Print the body and the cover of a perfect bound document separately using same-up

In this exercise, the body of a perfect bound document is printed same-up. The cover is printed separately. The book block and the cover are merged by using off-line finishing.

1. Open the file SherlockHolmes_A4.pdf.

2. In the left pane, select the [Document] workspace.

3. From the menu, select [Document]  → [Document type...] . The [Document type] dialogue opens.

4. Select [Perfect Binding].

5. Click [OK]. In the preview, the perfect binding is visible as a crossed spine. Note that the cover media changes to 426.4 x 297 mm. The size of the cover media is 2 times the page size plus the width of the spine.

6. Go to the [Production] workspace.

7. Select a physical printing device, e.g. a imagePRESS series or varioPRINT series printer. If not available, select the PRISMAprepare print to PDF printer.

8. In the [Media] section, deselect the body sheets to select the cover sheets only.

   

   1. Cover media size

   2. Body media size

9. In the [Layout] section, select an oversized media for the cover: SRA3

10. Click the [Print] button. The cover is sent to the printer.

11. In the [Media] section, deselect the cover sheets and select the body sheets.

12. In the [Layout] section, select:

    1. Select the landscape icon of option [Document media].

    2. Click the pencil icon next to [Imposition template]. Select value [Custom] for option [Same-up].

       Set [Horizontal] to 2. Keep [Vertical] at 1 and select [Vertical odd] for option [Rotation].

    

13. Click the [Print] button. The body pages are sent to the printer.

14. Save the file in the 'Participants' folder on the desktop with the name Scenario_44.pdf.