How it works
APA uses a file (with the extension .apa) to map the page positions of
an imposition plan to the file names of the pages that will be assigned
to those positions.
When you import an imposition plan into a job, Prinergy compares the
file names of the pages in the APA file to the file names of actual
processed pages in the job. If the file names match, Prinergy
automatically assigns the pages to the correct page positions of the
imposition plan.
After using APA if you manually assign and unassign pages, the APA
file is not updated with your changes. You can use APA files with
unpopulated imposition plans, populated impositions plans, and Page
Assigner files.
Creating APA Files Manually for Unpopulated Imposition
Plans
You create or import an unpopulated imposition, and then create an
APA file directly in the APA Editor, and then import the unpopulated
imposition. Prinergy automatically assigns the pages to the imposition
plan when you process the pages. Using this method, you can create
one generic imposition plan and reuse it in many Prinergy jobs, rather
than having to create a unique imposition plan for every job.
To create an unpopulated imposition in Preps assign blank pages to the
run list. To create an unpopulated imposition in Pandora do one of the
following:
●
Place a dummy PDF (with no content) in the Pandora imposition.
To make the dummy PDF, create a simple box in Illustrator or other
graphics software, and save it as a PostScript file. Process the
dummy PostScript file in Prinergy Workshop into a PDF, open
Pandora, and place the dummy PDF. Save the imposition.
or
●
Exclude the pages when exporting a job.
Export a Prinergy job that includes the imposition you want, and in
the export process template, clear
Include Pages in Job Exports
.
Create a new job and import the compressed file.
Importing Populated Imposition Plans
You can create a populated imposition plan in Preps and import it into
Prinergy Workshop.
Prinergy creates an APA file based on the page assignments in the
imposition plan. Each time you import the imposition plan into the job,
Prinergy adds the page assignment information to the APA file and
Automated Page Assignment (APA)
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