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Impositioning

1-up imposition

Syntax

XPath: /JDF/LayoutPreparationParams/FitPolicy/@SizePolicy

Supported values

@SizePolicy

Description

ClipToMaxPage (default for normal jobs)

The page contents are to be clipped to the size of the media.

FitToPage (default for imposition jobs)

The page contents are to be scaled up or down to fit the media.

The aspect ratio is maintained.

ReduceToFit

The page contents are to be scaled down but not scaled up to fit the full media.

The aspect ratio is maintained.

Description

The size policy specifies how to resize the page content to the full surface of the media. The size policy is ignored when imposition is used: Booklet, same up or multiple up.

Any alignments and shifts (i.e ImageShift/Position) are applied to the scaled content.

Multiple N-up

Multiple N-up is also called N-up.

Syntax

XPath: //LayoutPreparationParams/@NumberUp

Type

XYPair

@NumberUp

Imposition

"2 1"

Multiple 2-up

"1 2"

Multiple 2-up

"2 2"

Multiple 4-up

"3 2"

Multiple 6-up

"2 3"

Multiple 6-up

"3 3"

Multiple 9-up

"4 4"

Multiple 16-up

"X Y": X is the number of columns. Y is the number of rows.

Description

Multiple N-up is specified by @NumberUp.

Same N-up

Syntax

XPath: //LayoutPreparationParams/@NumberUp

Type

XYPair

Syntax for repetition of same n-up

XPath: //LayoutPreparationParams/@StepRepeat

Type

IntegerList

Supported range

@NumberUp

@StepRepeat

Imposition

“2 1”

“1 2”

“2 1 1”

“1 2 1”

Same 2-up

“2 2”

“2 2 1”

Same 4-up

"3 2"

"2 3"

"3 2 1"

"2 3 1"

Same 6-up

"3 3"

"3 3 1"

Same 9-up

"4 4"

"4 4 1"

Same 16-up

"X Y": X is the number of columns. Y is the number of rows.

"A B C": A is the number of columns. B is the number of rows. C is the number of pages.

Description

Same N-up is specified by both @NumberUp and @StepRepeat.

Same-up rotated (Same 2-up flipped)

Syntax

XPath: //LayoutPreparationParams/GeneralID[@IDUsage=”oce:StepRepeatRotate180”]@IDValue

Type

NMTOKEN

Supported range

@IDValue

StepRepeatRotate180

None (default)

EvenRows

Rotate Horizontal Even rows

OddRows

Rotate Horizontal Odd rows

EvenColumns

Rotate Vertical Even columns

OddColumns

Rotate Vertical Odd columns

Description

Oce:StepRepeatRotate180 specifies how the StepRepeat must be performed with respect to rotation180 of the documents in the repeated rows or columns. Note that not only the individual page content is rotated, but the complete (multiple-up) documents or booklets.

Oce:StepRepeatRotate180 is only supported for same-2up.

Example - specify a "same-2up rotated" document

<JDF Type="Combined" Types="... LayoutPreparation ..." >

<ResourcePool>

<LayoutPreparationParams ID="NodeIDLPP" Class="Parameter" Status="Available" NumberUp="2 1" StepRepeat="2 1 1"

<GeneralID IDUsage ="oce:StepRepeatRotate180" DataType="NMTOKEN" IDValue="OddColumns" />

/>

</ResourcePool>

...

<ResourceLinkPool>

<LayoutPreparationParamsLink rRef="NodeIDLPP" Usage="Input" />

...

</ResourceLinkPool>

</JDF>

Example - same-2up rotated and booklet

<JDF Type="Combined" Types="... LayoutPreparation ..." >

<ResourcePool>

<LayoutPreparationParams ID="NodeIDLPP" Class="Parameter" Status="Available" PresentationDirection="FoldCatalog" FoldCatalog="F4-1" PageDistributionScheme="Saddle" NumberUp="2 2" BindingEdge="Left” StepRepeat="1 2 1"

<GeneralID IDUsage ="oce:StepRepeatRotate180" DataType="NMTOKEN" IDValue="OddRows" />

/>

</ResourcePool>

...

<ResourceLinkPool>

<LayoutPreparationParamsLink rRef="NodeIDLPP" Usage="Input" />

...

</ResourceLinkPool>

</JDF>

Remark

Combinations of same-2Up rotated and Multiple-Up or booklet are only supported for the PDF data path.

Booklet

Syntax

XPath:

//LayoutPreparationParams/@BindingEdge="Left", "Right" or "Top"

//LayoutPreparationParams/@PresentationDirection="FoldCatalog"

//LayoutPreparationParams/@FoldCatalog="F4-1"

//LayoutPreparationParams/@PageDistributionScheme="Saddle"

//LayoutPreparationParams/@PageOrder="Reader"

//LayoutPreparationParams/@NumberUp="2 1" or "1 2"

Supported range

@BindingEdge

Description

Left

Left side binding

Right

Right side binding

Top

Top binding

Description

All these attributes must be specified with the above mentioned values to produce a booklet except NumberUp.

Combinations with Multiple N-up and Same N-Up are possible. The NumberUp values will reflect the combined grid of PageCell elements.

Syntax for top-calendar booklet

XPath: //LayoutPreparationParams/@oce:CellRotate=”Rotate180 Rotate0”

Type

List of NMTOKENS

Supported range

”Rotate180 Rotate0”

Description

Top-Calender booklets are top-bound booklets with all upper pages rotated 180 degrees.

Remark

BindingEdge = “Top” is only supported for the PDF data path.

Top-calendar booklets are only supported for the PDF data path.

Simplex booklet

Syntax

XPath: /JDF/ResourcePool/LayoutPreparationParams/@oce:SidesAfterFolding=”OneSidedFront”

Type

Enumeration

Supported range

@oce:SidesAfterFolding

Images per page

OneSidedFront

1

Description

Use attribute @oce:SidesAfterFolding only to specify a 1-sided booklet job. If the job is not a 1-sided booklet, do not use this attribute.