Imposition order

OL Connect Professional
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Hello everyone,
I have a 148x105mm template and I have configured the imposition for four on each page (simplex), considering that each record is printed twice, but the result I have is different from what I need:

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Can anyone give me any ideas?

Thanks !

2

You should use soemthing similar as what I gave you in that other post.

If you want different imposition in the smae output you need to make it using different Templates.

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Thanks jchamel, this case is different because the record contains a dynamic table that overflows up to 3 pages, the order would be:

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I could make a section with the design duplicated at the bottom but I don’t know how I could limit the number of lines for overflow, since the margins would no longer serve me…

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Let’s resume this:

  • How many section is there in the Template?
  • What is your data type? (CSV, line printer, XML, JSON, etc…)
  • the example result you are showing woudl that be the result of 2 record, each overflowing to 3 output pages?
5

Hi jchamel,

  • The template has one section with two master pages.
  • Text line printer.
  • One record printed twice and overflowing to 3 output pages.

thanks !

6

The only way I can see this working would be to do your job in 3 Datamapper with 3 Templates and 1 Output Preset (also assuming that you have only 1 record per data file).

DATAMAPPER

  1. Extract the data from line printer file
  2. Extract pages 1-2 from PDF, 1 PDF page per record
  3. Extract pages 3 from PDF, 1 PDF page per record

TEMPLATE

  1. First one with 1 section that overflow up to 3 pages
  2. Second one with 1 section set Datamapper’s PDF as background
  3. Third one with 2 section:
    i. Set Datamapper’s PDF as background
    II. Empty section, just put a <p>&nbsp;<p> to be safe ( that is a paragraph with a non-breakable space in it)

OUTPUT PRESET

  • Imposition
    a. Layout: Horizontal = 2, Vertical = 2
    b. Imposition method: Cut and Stack
    c. Page Order (first one)

WORKFLOW

  1. Input file reception
  2. Execute 1st Datamapper
  3. Execute 1st Template
  4. Output Preset to a folder nevermind name or folder
    a. Output Preset must not be the last step (need be added as an Action to keep synchronycity)
    b. Output Management set to Through Workflow
  5. Branch
  6. Execute 2nd Datamapper
  7. Execute 2nd Template
  8. Output to a folder with specific filename
    a. Output Preset must not be the last step (need be added as an Action to keep synchronycity)
    b. Output Management set to As defined by Output Preset
  9. Back to Main branch
  10. Branch
  11. Execute 3nd Datamapper
  12. Execute 3nd Template
  13. Output to a folder
    a. Output Preset must not be the last step (need be added as an Action to keep synchronycity)
    b. Output Management set to Through Workflow
  14. Send to Folder plugin, as an Output
    a. same folder as 2nd Template resulting PDF
    b. same name as 2nd Template resulting PDF
    c. Tick check box Concatenate files

Maybe there are other way to approach this but that is the one that came to mind.
Hope that helps.