Alternative to HP SmartStream Designer Imposition Software

One of the most popular commercial grade imposition and variable data softwares is the HP SmartStream Designer. Launched in the early 2000s, HP developed SmartStream as an imposition and variable data tool. It goal was to make software that would work with a wide variety of printing presses. Since then it’s been through dozens of…

Merging PDFs As A Team

Working within a team setting to merge PDF files is something that can make life easy within almost any industry. Every profession uses PDF files as the standard document format. Having the ability to merge them as a team (from multiple locations) can be a major time saver. Real estate, marketing, education, law, medical, the…

What is Imposition?

Imposition is the process of arranging files to get them placed on a page for printing efficiently. Imposition is used more heavily in the commercial printing world but it also applies to printing on your home printer. Without imposition not only would print jobs become inefficient in the finishing steps, it would also make them…

What is Prepress?

Prepress is just that, the pre before the press or in other words all the procedures and steps that have to happen before a file or group of files gets formatted into something that a printer can accept. Prior to the explosion of digital printing, which has really happened in just the past 20 years…