Apparatus and method for electronic impositioning.

摘要

Apparatus and method for exposing at least a portion of a fully imposed flat is described. The apparatus includes a) apparatus for creating a plurality of partial flats forming sections of the portion of the fully imposed flat, the partial flats being described in a first page description language, b) apparatus for converting the plurality of partial flats from the first to a second page description language, thereby creating a plurality of converted partial flats and c) large format exposing apparatus, having an initial exposure position, for sequentially receiving and exposing the plurality of converted partial flats and for returning to the initial exposure position only after exposure of the entirety of the plurality of converted partial flats.