applicant for GSoC 2007: Mateusz Haligowski . Back to GSoC 2007 Ideas Page

Background Information

 * Wikipedia
 * About.com
 * Preparing for imposition (about.com)
 * How it is done in Adobe Indesign
 * How it is done in Quark Express
 * Two examples of how it is done in CorelDraw: 1, 2

Imposition Plugin Discussion
Most needed use cases:


 * booklet printing: Arrange original pages on print sheets which are at least twice as large as the original page; make sure the backside pages end up at the correct position and orientation. Take care of bleed areas and crop marks.


 * business cards: Replicate original page in a fixed grid on the print sheet; take care that the backside matches.


 * n-folds: Scribus already allows reader spreads for a limited choice of n-folds. Provide a simple imposition for these on a print sheet.


 * Möbius band printing: Arrange a sequence of pages in strips which can be glued together to form a Möbius band (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_strip)