Unmanned Dynamic Imposition Software
Is your current imposition able to match the speed of your digital print devices?
Can your estimation system automatically suggest optimal layouts and routing, in one step, for custom bound jobs?
Imposition is the foundation of our offering. We promise that our software generates the most cost-effective print layouts each and everytime.
Remove your bottlenecks with Imp, the best imposition software that automatically generates accurate print ready layouts for different print devices, be it conventional web offset presses, sheetfed offset, short format digital or continuous feed digital web presses.
Imp considers multiple cost centres and strikes the right balance to suggest the best layout plans for book manufacturing
Software automatically selects the best-fit sheet size or reel width from inventory. It also selects the right folding template(s) automatically.
Software automatically selects the most economical printing device and workstyle (sheetwise, work & turn/tumble, simplex or perfecting).
Software automatically arranges the selected signatures in correct order as per binding method to make a final assembly.
The choice of press constraints the sheet sizes that you can print. The sheet size constraints the signatures that can be used. The choice of binding methods and the hardness of paper also effects the signatures that can used. The order quantity/copies effects the choice of press or press type (offset vs digital).
Imp is the only software that can solve this circular dependency problem correctly without any human intervention, each and every time for jobs of any size, page count and binding style.
This innovative feature dramatically simplifies the complexity in creating imposition schemes where different books of similar sizes and page count are planned together in individual lanes/tracks on the same layout. An innovative imposition for book-of-1 ordered online.
Printing of low volume books can be made economical when signatures/pages from multiple such books are ganged together on the same print sheet. But that can complicate things in the downstream operations of cutting, folding and binding if the arrangement is not well thought-out. InSoft's ganging algorithm combines signatures of similar book jobs in individual lanes that can be easily slit/cut after printing.
Whether it's a single web, multiple web or press with slitter attachment, Imp offers full automation in web imposition.
Collation marks on spine or jog are assigned automatically. Different patterns are available to match your house style.
Create combo-layouts of multiple book by ganging signatures and covers to optimize press runs and material usage.
The cover designer utility allows users to define different covers – paperback, pre-laminated and jackets with automatic spine thickness calculation./p>
With a fully automated imposition calculator, Imp software has all the ingredients to streamline your estimation and quote generation process while improving the accuracy of your quotes.
The optimal estimation module offers many features that is bound to delight you and your customers alike. It empowers your sales and CRM teams, with limited technical knowledge, to generate accurate quotes. With a single click, they would be able to generate not just quotes but also the entire production routing plan in an XML or print format (job card).
Imp Flow is a hot-folder based software application built on top of Imp software. It leverages the inherent intelligence of the Imp software to provide unparalleled automation in layout planning and imposition.
Export imposed PDF / JDFs for print, cutting JDF / PPF for guillotine cutters, book finishing JDF for folding, binding and 3-knife trimming.
Imp software can export comprehensive data of layouts, costs, operations and materials used in PDF, XML, CSV or MXML formats.
A comprehensive SDK (software development kit : API) on .Net6 is available for integration with MIS/ERP or custom developed solutions.
Imp Flow application seamlessly integrates into your SWITCH flow to give end-to-end automation. The first time a file is touched is when it is sent on printing device.