GCPfushion Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I have a variable 16 pg saddle stitch book at 5.5"x8.5" size that I want to print as two 8 page forms on 13x19. Is there some sort of trick to accomplish this. It seems it will only give a 4 pg in the saddle stitch option. I tried support but they were not able to help me figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschardan Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I am unaware of a direct way to do this, but I have a roundabout way of accomplishing it. I work on a Mac and often use Imposition Studio from Devalipi Software, it can be purchased through Apple's App store. There, I can create an 8 pg signature exactly as needed. Then, I render the variable file twice, once for template pages 1-4 & 13-16, then for template pages 5-12. I can then flow these two pdfs separately into my 8 pg Imposition Studio template to generate the two separate imposed print runs. We then fold and stitch in our bindery. Not the best solution, but it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCPfushion Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 I probably should have been a little more specific, I need to figure out how to impose the file in fushion because I want to out a PPML file. I have to deal with 20 to 25 thousand records on the large run of this project which is a 16pg + cvr 5.5x 8.5 brochure. Saving out that many PDFs is not really a feasible option to then impose at the Press. Thanks for your input though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellsway Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Couldn't you just manually Impose the 16 page file in Indesign or any other software as a saddle stitched book, on a 13x 19 sheet with crop marks. Then export that as a PDF which you will use to build your variables in FusionPro. Then compose the job as a PPML. I'm sure there are better ways, but this should work for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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