Cheap Impostor

Cheap Impostor Publisher's Description:
Overview

Cheap Impostor is a simple yet powerful alternative to fancy page imposition software. It doesn't offer all the features of high-end imposition software. However, if you want to print and bind booklets, magazines, or even long books, this program might be all the imposition software you need. It's ideal for turning large PDF files into bound books.

What does it do?

Let's say you want to make a magazine from a document you've written. You would like to have the magazine be the size of a sheet of paper folded in half. Without imposition software the simplest way to transform your document into a magazine would be to use a photo-copier to shrink and re-order the pages so two fit sideways on a sheet of paper, and so that when a stack of them is stapled and folded in half the pages appear in the correct order.

The short story is that Cheap Impostor lets you skip the photocopier step, and produce output from your printer that can directly be turned into a magazine. Further, Cheap Impostor has settings that let you create books with multiple signatures.

Program features

* Takes 1-up PDF input and produces 2-up output PDF
* Reorders pages for magazines and books (sheets per signature can be varied from 1 to page-count / 4
* Comes with an easy to read How-to Guide that explains what "sheets per signature" means, and how to use Cheap Impostor to make books and magazines.
* Supports automatic and manual duplex printers, with and without collation, long- or short-edge binding
* With shareware registration, supports;
o Variable output page sizes: letter, legal, ledger, A3, A4, custom
o Accommodates variable input page sizes
o Control over page zoom and horizontal and vertical offset of 2-up

What's new in this version:

* Live preview of imposition settings
* Interface improvements, including sliders instead of knobs
* Paper size selection integrated with native "Page Setup..." dialog.
* Uses Quartz PDF functions for improved compatibility
* 3.0 requires 10.4 or greater. Users of 10.39 or earlier can still use version 2.6.1