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Basics of Imposition
The paper should now resemble a small eight-page booklet (with the tops of pages
joined at the fold).
4.
Page through the booklet as if you were reading it, and number each page
sequentially.
Don’t forget to number the front and back of each page—in general books have
content on both sides of each page. The front cover of the booklet should be Page 1
and the back cover of the booklet should be Page 8. You can also underline each
number to highlight the page orientation.
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Printing on both sides of the sheet is called duplex printing; printing on only
one side of the sheet is called simplex printing. Not all print engines support duplex
printing; and of those that do, variations in implementation exist. DocBuilder Pro
supports duplex printing that corresponds to the print options of the output device.
When you unfold the signature, the page numbering should look something like the
following illustration.
Notice that:
• The folds subdivide the sheet into areas representing pages in the final booklet.
• Page numbers do not appear in book-reading order.
• Some page numbers are upside down.
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5
1
8
6
3
7
2
Front
Back
