Imposition
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-002988
The process of arranging the pages of a document on a large press sheet so that they will appear in the correct order after the sheet is printed, folded, and trimmed. The specific layout, or imposition scheme, depends on the size of the press sheet, the final trim size of the page, and the binding method. Common schemes include 2-up, 4-up, or 16-up, indicating the number of pages printed on one side of a sheet.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-002988 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Industrial printing |
| Translations | German: Imposé; Spanish: imposición; French: imposition |
Record as JSON
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"subject": "Industrial printing",
"translations": {
"de": "Imposé",
"es": "imposición",
"fr": "imposition"
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}
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