Re: Printing from press--divide by 4 or 8 question

[Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> It isn't Goober's job to impose signatures. The
> printer does that with 
> specialized imposition software (unless they're
> doing it the 
> old-fashioned way, using film, tape, and a mask, but
> I doubt that). 
> However, if the printer says, "Hey, Goob, I need to
> use a multiple of 
> eight pages, whaddaya want on the other four and
> where do you want 
> them?" then it is Goober's responsibility to say
> what he wants. Absent 
> that, the printer will make the decision. (Printers
> hate to make 
> decisions, because no matter which way they decide,
> half the customers 
> are going to say they're wrong and fight them over
> the bill.)

Ah, so now we get to the real answer - the printing
house can add those three blank pages without having
them be in the delivered PS or PDF file...

That was what I was after.

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