I intend to use pagination imposition, print marks, and an exposed grid involved with the layout of my publication. Here I have researched into each of them, in order to see how they could affect my design.
Imposition
Imposition is
one of the fundamental steps in the prepress printing
process. It consists in the arrangement of the printed product’s pages on the
printer’s sheet, in order to obtain faster printing, simplify binding and
reduce paper waste.
Correct
imposition minimizes printing time by maximizing the number of pages per
impression, reducing cost of press time and materials. To achieve this, the
printed sheet must be filled as fully as possible.
The Task
The arrangement
of pages on the printer’s sheet is affected by five different parameters:
Format of the product: The
size of the finished page determines how many pages can be printed on a single
sheet.
Number of pages
of the printed product: The compositor must determine how many sheets are to be
printed to create a finished book.
Stitching/binding
method: The compositor must understand how the sheets are placed to form the
signatures that compose the finished book.
Paper fiber
direction: Many papers have a "grain," reflecting the alignment of
the paper fibers. These fibers must run lengthwise along the fold, which
influences the alignment, hence the position, of the pages on the printed
sheet.
Finishing and Binding
To understand how
the pages are related to each other, an imposition dummy may be used. This is
made by folding several sheets of paper in the way the press will print and
fold the product. A little copy is then created, and this can help paginate the
product.
In the example
above, a 16-page book is prepared for printing. There are eight pages on the
front of the sheet, and the corresponding eight pages on the back. After
printing, the paper is folded in half vertically (page two falls against page
three). Then it is folded again horizontally (page four meets page five). A
third fold completes this process (page nine meets page eight). The example
below shows the final result prior to binding and trimming.
Printing Marks
Relating to Colour:
Relating to Cropping:
Exposed Layout
Unfortunately, I could not find any work where the grid has been left on the page, but here are a few images that Phil showed in a lesson, where he had added the grids onto of the pages:
