Imposition Components - Ignore Gutter option (Perfecting Presses)

When printing on a perfecting press, the press has a ‘Centre Gutter’ configured:

When using the gutter, IQ splits the print area into two separate sections. This can cause issues when book printing and the gutter area can be used as part of the fold lay area on a folded section.

For example, printing a 16pp section of an A4 book. On a 650x910 sheet size, the section can be printed but as the gutter splits the sheet in half, the quote will fail to price.

To work around this, at the operation level, under the ‘Imposition Requirements:

Under the ‘Nup’ section is an ‘Ignore Centre Gutter’ checkbox option. Check this ON:

 This will allow the section to be imposed on a perfecting press as the gutter will be ignored on quote calculation.

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