Importing impositions

1. From the File menu, select Import Imposition.
2. In the Import Imposition dialog box, in Select a file to use for the imposition, browse to and select the imposition plan that you want to import:
   
   • For a Preps imposition, select ImpositionName.pjtf. You can also select ImpositionName.jdf and ImpositionName.job.
   • For a Pandora imposition, select ImpositionName.in.jt.
   
   Imposition and marks files are originally stored in <job folder>\TransientLayouts\<client computer>. They may have been moved to another location on a mounted volume. If there is a marks file,  it must be in the same folder as the imposition file or the import will fail.
    
3. Click  to expand the Options section.
4. Modify the Imposition Name if desired.

5. Choose the page set.

   If using	Do this
   Pandora	Select Create New Page Set to create a page set based on the imposition in Pandora.
   Preps	Select Create New Page Set to create a page set based on the run list in Preps.
   	Select Use Existing Page Set to link an existing page set to the imposition.

   If you select:
   
   

   • Create New Page Set, specify the page set name, prefix, and number of pages.
   • Use Existing Page Set, select the page set from the list. Only those page sets with the same number of page positions as the imposition being imported are available.
   
   Note: These settings override the import process template settings.
   
   
6. Click Import.

The imposition plan appears in the Signatures, Separations, and Storage views of Job Manager.