Smart Impose

The only RIP that is optimised for speed and Color accuracy.. 

SmartImpose is imposition software for printing on digital presses, together with digital finishing equipment such as inline splitting, cutting, folding, and gluing. SmartImpose can put together a document from one or more PDF files and pages from images such as TIF, JPG, and PNG. SmartImpose will turn that into output imposed document in PDF files.

SmartImpose is designed for –

  • Roll-fed (continuous feed) digital presses.
  • Sheet-fed digital presses.

SmartImpose supports the following binding methods –

  • Perfect-Bound
  • Saddle-Stitched
  • Section-Sewn

SmartImpose supports marks for digital print production –

  • Control Marks for inline finishing equipment.
  • Barcodes for copy and folio identification.
  • Ink Spit Bar for cleaning inkjet nozzles.
  • Standard Marks – Crop, Register, Collation, Fold, Custom, Labels.

SmartImpose supports various ways of orientating the back surfaces to handle different kinds of duplexers –

  • Flip paper horizontally
  • Flip paper vertically
  • Rotate 180 degrees

SmartImpose supports various ways to handle the output sequence –

  • For perfect bound or saddle-stitched, the user can choose the print all signatures in normal or reverse order.
  • For section-sewn, the user can also choose to print the folios in normal or reverse order, and the sheets within the folio in normal or reverse order.
  • The user can choose to print front first then back, or back first then front.

SmartImpose is available in 2 versions –

  • SmartImpose is for gathering PDF files for a document, configure the imposition then output the imposed PDF file. Imposition configuration can be by selecting a template that is already configured.
  • SmartImpose Auto works in automated mode and requires no human intervention other than configuring the software. PDF files dropped into a hot folder is imposed using the imposition setup associated to the hot folder, then the imposed PDF files saved to the output folder.